Tag Archives: Ofcom

Ofcom’s response to 24,501 complainants is the right answer

Posted on September 17, 2020 by ianchisnall

The Britain’s Got Talent programme on 5th September included a performance by a British dance group called Diversity which represented their view of many of the events of 2020, including the Coronavirus pandemic and global anti-racism protests that have occurred … Continue reading →

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OFCOM must stay out of party politics

Posted on April 29, 2018 by ianchisnall

As this image indicates, the current Vice Chairman of OFCOM, Sheila Noakes is an active member of a political party. The colour rosette she wears when attending party meetings is frankly irrelevant. One of the roles of Ofcom is to … Continue reading →

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Openreach? or a closed shop?

Posted on July 30, 2016 by ianchisnall

The news from the early part of this week that OFCOM will force a legal distinction to be created between BT and its broadband infrastructure subsidiary, Openreach and in effect create a seperate company within a company is potentially very … Continue reading →

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Freedom under review

Posted on July 19, 2015 by ianchisnall

On Friday, the Government announced that it was forming an Independent Commission to review the Freedom of Information legislation and its implementation. The announcement can be found here and it claims that the Government fully supports the Freedom of Information … Continue reading →

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Its make your mind up time!

Posted on January 9, 2015 by ianchisnall

As we read about the tussle over the ‘Leaders Debates’ it would be useful to recap how we got here. In the 16th Century Political Parties were created to allow individual MPs to work together to challenge the King. At … Continue reading →

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The Levenson Premium

Posted on December 10, 2012 by ianchisnall

Today we awoke to hear that the Labour party are ready to publish their Levenson Lite Bill, intended to prevent the Government from resting over the  proposals which Lord Levenson first published on 29th November. The Labour party have identified at least one … Continue reading →

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