Can I post my Brexit opinions during local election purdah?

[NotOnTheBench]

Can't find any clear guidance, but as an officer of the local council, am I permitted to express my personal opinion about Brexit during local election purdah period?

I'm assuming I can as it's a cross party issue, albeit a very sensitive one.

I mean on social media

Are you identified as an council officer on your social media? Surely it would be better just to separate them completely.

Purdah is to prevent the council being seen to favour a particular candidate, so if one of the candidates is very pro and the other very anti, you might be seen to be supporting one of them.

Your compliance and governance leads would be able to give you a definitive answer.

You shouldn't post about issues that are politically controversial. On that basis I wouldn't touch anything Brexit related.

You do need to clarify this with your employer. At our local council the returning officer has responsibility for this area.

Also the rules apply to you irrespective of whether your profile identifies you as an officer of the council.

Are you in a politically restricted post? If not then I can't see the issue. I don't say where i work on mine but its no secret. I have no intention of keeping quiet about Brexit during purdah and I usually post quite alot if political stuff running up to elections.

I probably can't. Because of purdah. We normally get something about it at work but I wasn't in the office today.
My job means I have to be careful about that sort of thing as a general rule, anyway. Which is why I am fairly hard to find on FB and Twitter from the name I use at work.

I wouldn't risk anything written, OP. I'm only a count assistant. I don't even work for the council regularly. I try hard to be quite tame what I say in public about candidates & the Referendum. Private conversations... well it's hardly controversial to say it's a fraught situation not going well!

I encourage everyone to go along & watch the counting, btw. It's a good exercise, seeing democracy in action.