Comments on: Purdah starts today http://www.simonwakeman.com/2007/03/26/purdah-starts-today/ public sector communications and marketing Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:35:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Kathryn_emily_j (Kathryn Jones) http://www.simonwakeman.com/2007/03/26/purdah-starts-today/#comment-91511 Kathryn_emily_j (Kathryn Jones) Thu, 25 Mar 2010 09:53:02 +0000 http://www.simonwakeman.com/2007/03/26/purdah-starts-today/#comment-91511 <strong>Twitter Comment</strong> <a href="http://twitter.com/Kathryn_emily_j" title="Twitter Comment" rel="nofollow"> <div class="ccimg1" title="Kathryn_emily_j (Kathryn Jones)" style="float:left;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://www.simonwakeman.com/wp-content/plugins/chatcatcher/picbg.jpg) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> <div class="ccimg2" title="Kathryn_emily_j (Kathryn Jones)" style="float:left;margin-left:-70px;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://purl.org/net/spiurl/Kathryn_emily_j) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> </a> @vahva short answer:when the elections is announced long answer: see marketing public sector blogger for past exp [link to post]<br /><br /> - <a href="http://chatcatcher.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Posted using Chat Catcher</a> Twitter Comment


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]]> By: Simon http://www.simonwakeman.com/2007/03/26/purdah-starts-today/#comment-88339 Simon Tue, 20 May 2008 20:18:30 +0000 http://www.simonwakeman.com/2007/03/26/purdah-starts-today/#comment-88339 Hi Ezra, Sorry for the delay in getting back to you - my understanding is definitely that purdah applies to officers, not members. The principle is that officers do not support the communication of political (or potentially political) messages in any way. Members are free to say whatever they wish at any point during their term of office, including pre-election periods - as long as during purdah this does is not or could not be construed to have been supported by council officers or resources in any way. As you say, to do otherwise would seem to go against the notion of scrutiny of those who hold public office. cheers, sw [edited for clarity] Hi Ezra,

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you – my understanding is definitely that purdah applies to officers, not members. The principle is that officers do not support the communication of political (or potentially political) messages in any way.

Members are free to say whatever they wish at any point during their term of office, including pre-election periods – as long as during purdah this does is not or could not be construed to have been supported by council officers or resources in any way.

As you say, to do otherwise would seem to go against the notion of scrutiny of those who hold public office.

cheers,
sw

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]]> By: Ezra Leverett http://www.simonwakeman.com/2007/03/26/purdah-starts-today/#comment-88099 Ezra Leverett Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:43:11 +0000 http://www.simonwakeman.com/2007/03/26/purdah-starts-today/#comment-88099 Purdah is understandable for 'officers in Local Government', but it seems that councillors are using this as a way of not facing their electorate when the questions get tough and their actions are challenged. This cannot be healthy in a democratic society and should be challenged. Best regards, Ezra Leverett (Councillor) Purdah is understandable for ‘officers in Local Government’, but it seems that councillors are using this as a way of not facing their electorate when the questions get tough and their actions are challenged.
This cannot be healthy in a democratic society and should be challenged.
Best regards, Ezra Leverett (Councillor)

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