As we reported last week, the Mayor’s website has had a make-over. The new, purged website now has a crazy, Commie-style flickr group which apparently is an “opportunity for Londoners to get involved in government and own London.gov.uk in a way that’s open and accessible to almost everyone.”
It wasn’t long before Dan Ritterband was forced to respond to disgruntled professional photographers who objected to the heavy-handed security guards around City Hall and the soliciting of free images. Even Boris’s own supplier of chicken-feed has noted the inadvisability of this project.
If any readers have photos of London life, maybe featuring public employees asleep at their desks, we encourage you to contribute to the Mayor’s marvellous new era of public participation.
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Must get a picture of a 521 rammed to the gills tommorrow, faces pushed against the glass, it won’t be hard!
I saw a piece on this on the politics show. The problem isn’t the mayor’s office – but a lot of the land around south bank is actually PRIVATELY OWNED.
The owners can effectively enforce whatever restrictions they like.
The real crime is that City Hall is in fact SURROUNDED BY PRIVATE LAND, and if you were prevented crossing that land (for whatever reason) then you could not access your own ‘publicly owned’ town hall.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Boris wasn’t even aware of this fact. Potentially he could be prevented access by private owners – to his place of work.
Now that’s openess within a Democracy for you!
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