Another blogger’s career is at risk because of his employer has taken exception to words posted online.

Inigo Wilson is a community affairs manager at Orange, the mobile phone company. He  wrote a parody of what he saw as left-wing language on the ConservativeHome website. Some of his comments represented a mildly amusing satire on political gobbledegook. But he mocked an Islamophobic as ‘someone who objects to having their transport blown up on the way to work’ and described Palestinians as ‘archetype victims no matter how many teenagers they murder’.

The consensus amongst PR bloggers such as Stuart Bruce and Simon Collister is that Orange has done the right thing in suspending Wilson while it investigates. I firmly believe that Orange is not threatening Wilson’s freedom of speech. It has the right to insist that a community affairs manager does nothing to risk its reputation amongst the diverse communities of Britain. For example, I’d take exception to a community affairs manager who makes inflammatory remarks about the Welsh!

Wilson’s comments show very poor judgment. One senses that he wants to create a reputation as a Conservative propagandist. That is his right. It is not, however, necessarily compatible with the job he holds.