Civil Serf is down

The Sunday Times has a story speculating about the identity of Civil Serf, the anonymous Whitehall blogger.

The Civil Serf - as she calls herself - claims to be a 33-year-old fast-stream civil servant ready to expose the daily chaos of the Labour government machine while lampooning ministers and highlighting the idiocy of mandarin colleagues. There are also moans about drunken advances from the opposite sex.

It's a great blog - she writes beautifully, or at least she did, because as of this moment the whole site appears to have been deleted.  It's a shame, but it was certainly good to have a light shone on the inner workings of the mandarinate for a while.

Comments

[Citizen]

Why has the site been deleted - Who deleted it ?

I feel a little uneasy about this .

[dirtydick]

The news stories about Civil Serf were so fascinating (and empathetic to a retired 'serf') that for the first time ever I searched for a blog. The blogging concept was so new to me that when I found Civil Serf closed I assumed I had done something wrong! At least Google sent me to Bishop Hill whose 'Civil Serf is down' restored confidence in my internet useage ability. The point is though that whoever closed it down it all appears to be lost and I can't see all the past juicy stories. Shame!

[Bishop Hill]

Citizen

I can only assume that Serf did it herself, presumably as a means of self-protection. She's done a good job of it too, as there's no trace on the Google cache or even on the internet archive.

Dirty Dick

Glad to be of service, and I share your disappointment.

[hughev]

pity this has disappeared. never seen references to it via wat tyler or devil's kitchen whom I expect would have been onto it rapidly' as it seems to have been right up their street. quel dommage! merde!

[Tonytooth]

I'm sure that Civil Serf closed her own blog down but I bet, and hope, that she will be back.
Perhaps this whole affair will encourage other blogs on the NHS administration which is a subject close to my heart.