At last Alison Huggan has expanded on, if not entirely explained, her copying of the words of others for inclusion in her letter to The Gazette.
Whilst she was busy making false and baseless allegations in the comments section of a local parliamentary candidate's Facebook page a certain Al Mitchel took her to task:
"Al Mitchell: Alison, your letter was copied word for word from other people's work, that's a fact! It was your work only in the sense that you posted the letter, and it's dishonest of you to claim otherwise. Ask questions by all means, and I congratulate you on your bedroom tax work, but you've been used to attack the wrong target here."
Alison wasn't slow in responding:
"Alison Huggan: I beg to differ, Mr Mitchell, that work was all my own, given the fact my field is Criminology. You really must not listen, to others, Snowdon in fact. Since when did knowledge have to be referenced in a letter, feel free to ask me any time if my letters I write, their us (sic) more to come."
My reading of 'Since when did knowledge have to be referenced in a letter' is that she now accepts that those were not her words but she claims there was no need to cite her sources. The answer to 'since when did knowledge have to be referenced' is that the words always have to be referenced if they are not your own. It is rather basic, especially in journalism and academia.
It's still plagiarism however, although a plea of culpable ignorance seems to have been entered.
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