David Hamilton 🏴🇺🇦
@da.vidh.scot
Scottish Information Commissioner.
Volunteer Aid Worker in Ukraine and Bosnia. Charity trustee
Volunteer Aid Worker in Ukraine and Bosnia. Charity trustee
Very kind Ika but there are many, many people more deserving of that title!
Many thanks for having me on. Hvala!
Many thanks for having me on. Hvala!
October 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Very kind Ika but there are many, many people more deserving of that title!
Many thanks for having me on. Hvala!
Many thanks for having me on. Hvala!
With elections next year I wonder if our democracy is not already under attack through misinformation.
October 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
With elections next year I wonder if our democracy is not already under attack through misinformation.
It makes me wonder about Eastern Ukraine and the devastation I saw there and of course to Gaza.
How long to rebuild these towns and cities? We really are an insane species.
How long to rebuild these towns and cities? We really are an insane species.
June 10, 2025 at 1:48 AM
It makes me wonder about Eastern Ukraine and the devastation I saw there and of course to Gaza.
How long to rebuild these towns and cities? We really are an insane species.
How long to rebuild these towns and cities? We really are an insane species.
Mostar was absolutely wrecked when i was there and to this day many buildings still bear the scars of war.
June 10, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Mostar was absolutely wrecked when i was there and to this day many buildings still bear the scars of war.
We won’t know till we validate and investigate…but in the last 3 years, appeals for vexatious or manifestly unreasonable have been 2-5% of our cases. www.foi.scot/sites/defaul...
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June 6, 2025 at 7:04 AM
We won’t know till we validate and investigate…but in the last 3 years, appeals for vexatious or manifestly unreasonable have been 2-5% of our cases. www.foi.scot/sites/defaul...
June 6, 2025 at 6:53 AM
It’s not exactly Schengen is it?. Digital Borders was meant to be live last year. So forgive me if I don’t hold my breath for a mediocre sticking plaster.
June 3, 2025 at 12:26 AM
It’s not exactly Schengen is it?. Digital Borders was meant to be live last year. So forgive me if I don’t hold my breath for a mediocre sticking plaster.
Finally, what of the Board Members who failed in their roles? Many have moved on - apparently without sanction- not even named in the report. Maybe we need to debar poor performing public board members from standing on other boards in the future? Maybe we need to pay more to get better people?
May 16, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Finally, what of the Board Members who failed in their roles? Many have moved on - apparently without sanction- not even named in the report. Maybe we need to debar poor performing public board members from standing on other boards in the future? Maybe we need to pay more to get better people?
The failings appear to stem from hopeless oversight and a Board/ Ministerial failure to probe and ask questions. I’m grateful for my Parliamentary oversight where at least I do feel tested and challenged.
May 16, 2025 at 11:19 AM
The failings appear to stem from hopeless oversight and a Board/ Ministerial failure to probe and ask questions. I’m grateful for my Parliamentary oversight where at least I do feel tested and challenged.
As an accountable officer for public funds I fear that my pleas for a proportionate audit model for small bodies will be lost in the response. Audit is a key tool in accountability but WICS’s issues clearly started well before 2022.
May 16, 2025 at 11:19 AM
As an accountable officer for public funds I fear that my pleas for a proportionate audit model for small bodies will be lost in the response. Audit is a key tool in accountability but WICS’s issues clearly started well before 2022.