Post in CLG, ICELE and Lichfield

May 30 09:39 UTC

hi andy, and paul (canning),

as i understand it the current uncertainty for ICELE (which has clearly led
to Lichfield losing patience) does come as part of a possible attempt to try
to unite the various bits and pieces of government which have previously
carried out local and national e-deomcracy work, e.g. DCLG, MoJ, Cabinet
Office.

However government can indeed be glacial, even assuming it is inching in the
right direction...

I too sense there possibly is some brinkmanship here as well, which seems to
me to be a shame - and unlikely to work very well.