Thanks, Tom, you're a star.
And yeah, that's obviously where mySociety's interest in the specific issue
ends. The wider issue deserves debate, but here isn't really the appropriate
place.


2009/7/6 Tom Steinberg <[email protected]>

> Yes, just to say, I'm not going to get into the business of why she
> was fired, what was said, who told on who and so on. My mission is
> over.
>
> Tom
>
> 2009/7/6 Matt Wardman <[email protected]>:
> > I think this - as it looks like a private communication by email
> > (presumably) - puts the disciplinary action into question. Did anyone see
> it
> > but HB?
> >
> > If that could be clarified it would be helpful, but perhaps it needs to
> be a
> > separate issue to the MySociety riposte.
> >
> > Matt
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 7:10 PM, Tom Steinberg <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> I've just had a phone chat with Lisa Greenwood, the sacked civil
> >> servant. She's explained, and even been kind enough to send me an
> >> email that I can use as evidence.
> >>
> >> In short, what she told me happened was:
> >> 1.) She used google and ended up on Hazel Blear's page on
> >> TheyWorkForYou.com
> >> 2.) She clicked through from it to Hazel's official site
> >> 3.) She found the 'contact me' page on the official site and then
> >> clicked on the email address, which, using a mailto: tag popped up her
> >> work email client.
> >> 4.) She wrote and sent her fatal email, which was delivered from her
> >> DCSF email account, not her Hotmail which she'd normally use.
> >>
> >> Here's how Lisa describes it in her own words:
> >>
> >> "Dear Tom,
> >>
> >> I googled Hazel Blears and found the website 'they work for you' and
> >> it said to contact Hazel Blears click on the following link
> >> http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/hazel_blears/salford   I then clicked
> >> on her personal webpage that said  'contact me'.  You will have to
> >> contact the DCFS for them to explain their interception.
> >>
> >> Many thanks
> >>
> >> Lisa Greenwood"
> >>
> >> So there it is. I'll use this to ask for a retraction from the
> >> original journalist who seeded the story, and from anyone else who ran
> >> with it and who hasn't corrected by tomorrow.
> >>
> >> best,
> >>
> >> Tom
> >>
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