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The Silent State: Secrets, Surveillance and the Myth of British Democracy Paperback – 6 Jan. 2011

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You won't know whether to laugh or rise up and overthrow absolutely everything.CHARLIE BROOKER

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total ninja.BEN GOLDACRE

A wonderful book... Heather Brooke puts every other British journalist to shame. She has changed British public culture and earned an essential place in our national history. She is an extraordinary figure who must be celebrated.PETER OBORNE

Secrecy is one of the great British diseases. It's so secret that we don't even admit we suffer from it.
Heather Brooke is part of the cure - challenging the routine concealment and distortion of important information. There should be more journalists doing the same.NICK DAVIES

'passionate, eloquent and persuasive...We need the likes of Heather Brooke to challenge, to take up grievances and to campaign.' ―
Peter Riddell,Times Book of the Week

About the Author

Heather Brooke is a freelance journalist and Freedom of Information campaigner famous for uncovering the MPs' expenses scandal. She is a visiting professor at City University's Department of Journalism and is also the author of Your Right to Know. In 2009 she was named Reformer of the Year and won the Setting the Political Agenda Award from the Political Studies Association.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Windmill Books (6 Jan. 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0099537621
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0099537625
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.9 x 1.8 x 19.8 cm
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Heather Brooke worked as a political and crime reporter in the US before moving to Britain where she is now a freelance journalist and Freedom of Information campaigner. Her investigation into the expense accounts of Members of Parliament led to the biggest clear-out of politicians that country had seen in decades and the first forced resignation of the Speaker of the House in 300 years. She writes for all of the main UK national papers and has published three books.

Heather Brooke has won numerous awards including the Judges' Prize at the 2010 British Press Awards, the FOI Award from Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE), and a Freedom of Expression Award from Index on Censorship. She is a visiting professor at London's prestigious Department of Journalism at City University.

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