It’s easy to be cynical,particularly when the UK is rethinking the Freedom of Information Act, but the OGP summit in Mexico can achieve reformI’m writing this having just got off the plane that took me to the Open Government Partnership summit in Mexico. It’s never a trustworthy sign when the person next to you spots what you are writing and decides to challenge you on how useless democracy is: how money has corrupted democracy, and which is just a fig leaf for the most powerful. It’s worse when they find out why you’re on the plane in the first place: an international summit of 2000 people travelling to Mexico to talk about open government. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com