In that case, at least, voters will have gained a new insight into who, if anyone, really stands for openness and accountability in state government.
Martin Bean, vice-chancellor of The Open University said: "He was a committed and influential public intellectual of the new left, who embodied the spirit of what the OU has always stood for: openness, accessibility, a champion for social justice and of the power of education to bring positive change in peoples' lives".
ODB stands for open database, but its openness is disputed, as discussed below.
We need to stand up, strongly, for openness.
The opacity of this strange, new "openness" is the other side of Yale's strange, new closedness to what truly counts: A university isn't a university unless it stands for the openness of inquiry into the unknown through experimentation and free exchange of ideas.
Private companies, too, could stand for a little more openness and connection to the cities where they operate, particularly when much of their data is citizen information.
"They both stand for the same concept: openness, expression and an absence of gatekeepers telling people what they can do, where they can go and what they can think".
Clegg said: "This talented frontbench have shown both inside government and beyond that they stand for a liberal Britain – one of openness, tolerance and compassion.
This murkiness is intensely unsatisfying to many Americans, who like to believe that we stand for clear principles of freedom, tolerance, openness and compassion.
