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Common Purpose admit to illegal disclosures

August 7, 2008 Come the revolution, Common Purpose, Corruption 25 comments

I have just been contacted by my Common Purpose informant who tells me that Third Sector magazine has a very interesting interview with Common Purpose.

Common Purpose have admitted in Third Sector magazine to illegally passing on information of members of the public which they have themselves obtained illegally.

Third Sector is a magazine for the voluntary and charity sector and despite Common Purpose fleecing the taxpayer out of millions of pounds for its anti-democracy training courses it somehow manages to cling on to its charity status, presumably through its network of agents that they have used to infiltrate vast swathes of the public sector.

Common Purpose has told Third Sector that they are being picked on by right-wing groups who are deliberately harassing them and then goes on to admit that:

Common Purpose now forwards its list of 130 previous FOI requests, including names of applicants, to help local authorities decide whether new requests about the charity are vexatious.

As Common Purpose is not subject to the Freedom of Information Act they can only have obtained the names of people making FOI requests about them through an illegal disclosure by the public body that has received the request.  After receiving the illegal data they have then processed it illegally and then illegally passed it on to third parties.  A fundamental concept of English law is that ignorance is no defence – by obtaining, processing and then divulging illegally obtained information, Common Purpose has committed a criminal offence and the trustees could face a custodial sentence if there is any part of the judicial system left that hasn’t yet been infiltrated by Common Purpose.

According to the article, Common Purpose are still seeking legal advice – as they have been for at least 2 years now – on their phantom victimisation.  The words “people in glass houses” spring to mind.  Along with other words such as “crooks”, “traitors” and “ha ha, you’re fucked”.

I’m sure it won’t surprise you to know that first thing tomorrow I will be asking the Information Commissioner to investigate and prosecute Common Purpose for this offence, particularly as I have a copy of the list of websites Common Purpose has forwarded on and this one is listed.

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That explains it

June 23, 2008 Common Purpose No comments

I wondered why so many people were coming here looking for information on Common Purpose and now I think I know.

I had a phone call this evening from a complete stranger telling me things about Common Purpose and the existance of a list of people who are taking an interest in Common Purpose that has been sent to Freedom of Information officers telling them that the people on the list are making vexatious requests.

Inquiries are being made to verify the existence of this list and to find out how much truth there is in the rumour that information is being shared illegally by local authorities and Common Purpose.

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West Mercia Police taking an interest in Common Purpose?

June 18, 2008 Come the revolution, Common Purpose 3 comments

I know it must seem like I’m a stat-obsessed glory hunter but I’m not, really!

It’s interesting to know who is visiting and how they get here.  Seeing a visit from Common Purpose was interesting, of course, and there are a lot of universities and colleges that appear on the list.  Don’t think these lot have visited before though:

Why would the police be searching for Common Purpose in Google?  Are they investigating Common Purpose’s infiltration into all aspect of the establishment and their indoctrination of our leaders with their “lead beyond your authority” doctrine?  Do they suspect Common Purpose of conducting a clandestine coup d’état?

Sadly, I very much doubt that this is the case because Common Purpose has its agents in the police as well, just waiting for the word to put in place their “new world order” where they – the unelected “leaders” – control our lives.  It’s all there on Common Purpose’s website for anyone to read, they’re quite open about their ambitions to take over the running of our country.

More than likely, this is someone who wants to go on a Common Purpose training course so they can be one of the ruling elite when the revolution comes or a Common Purpose agent building up intelligence on those that expose them ready for the aforementioned revolution.

Still, we live in hope.

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Common Purpose

June 9, 2008 Common Purpose 3 comments

Like any self-respecting stat whore, I check out who’s linking to me and who’s referring to me on a fairly regular basis.

