It's a slightly separate issue, but this is heavy handed like the
Christopher Glamorganshire case - and a step backwards from the approach
taken by Tom Watson in his Civil Service CoP.

Not for this list, however.

M.

On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 10:03 PM, Richard George <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'll bet you dimes to dollars that the outgoing email had one of those daft
> "these may not be the views of the employer" footers on it, though.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 6 Jul 2009, at 21:29, John Browning <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Thanks. So basically she just sent an email on her work account.
> The civil service line is presumably that this is the equivalent of sending
> a rant on official stationery. Doesn't matter whether it was public or not,
> it was putting the department's name on a personal view. The punishment does
> seem harsh, but the argument is at least comprehensible -- and sadly not
> such a great story after all.
>
> I don't know how much I'd actually worry about this myself, but the
> question for TheyWorkForYou is whether or not it needs a warning for the
> underinformed and/or overemotional that these are *not* anonymous email
> links and whatever account you post from is the account you will be known
> from. Seems like overkill to me, but who knows...
>
> Unlucky Lisa.
>
> allbests,
>
>
>
>
> .................................................................................
>
> John Browning
>
>
>
>
>
> On 6 Jul 2009, at 20:47, Simon Gibbs wrote:
>
>  John Browning wrote:
>
> That is a very good point, and it would seem to be a much better
> story. Unless the link somehow leads to a published email -- which the
> text's un-googlability makes unlikely on the surface at least
>
>  Page would be this one - check the nav bar:
>
>  <http://www.hazelblears.co.uk/contact_me>
> http://www.hazelblears.co.uk/contact_me
>
> and the address * <[email protected]>[email protected]*
>
> May have been seen by an aide?
>
> Simon
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