Professor of government says Wikileaks vindicates Scotland

Excellent piece in The Herald today by James Mitchell, Professor of Government at the University of Strathclyde.  He writes:

"Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks’ founder, would wish us to conclude that all governments are cynical. The evidence suggests otherwise. The Scottish Government and judicial processes emerge well. It stands accused of failing to appreciate the reaction to its decision, essentially of lacking cynicism. There should be no place for cynicism where matters as grave as those involved in this case are concerned. Cynicism is no substitute for good government."

Read the rest of the article in The Herald

Comments

[Tom Kennedy]

Did you notice that with all the anti-Scottish government articles in the papers being free to view the only ones to vindicate the government have been put behind paywalls - the Herald has now made Prof Mitchell's article a premium one and the MacLachlan article in the Scotsman is premium as well. What's the chances of balanced coverage!

[Davie Park]

But all the papers in Scotland had headlines saying exactly that - didn't they?

[citizen 3565612]

Hope Obama can handle WL Change?
We NEED transparency for our global society that we created an cannot control.To many crises.
We'd never gone to Iraq if we read the cables first? Can gov. cut own flesh and downsize coldwar min. of foreign aff./CIA that cost as much as public health care. Wars ? Environment ? The public and is needed to get involved to let our global society survive.
How can a few wise leaders alone solve complex global issues pending ?
If democracy fails, the only solution is More democracy. Know It's a hard path, but harder for our totalitarian enemies. E-vote(power), not E-commerce(money) that changes our world, stupid!