Editorial & Comments Policy

We want to encourage constructive discussion on this site. But we do have some rules. Please read them. The short version Opinions are welcomed, even strong or critical ones. You can comment even if you disagree with us. Personal attacks are not welcomed and may be...

Transparency Project becomes a charity

We’ve taken the first steps towards becoming a real grown up project. This week our constitution was signed and trustees appointed (Lucy Reed, Sarah Phillimore and Julie Doughty) and our documents have gone off to the Charity Commission to be processed so that...

How transparent can we be?

As its very new, we’re still feeling our way through how we will run this project – and we have recently had to deal with the thorny issue of what the limits are on comments about individual cases. We have an “Editorial Policy” here, which sets...

Project News

In December we held a meeting of the project group via video link and as a result you’ll now see that we have a number of new contributors to the blog, listed here. Welcome to David Burrows, Alice Twaite, David Chaplin and Jerry Lonsdale. Over the next little...