The Silent State

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<p>Award-winning investigative journalist Heather Brooke exposes the shocking and farcical lack of transparency at all levels of government. At a time when the State knows more than ever about us, Brooke argues that without proper access to the information that citizens pay for, Britain can never be a true democracy.</p><p><u>*<b>SECRECY*:</b></u>anonymous bureaucrats, clandestine courts, men in tights and the true cost of 'public' information.<u>*</u><b><u>PROPAGANDA*</u>:</b>spin, PR and bullshitting by numbers. The British government spent £38m more on advertising last year than their closest competitor, Proctor and Gamble - find out what they spent it on!<b><u>*SURVEILLANCE*</u></b>: discover the extent of Britain's network of databases spying on ordinary citizens,<u><b>*EXPENSES*</b>:</u>read, for the first time, the exclusive and definitive account of Brooke's five-year campaign to have MPs' expenses revealed, which rocked the nation and transformed Britain's political landscape.</p>

Autorenportrait

<b>Heather Brooke</b>is a freelance journalist and Freedom of Information campaigner famous for uncovering the MPs' expenses scandal. She is a visiting professor at City University's Department of Journalism and is also the author of<i>Your Right to Know</i>. In 2009 she was named Reformer of the Year and won the Setting the Political Agenda Award from the Political Studies Association.

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