(1 July 2021) Apologies to my readers but I now seem to have fixed the site (PHP 7.4 did the trick whatever that is).
Today I was thinking about email and the absurdity of ministers using their private email addresses for Government business.
Anyone, at any level, who joins an organisation and is given an email address is, quite rightly expected to use that for their business as an employee. Most organisations have strict rules about not using the official address for personal matters.
Yet, somehow an MP can become a Secretary of State, carrying out an important job and yet they appear to be using their personal email for all sorts of contractual matters. This is not very transparent and could lead the cynics into thinking there was something dodgy going on.
[NOTE: I am not suggesting, in any way, that the hard working and competent former Secretary of State for Health did anything untoward in his time in office].
The rules appear to say that if a private address is used on departmental business the department should be copied in for the record.
However, to my simple mind, why not have a simple rule – “Everything to do with the departmental role has to be through the official email system”
The same should apply to the use of mobile phones.
This is the only transparent way.
Rant over and to celebrate the return of this site here is a delightful kitten.