For the last week or so I’ve been getting regular visits from the BBC and today I’ve had visits from a few universities amd a couple of local authorities.  Nothing terribly unusual in that as it happens from time to time but there was one interesting recent visit today:

Common Purpose Visitor

Common Purpose have a paid a visit, which is nice.  As Common Purpose owns its own range of IP addresses like an ISP or registrar would (effectively their own private network on the internet) it’s easy to spot their visits.  This visit has been followed by a couple of visits from the MOD.  Can I expect a knock at the door from the Common Purpose stazi?

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Advantage West Midlands & Common Purpose

January 12, 2008 Common Purpose No comments

Request for information re. Common Purpose Training, training practices, etc.

I can confirm that Advantage West Midlands has now completed its search for the information which you requested on 27/11/2007 via email and which we have handled as a Freedom of Information request for information.

Your questions are answered as follows:

1. How much has been spent on common purpose training?
£1230 since March, 2005.

2. How much spent on implementing Common Purpose practices?
Nil

3. How Many Employees have received this training?
2

4. What inducement/encouragement has been received to take the training and promote Common Purpose to others?
None

5. What inducement or encouragement has been received to adopt Common Purpose practices?
None

6. What inducement or encouragement has been received to promote Common Purpose to others?
None

Advantage West Midlands is the unelected regional development agency for the West Midlands euroregion.

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Government Office for the West Midlands & Common Purpose

January 12, 2008 Common Purpose No comments

Dear Stuart

I am writing in response to your request for information of 27 November 2007 about Common Purpose.  Your request has been considered under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.  I can confirm that this Office does hold some of the information that you have requested and that I am able to provide you with the following information. 

How much has been spent on Common Purpose training?

£4, 523.75

How much has been spent on implementing Common Purpose practices?

No information held on this.

How many employees have received Common Purpose training?

One.

What inducement or encouragement has been received to take Common Purpose training?

No information held on this.
What inducement or encouragement has been received to adopt Common Purpose practices?

No information held on this.

What inducement or encouragement has been received to promote Common Purpose practices?

No information held on this.

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Ministry of Justice & Common Purpose

January 12, 2008 Common Purpose 4 comments

Subject: Freedom of Information Request

Thank you for your e-mail dated 27 November 2007, in which you requested information relating to the Department’s expenditure with Common Purpose United Kingdom.

I can confirm that the Department does hold some information relating to your request. I must advise that this response covers those parts of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) which were part of the Department for Constitutional Affairs prior to the creation of the MoJ on 9 May 2007, and have been extracted from the Corporate Finance records.

I must also advise that while these expenditure figures have been recorded with the Corporate Finance team, it is possible that other areas of the Department may have incurred expenditure in this area from local budgets, but any such expenditure has not been reported to Corporate Finance.

For ease of reference, I will copy and address each of your questions in turn.

How much has been spent on Common Purpose training?

I can confirm that during the current financial year to date, a total of £8,400 has been spent on training provided by Common Purpose United Kingdom.

How much has been spent on implementing Common Purpose training?

I can confirm that there has been no expenditure in implementing the training provided by Common Purpose United Kingdom.

How many employees have received Common Purpose training?

I can confirm that during the current financial year to date, two members of staff have received training provided by Common Purpose United Kingdom.

What inducement or encouragement has been received to take Common Purpose training?

What inducement or encouragement has been received to adopt Common Purpose training?

What inducement or encouragement has been received to promote Common Purpose training?

I can confirm that there has been no inducement or encouragement to take, adopt or promote training provided by Common Purpose United Kingdom.

The problem with Common Purpose is that the attendees are not allowed to talk about what happens on their courses and no minutes are taken at Common Purpose training courses or meetings.  Attendees may have been encouraged or induced to promote Common Purpose but there will be no records to confirm this and the attendees have agreed to keep what happens a secret.  This certainly doesn’t encourage open government, transparency or accountability.  How does the Ministry of Justice know that what the attendees have been taught and agreed to do in their secret meetings is in the best interests of the department or the electorate, especially when the course teaches attendees to lead beyond their authority?  Who’s to say that one day that authority won’t be the democratically elected government?

I’ve put this question to the Ministry of Justice, I’ll post the response if I ever get one.

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