A question of policy

[andrewducker]

[Poll #1480150]

Note - by "public" here, I mean to people outside of the company, like journalists or similar, not openly to people inside of the company.

Comments

[a-pawson.livejournal.com]

According to the BBC, David Nutt's advisory position was unpaid.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8334948.stm

[ninebelow.livejournal.com]

There is a clash of terminology here. Special Advisors are something specific (essentially party apparatchiks) whereas (as I understand it) Nutt is just an advisor.