Today the House of Commons told us half of what we knew from reading the revelations made by The Daily Telegraph more than one month ago!
But the most outrageous details were hidden by the thick black strokes of a censor’s pen.
Parliamentary authorities posted details online of four years worth of legislators’ claims but thousands of pages were obscured amid concerns over privacy and security.
It was too little and too late.
The Telegraph will publish some of the uncensored documents in full on Friday.
As BBC’s Martin Rosenbaum says:
Now the Commons has released the official data on MPs’ expenses, much of the focus will actually be on what they still haven’t released – the information which has been blacked out or “redacted”.
And The Guardian launched a tool asking readers for help to review the files:
Step 1: Find a document
Step 2: Decide what kind of thing it is and whether it’s interesting
Step 3: Copy out any individual entries
Step 4: Make any specific observations about why a claim deserves further scrutiny
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