I am afraid it is THE politics of the moment

I can understand why Sir Tim Bernerd-Lee wants to and needs to distance himself and his project of making government data transparent from the current political situation. However, can we really abstract this project from the context in which it is situated? By saying it is not political does not neccessarily make it apolitical.

Gaining access to some government data has been a political battle, led by some very brave people in fighting against the political establishment with a natural investment in secrecy. Sir TBL's involvement in this project should be regarded as another important step in the contribution towards politcal transparency. He is addressing THE politics of the moment and I hope his and our visions are realised. For this he gets our votes!

clipped from news.bbc.co.uk "I think there's a public demand for transparency. This is way beyond party politics and beyond global borders," Sir Tim said. He also explained he had recently given a speech about the subject in California: "I had the audience chanting 'raw data now!' about government data. This is an important thing to be involved, independent of the politics of the moment."