The Scotsman paper, the staunchest ally labour had during the election campaign in Scotland this year, has returned to its old (and in my opinion better) habits of asking questions!

The paper today questioned the un-necessary secrecy that Westminster and Blair want to control information flow and promote a closed rather than open government.

The current freedom of information bill falls miles short of the access peoples of other nations, Denmark and the USA for example, have to view just who said what to whom and for what reason in closed dark little corridors of power.