Pitty sanity didn't prevail when the DIN was being drafted!


It also mentions when taking part in opinion polls and surveys, these are often anominous. Basically the DIN is saying "SShhh" about anything concerning "Defence".

Weren't the rules on FOI tightened recently in the name of security? I remember the FOI no longer applys to queries reference MP's, I remember something about the MOD too, perhaps I'm wrong but wouldnt be surprised!

Nah.... the corporals and above will get shafted withextras and teose below will get Section 69'd. Prejudice to the good order of military discipline etc.

Has anyone got this DIN in full? Only I can't access it until I get on to DII , and then I can't get onto Arrse , as then I would be under Military law.

You see my quandry?

Who the bloody hell writes these things? No, I don't think it was an SO1 , this has political apparatchik written all over it.

If every one gets extras then it has no effect. If the troops get sect 69 ask for CM and or employ a civie solicitor to represent you. See how long it will last when the paper chain starts to expand and becomes the news storie.

edited to get it right

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what happens if you feel you get no where and then someone you know rings someone they know and they email a well know newspaper . Is that still not allowed . I am talking on welfare matters persay not strictley defence.or is it?

I can't even find it on the AGWEB... Will ping you it when I find it though PTP.

Going only a little off topic..

Parliamentary Select Committee on Defence
Third Report
15 ROLE OF THE MEDIA

www.publications.parli...19.htm#a94

15 ROLE OF THE MEDIA

"The Director General Corporate Communications, Mr Tony Pawson, told us that the main aims of the media strategy were to be as open as possible and to meet the practical needs of the media in terms of substance and timeliness."

The article on the link is well worth while, though it did give me more than a shudder that the aim is to control the media rather than inform.

The daily "cross whitehall media briefings" bit also has a hint of the sinister and spin about it.

LOL Well seems that I'm on the other side of the fence, I've got it on my screen and if I post it here then I'll be breaking some other rule.

But here is the link for when you get on DII

defenceintranet.diiweb...06DINs.pdf

Welfare? Defence welfare? Still is "Defence", so technically shhh

I love these half baked ideas that we are supposed to follow as law!

Thanks MATTS , look forward to reading it in full, and the small print too.

Why are you invoving a middleman? I thought standard form was to get the wife to write to the Telegraph and the Mail?

Or has that changed now, as you can't discuss Defence matters with 'members of the public'

Oh those fiends.........

PTP - Check PMs.

Have sent it to the BBC since it's in the public forum. Just hope I'm not landing someone in the smelly stuff.

Will I be able to discuss with my wife when my next deployment is? She might get hacked off if I just bugger off to Afghanistan in the middle of the night.

PTP - have emailed you a pdf.

I've emailed the DGCM press officer for clarification, but I won't hold my breath since the DII connection between here and.... ooops can't say that

By doing so without prior permission, only yourself

it's a defence matter... and she is a member of the public. If she knows anything at all - she must be silenced.

Harsh but fair.

No, she'll be fine.

I'll just come round a bit earlier than I do normally.

Classic! Let that slip to the tabloids, that will stir things with a BIG wooden spoon!