Open and Honest

I cannot and will not tolerate secrecy. It is morally wrong and offends against all my principles of Liberal Democracy. So when a sad misguided member of the public accused me of bringing my "office into disrepute by handling correspondence and questions with evasiveness, dishonesty, and incompetence and also improperly" it was entirely right that such unfounded allegations should be properly investigated. Indeed they were, by no less a body that Somerset's own fine and impartial Assessment Review Sub-Committee who found (as I confidently expected) that the overwhelming majority of the allegations were entirely without basis. In the nature of such things it is equally proper that the results should be fully published. There is a small box of chocolates left over from Alan's Dream Team Challenge which will be awarded to anyone who can find the relevant publication on our excellent website or anywhere else. I must congratulate our legal locust, Merc Slobodan-Gold upon his remarkable ability to turn transparency into invisibility.