Comments on: Watson to quit at reshuffle? http://puffbox.com/2009/05/26/watson-to-quit-at-reshuffle/ Adventures in government, politics and open source. Mostly WordPress-related. Fri, 11 May 2012 16:17:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Guido Fawkes http://puffbox.com/2009/05/26/watson-to-quit-at-reshuffle/comment-page-1/#comment-974 Guido Fawkes Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:08:26 +0000 http://puffbox.com/?p=937#comment-974 "Is there anyone qualified to be Minister for Geekery?" ** COUGH ** I couldn't possibly comment. "Is there anyone qualified to be Minister for Geekery?"

** COUGH **

I couldn't possibly comment.

]]> By: Neil Franklin http://puffbox.com/2009/05/26/watson-to-quit-at-reshuffle/comment-page-1/#comment-973 Neil Franklin Wed, 27 May 2009 16:08:08 +0000 http://puffbox.com/?p=937#comment-973 Confused by all these responses...! And sad that Tom may leave... Is there anyone qualified to be Minister for Geekery? Confused by all these responses...! And sad that Tom may leave... Is there anyone qualified to be Minister for Geekery?

]]> By: Socialreporter | Digital engagement Minister to step down? http://puffbox.com/2009/05/26/watson-to-quit-at-reshuffle/comment-page-1/#comment-972 Socialreporter | Digital engagement Minister to step down? Tue, 26 May 2009 21:18:58 +0000 http://puffbox.com/?p=937#comment-972 [...] Dickson follows up a Sunday Times story that e-government/Digital Engagement Minister Tom Watson will step down from [...] [...] Dickson follows up a Sunday Times story that e-government/Digital Engagement Minister Tom Watson will step down from [...]

]]> By: Simon http://puffbox.com/2009/05/26/watson-to-quit-at-reshuffle/comment-page-1/#comment-971 Simon Tue, 26 May 2009 13:11:06 +0000 http://puffbox.com/?p=937#comment-971 Or equally, if I've written something that was open to misinterpretation, that's my fault for writing it badly, not yours for misinterpreting. Or equally, if I've written something that was open to misinterpretation, that's my fault for writing it badly, not yours for misinterpreting.

]]> By: Public Strategist http://puffbox.com/2009/05/26/watson-to-quit-at-reshuffle/comment-page-1/#comment-970 Public Strategist Tue, 26 May 2009 11:22:37 +0000 http://puffbox.com/?p=937#comment-970 All is now clear. I had read your final sentence as being a conditional that might yet happen, rather than one that might have happened. Which is a good reminder that when I interpret something as meaning something you are unlikely to have meant, you probably didn't. All is now clear. I had read your final sentence as being a conditional that might yet happen, rather than one that might have happened. Which is a good reminder that when I interpret something as meaning something you are unlikely to have meant, you probably didn't.

]]> By: Simon http://puffbox.com/2009/05/26/watson-to-quit-at-reshuffle/comment-page-1/#comment-969 Simon Tue, 26 May 2009 11:09:29 +0000 http://puffbox.com/?p=937#comment-969 That's exactly my point, PS... if the Director of Digital Engagement had gone to someone outside HMG (as was widely expected), and if Tom is set to quit imminently, then we'd have had our two fresh faces. As it is, we get one fresh (ministerial) face, and one 'continuity candidate'. That's exactly my point, PS... if the Director of Digital Engagement had gone to someone outside HMG (as was widely expected), and if Tom is set to quit imminently, then we'd have had our two fresh faces. As it is, we get one fresh (ministerial) face, and one 'continuity candidate'.

]]> By: Public Strategist http://puffbox.com/2009/05/26/watson-to-quit-at-reshuffle/comment-page-1/#comment-968 Public Strategist Tue, 26 May 2009 10:49:10 +0000 http://puffbox.com/?p=937#comment-968 Whose would be the second fresh face? Certainly not Andrew's. And I don't mean that negatively, quite the reverse. He is a man with much experience both in general and in particular from having been deeply involved with POIT and related work. What he has lacked has been the personal online visibility which some of the commenters on Neil Williams' social media interviewing post see as critical. It's interesting to speculate on what two genuinely fresh faces might have implied, if the dig eng post had gone to an outsider - but that's not the world we are in. Whose would be the second fresh face? Certainly not Andrew's. And I don't mean that negatively, quite the reverse. He is a man with much experience both in general and in particular from having been deeply involved with POIT and related work. What he has lacked has been the personal online visibility which some of the commenters on Neil Williams' social media interviewing post see as critical. It's interesting to speculate on what two genuinely fresh faces might have implied, if the dig eng post had gone to an outsider - but that's not the world we are in.

]]> By: Whitehall Webby http://puffbox.com/2009/05/26/watson-to-quit-at-reshuffle/comment-page-1/#comment-967 Whitehall Webby Tue, 26 May 2009 10:46:02 +0000 http://puffbox.com/?p=937#comment-967 My thoughts, and fears, exactly (btw, like the movie) My thoughts, and fears, exactly (btw, like the movie)

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