Tag Archives: BBC

Why QCs like cross examination: they can destroy witnesses.

Posted on August 28, 2016 by lawrence serewicz

In the recent case of Lord Janner, we are told that those who make the allegations must face cross examination. We are told that this is necessary for justice. We are told that this is what the UK legal system … Continue reading →

Posted in corruption, justice, philosophy | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off on Why QCs like cross examination: they can destroy witnesses.

Official Secrets Act and Child Sexual Abuse Inquiry: Arcana Imperii and the Secrets of State

Posted on April 13, 2015 by lawrence serewicz

The UK regime faces a critical time as a number of public inquiries into its past behavior unfold. The undeveloped issue within these inquiries is the nature of the change they will require in the regime. There is an added … Continue reading →

Posted in corruption, Government, justice, philosophy, privacy, republicanism, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

How the free press threatens the UK’s media and political establishment

Posted on November 22, 2012 by lawrence serewicz

As we await the Leveson report, expected later this year, the debate over press regulation has intensified.  The allegations that have emerged after the Jimmy Savile investigations, Tom Watson’s question in Parliament, the resignation of the Director General of the … Continue reading →

Posted in censorship, Government, privacy, transparency | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on How the free press threatens the UK’s media and political establishment

It didn’t start with Savile: BBC’s internal crisis has been brewing for years

Posted on October 22, 2012 by lawrence serewicz

The headlines about the Jimmy Savile scandal have rocked the BBC to its core.  They have revealed that the BBC, long considered the standard in British Broadcasting, if not the world, has a corporate cultural crisis. Some observers will believe … Continue reading →

Posted in Government, public sector, transparency | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on It didn’t start with Savile: BBC’s internal crisis has been brewing for years

Jimmy Savile and the cult of celebrity: how could he not get away with it?

Posted on October 15, 2012 by lawrence serewicz

As more details emerge about Jimmy Savile’s behaviour as a sexual predator, what is becoming clear is that his status as a celebrity helped to protect him.  The question most people have asked, as the scale of his crimes is … Continue reading →

Posted in censorship, philosophy, privacy, transparency | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Finding Jimmy Savile: the Shaw report haunts England’s Archives

Posted on October 10, 2012 by lawrence serewicz

Finding Jimmy Savile: the Shaw report haunts England’s Archives The name of the title is instantly familiar to readers in the United Kingdom.  Jimmy Savile has been in the news because he has been accused of molesting young girls.  The … Continue reading →

Posted in privacy, public sector, transparency | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 9 Comments

Who speaks for a political organisation in the age of social media?

Posted on June 12, 2012 by lawrence serewicz

Today the LGiU published a briefing on the two-year study by the Young Foundation (funded by DCLG) called Local 2.0.  The report is well worth a read because it shows what is being done on the ground with social media.  … Continue reading →

Posted in censorship, Government, local government, opportunity cost, transparency | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments