Lib Dem Richmond Council rejects FOI request to avert "ridicule"

Extraordinary story in the Richmond Guardian that the Lib Dem-run Richmond upon Thames Council is seeking to refuse a Freedom of Information request in the grounds that disclosure of the information requested would invite "ridicule" of the Councils plans for a new River Centre.

I would be interested to hear from Conservatives who are in opposition what success they have had using Freedom of Information Requests to find out Lib Dem/Labour Councils are up to.