Dr Kelly's rules
In a generally good article, John Keegan, himself a former civil servant writes:
All civil servants are subject to the service's disciplinary procedures and code. One of its most stringent articles forbids communication with the media. Indeed, at regular intervals, we were reminded in writing of the ban and Dr Kelly must have read the warning as often as I did.
Which would be cut and dried if it wasn't for the fact that since coming to power the government has continually thrust officials into the limelight. Could it be that Kelly found himself in the position where the rules said one thing but his line manager was saying something completely different? Incidentally, this if a phenomenon which seems to be on the increase. Or is it my imagination?
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