Our leaders need to be held accountable, says journalist Heather Brooke. And she should know: Brooke uncovered the British Parliamentary financial expenses that led to a major political scandal in 2009. She urges us to ask our leaders questions through platforms like Freedom of Information requests — and to finally get some answers.
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John Dawson says
October 3, 2015 at 6:28 PMAll that happened, is they decided the poor MP.s obvously were not paid enough ,,,so they got a pay rise .. ha ha sick laugh
Bob Askme says
October 3, 2015 at 7:24 PMpatricia mccafferty says
October 3, 2015 at 7:24 PMOfficials should be held to account, I had a case taken by a councilor I called corrupt he filed a aledged defamation case against me and on the day of the Court the Councilors legal people asked the Judge to strike out the cases, one thing that I found most concerning is letters I had sent to a Minister and the replies all were missing when I put in a FOI request to the Government.
Damian Marinkovic says
October 3, 2015 at 8:13 PMFully connected system diagram (@ 7:50) forms a pentagram inside a circle! How convenient☻
William Scotsman says
October 3, 2015 at 8:45 PMBiff Beezer says
October 3, 2015 at 9:18 PMWhat a croc! That's right, at her mighty and intimidating demand, all the authorities just hand it over shaking in their boots hoping she and us will go easy on them. She's nothing but a publicity stunt by the very people she claims to expose, so we'll feel like something's being done and go back to sleep believing corruption is all in the past now. If you believe this pile of dung I have some great deals for you in honest voting machine technology you can sell to governments at a huge mark up. Just ask your representatives for any secrets they may be hiding! They'll kneel down and spill their guts and probably even stop taxing you to pay for their extra benefits and pensions.
diesto1001 says
October 3, 2015 at 10:16 PMDamn, i thought this was a video of the other heather brooke
Paul Buhl says
October 3, 2015 at 10:39 PMHilarious that she uses the analogy of the government treating us like children, while talking to the audience like they're children…
LDog says
October 3, 2015 at 11:22 PMPlease help end corruption.
http://www.gofundme.com/endcorruption
Tom K says
October 3, 2015 at 11:59 PMWelp, this isn't the Heather Brooke I'm looking for
Pablo “Armoredpablo” Godinez says
October 4, 2015 at 12:40 AMhe must be president or prime minister
Aspen S. says
October 4, 2015 at 1:37 AMYes, everyone. Do not go to work for One Whole Month…Stay at home. we can all afford this! And see what happens!
navylaks2 says
October 4, 2015 at 2:07 AMBritian must be broken up it's time for Scotland and Wales to become independent, this is the only way that the centralised power will loose their iron grip.
Rod Martin, Jr. says
October 4, 2015 at 2:10 AMWow! This heroine is doing great things and an inspiration. Perhaps some of the programs she talked about can help with the re-investigation of 9/11, since so many of today's problems (wars, tyranny, etc) use 9/11 as an excuse.
9/11 was an inside job and the US government (factions within it) and corporate America are guilty of perpetrating the murders as pretext for a never-ending war.
http://AE911Truth.org — where scientists, engineers and architects put their reputations on the line to expose American corruption.
Akiko Sung says
October 4, 2015 at 2:57 AMhttp://www.japantoday.com/category/crime
Ryan Eaton says
October 4, 2015 at 3:25 AMHeather Brooke: My battle to expose government corruption
#governmentcorruption
Suze Collett says
October 4, 2015 at 3:29 AMExposing corrupt use of Ministerial expense accounts is commendable. But Heather Brooke taking credit for data submitted to Wikileaks – that was shared (under contract) with "The Times" (she was only a go-between) is very deceitful. Reveals Brooke's lack of impartiality – jumping on the populist denigrate Assange and Wikileaks propaganda train? In the footsteps of Rebekah Brooks… poor standards +TED
Sieg Holle says
October 4, 2015 at 4:27 AMExcellent
Sally Ironic says
October 4, 2015 at 4:54 AMMore legislation, usually in the economic realm, claimed to defend and protect the people actually do the totally opposite. They increase the barriers of entry into small business ant to the average person and therefore his income is limited to a JOB. "Just Over Broke" status.