Whisper it, but it looks like the city council has done the right thing, and dropped plans to ban Twitter in council meetings.

When faced with a choice between open government and a culture of secrecy, they’ve gone for openness. Is Veejay’s ‘era of openness’ starting to emerge?

Well, no. You needn’t thank the politicians for this. As you’ve probably picked up from stories I’ve written on this subject already, the Labour group’s movers and shakers were in favour of a ban. Don’t forget, it was Veejay who refused to condemn the move.

Instead it needed a (very) senior council officer to intervene and turn the screw to get it dropped, and rightly so.

More of this, please.

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