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In respect of personal political opinions held by public affairs professionals, what matters isn’t that Wales is a cosy little club where everyone loves each other, that’s irrelevant. What matters is the nature of the employment and the organisation & what the person has tweeted
So public bodies would/should have different rules about what their employees can do. Similarly it depends where you are in an organisation, so my own personal feed will now change because my role in @positifwales has changed. Status defines the boundaries
So it’s perfectly appropriate for an organisation to ask neutrality or see its boundaries and for a staff member to have to comply, regardless of the freedoms their mates on twitter might enjoy. Rules vary from organisation to organisation
I’ve long been interested in the issue of where the boundaries lie, not least since I’ve pushed at them myself so often. Thought about writing a piece to provoke a discussion but @DarrenMillarMS @cerithrhys @calumhiggins doing that. A discussion worth having.
The relationship & the boundaries will ultimately be one defined within organisations not defined by how your mates in public affairs feel. Although my own boundaries are pretty wide, and certainly more so than my co-workers at Positif, that is what really matters
Which is where this thread now ends
