Author: Heather Brooke

Quotes

What the Internet has done is it has decentralised power.

What the Internet has done is it has decentralised power.

- Heather Brooke

There is a very intense culture of secrecy in Britain that hasn't yet been dismantled. What passes for transparency here would serve any secret society well.

There is a very intense culture of secrecy in Britain that hasn't yet been dismantled. What passes for transparency here would serve any secret society well.

- Heather Brooke

When you're a crime reporter, you see the nub of what life's about, and you don't have much patience for the falsity of politics.

When you're a crime reporter, you see the nub of what life's about, and you don't have much patience for the falsity of politics.

- Heather Brooke

If any of us were faced with a huge bag of free money and very little accountability, it would be human nature that you would make the most of it.

If any of us were faced with a huge bag of free money and very little accountability, it would be human nature that you would make the most of it.

- Heather Brooke

I know people don't like America very much, but the one thing it's very good on is local government.

I know people don't like America very much, but the one thing it's very good on is local government.

- Heather Brooke

It used to cost money to disclose and distribute information. In the digital age it costs money not to.

It used to cost money to disclose and distribute information. In the digital age it costs money not to.

- Heather Brooke

There's not a self-regulating group of nice fair-playing people in politics. There are a lot of dodgy people in politics.

There's not a self-regulating group of nice fair-playing people in politics. There are a lot of dodgy people in politics.

- Heather Brooke

The biggest abuses in society happen when people are not able to communicate and not able to connect.

The biggest abuses in society happen when people are not able to communicate and not able to connect.

- Heather Brooke

Politicians often claim secrecy is necessary for good governance or national security.

Politicians often claim secrecy is necessary for good governance or national security.

- Heather Brooke

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