Thursday, 26 November 2009

Glasgow Council temper tantrum

I have been passed an email which was circulated around senior officers of Glasgow City Council yesterday. I've removed the names and other identifiers to protect the officers involved:
From: _________
Sent: 25 November 2009 12:31
To: ______; ______; _______; ________; _______; _____; ____________
Subject: NEW DIRECTIVE
Please note that all future communications should now refer to the Scottish Executive and not Scottish Government.
___________
Communications & Support Manager
______ Services
Glasgow City Council
231 George Street
Glasgow G1 1RX
Phone 0141
Phone 077
Fax 0141
Email _________@glasgow.gov.uk
http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/

I've never seen a council go in a huff before!
Posted by Anseo at 12:11

6 comments:

  1. M26 November 2009 at 13:27

    It was just a matter of time before this occurred from an increasingly childish Labour propaganda machine that is trying to deny that the SNP led Scots Government exists, just as they have quietly succeeded in getting the BBC and STV to stop distinguishing between the "Scottish Government" and the "UK Government" in news items by using the word "Government" only to cover both administrations so as to confuse the public regarding what is a devolved issue and what is not.

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  2. tris26 November 2009 at 13:53

    I'm tempted to go in the huff too and refer to Brown's lot as the English Executive.

    However, if that's what they want to do, and they think that is a productive use of their time (that we pay them for) to write and read this trash, then fine.

    I hope the next time they are wanting some extra money from the Scottish Government to bail their Games out, that they ask the Executive.... and that the Government, in turn marks the envelope... return to sender, addressee unknown.

    Huffy little people.

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  3. Andrew26 November 2009 at 14:12

    tris We think alike

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  4. tris26 November 2009 at 14:27

    Indeed Andrew. It seems the only sensible option... Or perhaps at least a querie, saying "don't you mean the Scottish Governmnet?"

    There is no such thing as the Scottish Executive to fork out money... so maybe they will get used to that when they are, again, in desperate need.

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  5. Audrey27 November 2009 at 11:41

    Is it just me or has Labour's spin machine in Scotland been in overdrive recently?

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  6. McChatterer30 November 2009 at 04:10

    It is the Scottish Executive. That was its name in the Scotland Act, and that hasn't been changed. Let's not pretend it has powers it does not.

    Alternatively, following the example of Derry/Londonderry, we could call it the 'stroke administration'...

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