Imagine how the world would look if people all round the world and at the UN who knew about frauds and other abuses of public funds were really encouraged to come forward and Reveal All.

For example, by getting a generous payback from public monies saved or recouped from malfeasants.

In the USA it happens (emphasis added):

Federal investigators reward whistleblowers with an average payment of $1.5 million based on the sums of money recovered. The US Federal government has paid out almost $3 billion so far in such rewards. The largest rewards to date exceed $150 million, and one out of every five applicants gets a monetary reward.

In this case people thought to have something interesting to say about ‘Climategate’ misuse of data are being approached.

But the noble principle could be introduced for UK government grants to all sorts of groups and other official spending, including at the EU…