http://civicsurf.org.uk/2008/09/council-leader-reprimanded-for-blog/ blogging: a new way to lead Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:43:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://civicsurf.org.uk/2008/09/council-leader-reprimanded-for-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-72 Shane McCracken Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:28:04 +0000 http://civicsurf.org.uk/?p=63#comment-72 I completely agree with you Paul. The problem is that this case has happened and we both know that council legal officers have given advice to councillors about being political (or linking to political sites) from council sites. That's why we'd advise councillors to avoid that possibility by having their own spaces to be political. I completely agree with you Paul. The problem is that this case has happened and we both know that council legal officers have given advice to councillors about being political (or linking to political sites) from council sites. That’s why we’d advise councillors to avoid that possibility by having their own spaces to be political.

]]> http://civicsurf.org.uk/2008/09/council-leader-reprimanded-for-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-69 Paul Evans Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:22:23 +0000 http://civicsurf.org.uk/?p=63#comment-69 Oh - in over five years, providing over a thousand councillors with a tool that enables them to link to political sites, I've never had one challenge of any kind for doing so. There is no serious legal grounds upon which the standards board should make a ruling like this. Oh – in over five years, providing over a thousand councillors with a tool that enables them to link to political sites, I’ve never had one challenge of any kind for doing so. There is no serious legal grounds upon which the standards board should make a ruling like this.

]]> http://civicsurf.org.uk/2008/09/council-leader-reprimanded-for-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-68 Paul Evans Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:21:09 +0000 http://civicsurf.org.uk/?p=63#comment-68 What a ridiculous ruling from a ridiculous body. Utterly out of proportion. And anyone who thinks that giving councillors on online tool that enables them to do political grandstanding is the same as giving them an advantage has not been paying attention. If councillors *do* grandstand in this way, it does them more damage than good. What a ridiculous ruling from a ridiculous body. Utterly out of proportion. And anyone who thinks that giving councillors on online tool that enables them to do political grandstanding is the same as giving them an advantage has not been paying attention. If councillors *do* grandstand in this way, it does them more damage than good.

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