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Originally Posted by frogstamper
Come on Derek lighten up,  a few back-room boys having a laugh and a joke and they get caught out...would you "really" have taken offense if it wasn't Labour in power?
Also tell me there are never any amusing e-mails at the expense of senior officers in your station, I very much doubt it.  |
This wasn't a joke around the water cooler though, was it. It was an official memo. Civil servants are all now supposed to be aware that a FOI request could place anything they put in writing in the public domain. At the very least, this was an act of monumental stupidity by the person concerned and they need removing from any duties where their lack of judgement could cause any further embarrassment to HMG (whichever party happens to be running it at the time).