Members of the civil service are constraioed by clear guidelines , which have been in force for over 100 years. It is not acceptable for an employee of the Nation to make public matters that are privy to the business of government. That includes citing opinions of Government Ministers. I wonder how many private companies would put up with such behaviour.

Ronnie Howson, Ipswich, UK

Perhaps this young lady declined to swear an oath of allegiance to a government that has done more to undermine the core values and national pride of this country and which then declares it wants to promote Britishness. Doesn't Gordon Brown realise that he and the previous incumbent, whatsisname, are the cause of most of the ills that have befallen this nation in the last 11 years. Just goes to show that a bunch of left leaning/communist sympathising students from the 70s do not a government make. The success of failure knows no bounds. Incompetence is king. (Well, first president of the EU).

Tim Broughton, Mansfield, Notts

So long as the law is not being broken and they did not break their contract of employment then this is out and out satate sensorship. I can't recall any with a clause along the lines "you cannot have an opinion of your own".

The UK Government is rapdily becoming a Stalinist state.

I've lived here all my life (44 years). Voted Labout every time. No more. I don't want to leave but I'm seriously beginning to think about it.

Lon, Crawley, UK

This Government does not believe in free speech. They cannot accept any form of critcism. They set their lawyers onto myself a year or so ago because I posted something about David Blunkett not being able to answer many questions on Mastermind !. Yes they wanted to stifle even that and I have their solicitors letter to prove it.

John, Woking, Surrey

A spokesman for the Department for Work and Pensions declined to comment today on whether anyone had been unmasked."

What, you think we're going to tell you?

Edwin, Bucharest,

Wouldn't want anyone telling the truth now, would we?

Ian, Bristol,

the woman should be awarded a journalist price!
she revealed the real face of this governent!
I hope she doesn't lose her job!

riccardo, brussels,

What price freedom of information?
And how can we respect the Whitehall establishment, who seem hopelessly out of touch with reality in education, health and agriculture?

bob wilkinson, milnthorpe, england

We are fooled to believe we live in a democracy - Labour have used spin doctors to their advantage (mostly untruths to make themselves more attractive to the people they are supposed to serve)
Majority of Government officials see it as an easy job, bullet proof pension all at the expense of the stupid citizens it is supposed to serve.
How dare this Government point finger at other nations when it tries to censor the true.
Great work Miss Blogger who ever you are!

justin, London,

I guess she is just joining the ever growing list of website that have been put down like the recent wikileaks.org vs baers affair.
It is about time that our civil liberties get some respect.

I see nothing wrong in an employee denouncing mal practice, and corruption. I just wish that it was happening more often so that we could send all these wealthy elected criminal to jail.
Deny, and lies, and in the case of few like Ken, menaces and more lies. She will probably loose her job, or have to forget about future promotion.
The government wants to monitor our life from dusk to dusk and will stop to nothing to get it their ways.

lauren, london, uk

If the government had nothing to hide presumably it wouldn't be quite to committed to hiding it.

The bloggers are providing a much needed public service. If the risks of exposure are too great for them to continue on their own account they might consider working through a third party to provide a cut out!

Ubi, Edinburgh, uk

How can the government or Sir Humphrey & Co. possibly have been embarrassed? Nothing was ever "revealed".

Civil Serf never said anything that came as a shock or surprise to me - simply things that were in line with my expectations. I suspect I am typical of the readership.

The Lisbon Treaty makes the British Parliament and 'Civil Service' even more irrelevant. Make 80% of MPs redundant. Slash the public sector spend by a similar amount & see what can be afforded with the residue. The taxpayer might as well get some benefit from Brown & Blair's treason.

Ray Warren, Dartmouth,

Well if the Blog has been obliterated from the Public Domain, then it suggests that everything she said (now censored by New Labour) must be true.

Presumably, one of Gordon Brown's first discussions with Medvedev will be whether we could re-open one of their Gulags to use for anyone with the temerity to tell the truth about government.

Peter, London,

What we are seeing is just another example of this corrupt nulabor government policy of Control or Destroy, merged with another nulabor policy of managing the control of the flow of information.
As for protection for whistleblowers, this corrupt nulabor government always attacks the whistleblower.
here is a question for Gordon Brown - perhaps someone would like to take up on it:
"How many whistleblowers of government departments have been rewarded for carrying out their civic duty, and what is the cumulative amount of those rewards?"
As for the blogger, if everything that was being said was nice, would the government still pull the site down?
This is not the first time that this has happened.
The government pulled down a site that published details of nulabor multibillion ( yes, billion ) Eurofraud, that used OLAF, under Kinnock, to threaten and abuse whistleblowers, and OLAF UK personnel actually came to the UK on a cover-up exercise.
Well done that lady - more, more, more.

martin brighton, sheffield,

What happened to freedom of speech?

David Wilson, Glasgow,

Given we seem to have NO control over our government in between elections and no way to appraise them ... people like the Civil Serf are to be commended for letting us know just how useless these people are. That way we can cull them next election to ensure our government serves us efficiently ... and not the other way around as is is at present.

Geo, Glasgow,

Is the Civil Serf not just acting like a whistle blower. Provided the content of the Bloggs are true I see no problem with inefficient practices being highlighted in this way. The government should be taking action, but not against the Blogger rather against those causing the areas of inefficiency and waste of public funds identified on the web site. Bloggers like this more of them please.

Tony Woods, London, UK

"Her website was taken down on Sunday night"

Does anyone known if this was government censorship - of just blackmail of the ISP?

Mike Bibby, St Albans, England -nopt EU

Obviously you cannot go around spouting the truth about the government, that would never do. What next, democracy? Surely this woman would be protected by the laws on whistleblowing.

David Leslie, Perth, Scotland

Excuse me? Why do we need guidelines? This is an instance of breaking the confidence and trust of Her Majesty's elected Government. Civil servants are meant to serve them - unfailingly. Those who have the temerity to post on gossipy websites should be told to seek alternative employment, leaving those of sound judgement and loyalty to carry on.

D J Marusza, Islington, UK

Labour will control it's what they do, they do not like the truth.

D Case, Newquay,

What is the difference between this situation and China, Egypt or Iran?.... Yes, we have freedom of speech as long as we are talking about irrelevancies, but as soon as someone speaks about serious matters, the freedom disappears.

The United Kingdom is not a democracy.

James Aire, London, United Kingdom