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HemmingGate: To ban or not to ban, that is the question MNHQ

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CarpeVinum · 30/12/2013 17:46

Some of us would like to know if a certain politico will be banned, proper.

No rush.

We know you have a lot on your plate with ... stuff.

(I probably got two quotes mixed up in subject line. Don't panic! It's me not you. Am philistine. Italy is wasted on me. Not keen on art, prefer shopping.)

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sanssoleil · 02/01/2014 12:37

At one point there were more comments,none of them in breach of T&C

All of them intelligent additions

Waiting to see when other City Councillors pick-up and comment

IamtheZombie · 02/01/2014 12:32

Zombie has just tweeted the updated article.

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CarpeVinum · 02/01/2014 12:29

the biggest independant news wire (thier words, I've never heard of them) just popped up on my hemming news alert

swns.com/news/lib-dem-mp-banned-mumsnet-revealing-italian-woman-baby-removed-council-42355/

Well at least they didn't ignore it. That's good.

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CarpeVinum · 02/01/2014 12:27

oh and the restirred forum is givingnthe synopsis a good chunkmof hits consideringnthe small size of the thread.mait is brum. forum, so what with hemming being local news... might be worth adding more comments.

www.restirred.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3585&p=67602#p67602

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CarpeVinum · 02/01/2014 12:24

Ah-ha ! I knew it.

Right, so we have the answer thus far to the question "is he banned", his one week ban has been extended with no fixed cut off point.

That is tweetable and back uppable with the birm. mail piece, if we need a hook for other stuff.

What did I miss while knee deep in pre schoolers ?

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DrankSangriaInThePark · 02/01/2014 12:20

I think so carpe.when I looked an hour ago it finished just before that bit. But I have moved from mobile to desktop site as couldn't see comments on mobile.

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CarpeVinum · 02/01/2014 12:18

Drank

Has the jouno added to the story ? I could have sworn there was no statement from MNhQ at the bottom this morning. But then... I was in a mad hurry.

MNHQ - Thumbs up to the statement, concise, but all points regarding the important hesrt of the matter present, correct, and day-glo !

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IamtheZombie · 02/01/2014 12:17

The 4 comments Zombie saw earlier are still there. Have there been others?

sanssoleil · 02/01/2014 12:00

Some comments have already been taken down-one poster had amended/clarified the story

DrankSangriaInThePark · 02/01/2014 11:49

I can't see any comments on the article but point needs emphasising that it was her other children's names not only hers because on that Friday night she had already gone to the press in her own name both in italy and the uk.
And that the doc he copied and pasted onto here was not in the public domain in either country.

sanssoleil · 02/01/2014 11:02

Most read story in BM-comments are activated

Emphasis on salient points and corrections in comments

Good Work

SantasPelvicFloor · 02/01/2014 10:42

Thanks Migonette.

BoreOfWhabylon · 02/01/2014 10:31

Ooh! Twatterers may be interested in twitting the reporter of the story
twitter.com/JaneTyler4

Spero · 02/01/2014 10:28

Just posted - but they wouldn't let me until I removed the word 'snatch'!

So have substituted 'steal' which is ok.

It's political correctness gone mad!

Really good piece I think. Puts emphasis where it rightly belongs, on the seriousness of his behaviour not his chortle worthy buffoon persona.

Spero · 02/01/2014 10:20

Confuddled - in 15 years I have seen examples of SW exaggerating or repeating misinformation. For e.g, one of my clients, it was alleged that she had been reported 'three times' to police and NSPCC for alleged sexual abuse of her children.

When I finally went through court papers with fine tooth comb it was clear that about seven years ago she had been reported ONCE to the NSPCC, the police had investigated and determined it was a malicious complaint. Because of things getting added into chronology on wrong dates that morphed into three separate complaints, which obviously looked a lot worse for her.

I accept that the SW was to ready to believe the worst (but she had a teenager making really serious allegations to her!) but I do not accept that anyone in the LA deliberately and maliciously set out to make things up and lie about my client.

That was about the worst example I have ever had.

If there are SW systemically and deliberately lying about parents, I have never seen it in 15 years. That either makes me an unobservant stooge or it may suggest that it is pretty uncommon.

Off to read Birmingham Post now!

Mignonette · 02/01/2014 10:10

Santa You can break the tweets up into sentences that aren't 140 characters to make them snappier then tweet the whole statement in several tweets.

If you format them like this-

1)'Mary Had a little lamb whose fleece was white as snow'

2)'and everywhere that Mary Went- the lamb was sure to go'

Rather than trying to get as much in as you can in one tweet -

3)'Mary Had a little lamb whose fleece was white as snow' and everywhere'

4)'that Mary went the lamb was sure to go'

IYSWIM?

LostInWales · 02/01/2014 10:08

First on the most read section now Grin his attempts to minimize are hilarious.

SantasPelvicFloor · 02/01/2014 09:49

I'm doing my best as a twitter novice... The max word count is a right pain isn't it

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CarpeVinum · 02/01/2014 09:36

Oh dear god, WontCleanMyTeethGate is killing me.

As is MyTurnOnTheWiiGate.

this temp wifi hotspot set up in desperation won't last long, if you don't hear from me by lunchtime.. send in the rescue squad!

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BeyondTheLimitsOfAcceptability · 02/01/2014 09:10

Any way of passing the bham mail link on to the DM, they like to post other papers stories word for word... Grin

BeyondTheLimitsOfAcceptability · 02/01/2014 09:09

Weyhey! I've shared the bham news link on my normal facebook, see if I can drum up some support from nonmners (my fb and twitter are unconnected)

DoItTooBabyJesus · 02/01/2014 09:08

It's second on the most read section!

LakeDistrictBabe · 02/01/2014 09:01

Catherine MNHQ Happy New Year to all of you too! Xmas Smile

LakeDistrictBabe · 02/01/2014 08:57

Glad the Birmingham Mail picked that up... Finally!

Things on twitter... Going slow atm, too early in the morning :D

DoItTooBabyJesus · 02/01/2014 08:01

I'm glad that The Birmingam Mail have picked it up! How's things going on twitter?

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