The Guardian has been finding it hard to prise pretty basic information out of Michael Gove about free schools. This shouldn't come as a surprise given his previous record of systematic attempts to conceal his correspondence. The full story behind Michael Gove's sustained efforts at concealment on this issue has been usefully collated on the Liberal Conspiracy Blog.
The first question it seems to raise is what exactly is Michael Gove so keen to conceal? He and his advisers appear to have fought FoI requests every inch of the way, set up private email accounts and made a point of not putting things in writing. These are not behaviours one associates with everything being completely above board.
Since vast amounts of public money are being committed, the rest of us have every right to be reassured that decisions are being made properly.
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