[Sticks]

This press release has just been issued

Due to bugetry constraints it has been confirmed that the office of the Cyber Devil's Advocate General wil be closed. Some staff have been relocated to other departments, such as the Office of Cyber Guardianship, but most have been made redundant or offered early retirement.

It is always disappointing when an office closes but in the current economic climate it was deemed that the running of this office is unsustainable. It is also felt that with the implementation of Web 2.0 that the work of defending clients will be handled by others elsewhere in the private sector.

It has been a wonderful time getting to know some of our clients and members of staff and wish them well in their future careers

The Cyber Devil's Advocate General

That about says it all

The Office of Cyber Guardian has about a quarter of the budget as my old section

[Sunny_01]

oh dear oh dear Sticks, are you happy with the retirement package?

[Sticks]

Well I suppose it was better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick

[Wiglet]

Forgive me but I have no idea what a cyber devil advocate is,(other than having a guess?)

I hate it when that budget word is used. What generally happens is a year down the line someone realises a mistake is made and a 'CONSULTANT' or two are brought in on three times the salary which saves no money whatsoever.

[Matt]

Thank god I'm not the only one left clueless by this thread!

[Sticks]

Originally posted by wiglet
Forgive me but I have no idea what a cyber devil advocate is,(other than having a guess?)

We are (or were) assigned to those clients who are less than popular, to put a defence of those clients within the realm of cyberspace.

Sort of like a barrister in a court of law

My clients have been

Paul Clarke - BB2
Jade Goody - BB3
No body assigned during BB4 due to secondment to the office of the Cyber Prosecutor. Was tasked with the case against Cameron
BB5 - Kitten and then Michelle Bass
BB6 - We had a CDAG who hated reality TV so for that year we were assigned corporate clients and mine was McDonalds Restaurants
BB7 - Grace Short
CBB 2007 called out of retirement to represent Jade Goody
BB8 - The office closed shortly after Emily was scapegoated

[Sunny_01]

Sticks always represented his clients well, you wil be missed as will the whole of the department, now who will be the voice of reason

[InTheFade]

Is it actually a real job?

[bananarama]

Originally posted by InTheFade
Is it actually a real job?

What else could it be....

[Lauren]

Paul Clarke was unpopular?!

[bananarama]

Originally posted by Lauren
Paul Clarke was unpopular?!

The press gave him a bad time after he was evicted....But Sticks came to the rescue....

[Lauren]

Ahh right!
I wasn't around here during BB2, so I assumed he was popular. Thanks for explaining!

[bananarama]

Originally posted by Lauren
Ahh right!
I wasn't around here during BB2, so I assumed he was popular. Thanks for explaining!

Just to clarify he was poular with the public because of Helen who was even more popular but the press tried to make him out a love rat betraying Helen as soon as he left the house. He was not and one can assume Sticks fully armed dealt with the villains.....

[Sticks]

Those were in the days when we were actually called cyber warriors, and subsequently seconded to the new office of the Cyber Devils Advocate General.

So you could argue that my first client in the actual office of the CDAG was actually Jade, but I first impressed them with my defence of Paul Clarke.

Actually I was defending him in cyberspace well before his eviction. I pointed out that something he said hid an underlying decency. I pointed out the trap that C4 / Endemol laid for them with the meals for two, which was thwarted by Paul Clarke himself.

When people latched on to a conversation he had with Elizabeth which made it seem like he was going cold on Helen, I pointed to a comment he said when he said Helen deserved to be in the final, and pointed out that Paul may have been trying to do a Gerry.

Then when they were out of the house, if C4 were bad, the gutter press were worse

and the rest is history

So now I am deemed to have retired from that now and am trying to eek out a subsistence at the Office of the Cyber Guardians. They only take on popular cases.

The decision was that those going into the house could use Web 2.0 before they went in to hire a private advocate and funds could be diverted elsewhere, and so inspite of the acting CDAG we were canned.

[bananarama]

I think the tax payer should finance the office of the Cyber Devil's Advocate General. Such important duties should not be left to private concerns.

I urge all TIBB members to lobby their MP's without delay.....

[InTheFade]

Originally posted by bananarama

What else could it be....

An imaginary job you never know...

[Lauren]

Originally posted by bananarama
I think the tax payer should finance the office of the Cyber Devil's Advocate General. Such important duties should not be left to private concerns.

I urge all TIBB members to lobby their MP's without delay.....

I'd pay.

[bananarama]

Originally posted by Lauren

I'd pay.

One out of a population of 60 million. Good start I know we can make this work......