Electoral Commission and their lawyers in crisis talks

The Electoral Commission has been hit with a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for full disclosure of their designation decision for those campaigning for a 'No' outcome in the North East Elected Assembly Referendum last November.
We are aware of the request.
Their deadline (20 working days) expires today.
Our sources reveal that there are a lot of raised voices coming from lawyers and officials sitting around a table in Trevelyan House over what can and cannot be released, even at this late stage.

Do you think that they would dare withhold anything which may prove damning?

Are they aware of what information has already come into our hands?

Would the Electoral Commission, and Commission Chairman, Sam Younger survive another humiliation.

Remember that we raised all the concerns over the safety of all Postal Ballots during the European Elections when 600,000 papers arrived late. Did the Electoral Commission flood the area with observers and officials? Did they do spot checks? Did they call us back when we raised all the concerns? They did nothing of the sort. The washing of their hands would have made Pontius Pilate blush.
Were they at all interested in anything which may bring them into conflict with the Government?

Even when the Government, Prescott in particular, arrogantly rejected their recommendation that all postal ballots never be used again they did nothing. The Chairman and the officials should have resigned in disgust. They did nothing of the sort.

The integrity of our democracy is at stake. We should be deafened by the roar of the Electoral Commission lion damning the Government's contempt for democracy. Instead we hear the silence of the lambs.

Your time is up Mr. Younger. A copy of the Guardian is in the post.