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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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Spero · 03/01/2014 20:20

This is really funny! That John Hemming is prepared to comment here in this way ON NEW YEAR’S DAY is surely a ploy – he’s trying to make sure that even if he doesn’t win ‘dick of the year 2010?, he is a front-runner for 2011! If he keeps going with these delusional arguments, I have to say, he’ll easily be my favourite for 2011!!! - See more at: brightgreenscotland.org/index.php/2010/12/dick-of-the-year-john-hemming/#sthash.Ud4U2v3A.dpufe!

Spero · 03/01/2014 20:20

That Metro article is the best yet.

And I am loving the comments on the student's blog. So many to chose from but this so far is my favourite.

LimeJellyforBrains · 03/01/2014 20:18

Actually, bugger, scratch my earlier praise of the Metro article - still says Mother instead of Children until it gets to the Justine bit. Sorry.

BeyondTheLimitsOfAcceptability · 03/01/2014 20:16

Metro is owned by tmp, isnt it? So maybe a mirror article is on its way...?

Spero · 03/01/2014 20:14

The Southern Farmer! our work is done.

CarpeVinum · 03/01/2014 20:14

am not sure what is being alleged against you

Just read it again.

Us.

Not just I, is having allegations made.

Me and lake are mentioned by name, but the empasis is on all mumsnetters involved on thread/twitter, so I guess you too.

She pretty much says that we have been distributing the screen shots to any tom dick or harry blogger that wanted it. Not that she supects it, but that we did it.

I think.

Hard to wade through the bile and tweet/mumsnet "evidence salad" which looks very JH in terms of "data dump".

It's OK, DH is dealing with it now. He got arm wavy on the phone to lawyer mates, so they can deal with it.

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Tiredemma · 03/01/2014 20:11

Ah Mig I am exhausted through lack of sleep, but I have thoroughly enjoyed reading that blog. They certainly ripped him a new one.

LimeJellyforBrains · 03/01/2014 20:11

Correction: the article has NOT disappeared from The Southern Farmer. Couldn't find it when I searched the site. Found it under 'National News'.

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Mignonette · 03/01/2014 19:59

Here TiredEmma

It's an ancient blog entry but I was so tired and thought I was on here Wink. It wasn't the subject being debated here but another example of JH acting in his usual charmless manner so thought the two needed to 'meet'.

LakeDistrictBabe · 03/01/2014 19:58

So this is how he 'engages' with the public.

What a surprise!! He already threatened all the web in the last two weeks lol

I knew about his arguments against the students. I've to say that a few student unions representatives even went so far to threaten him back.
My heroes :)

How far would you go....before admitting you're a ?

LimeJellyforBrains · 03/01/2014 19:57

I don't remember seeing that wording from Justine in any other article?

ClayDavis · 03/01/2014 19:52

Going back to a point made earlier. Online articles do get updated and changed. I'm not sure if an online archive is kept tracking the changes in the same way as is done for Wikipedia etc. It might be an idea to screenshot the articles so you can keep track of any changes. Probably won't be of any great use but if you do need it in the future it will be there. Even if you only need it for personal reference or to refer back to rather than any official purpose.

LimeJellyforBrains · 03/01/2014 19:52

The coverage has reached the dizzy heights of....drum roll...

Ta Da!

I got the link from the BBC site a little while ago. Interestingly it now seems to have disappeared Hmm but an identical article has appeared in The Streatham Guardian

The original BBC page I looked at also contained a link to the Metro newspaper. Just look at JustineMN's quotes. In fact I'll c&p here:

"Justine Roberts, CEO of Mumsnet, said: ‘The naming of the Italian mother’s children and the somewhat aggressive outing of another Mumsnet user’s identity led us to suspend John Hemming.

‘We have received a number of complaints about the MP’s posts and posting style over the years so we thought it appropriate that we should suspend his membership for a cooling off period.’"

Luckily I was able to retrieve both links/articles from my browsing History.

I think this article is one of the best and most accurate yet, and a good one to tweet/link to. Sorry I can't - am olde and crappe at this kind of thing also going to pub tonight. Back room research is more my kind of thang.

Respect and thanks to all at TeamHemmingsGate. I have read his postings with alarm and disbelief for years. He must be stopped.

Tiredemma · 03/01/2014 19:51

Which blog mig?

MadameDefarge · 03/01/2014 19:49

doh I'm an idiot.

Mignonette · 03/01/2014 19:48

My finger might have slipped across the keyboard on that blog.....OOPS

Spero · 03/01/2014 19:46

Sorry, Madame, this is something completely different, a Scottish student's blog from 2010.

A student. About 1,000 'like' his blog.

And the first comment was from John Hemming, threatening him.

What a charmer.

MadameDefarge · 03/01/2014 19:44

The Times piece is still there

Spero · 03/01/2014 19:43

So this is how he 'engages' with the public.

Spero · 03/01/2014 19:43

Rather than continue to tidy up the living room, I am idly flicking through the links on the facebook group. Look at what he put on a student's website

The allegations about expenses are being discussed between me and The Times at the moment as what you report is untrue. The Times have taken down the web page. It would be good for you to remove that reference as well - See more at: brightgreenscotland.org/index.php/2010/12/dick-of-the-year-john-hemming/#sthash.Ud4U2v3A.dpufe!

The author responds - is that a threat?

Is the pope catholic? Do bears defecate in densely wooded areas?

DoItTooJulia · 03/01/2014 19:41

Checking in, having shaken off my festive name change.

Jess Phillips has publicly promised to never publish the name of vulnerable women or children anywhere ever in the wake of all this. Not that she ever would have.

The press coverage is awesome. Wonderful work. Now it just needs investigating properly by the people who have the power to do so.

IceBeing · 03/01/2014 19:37
Spero · 03/01/2014 19:36

I am not sure what is being alleged against you. You have only circulated the names to very specific people because you were worried an order had been breached. You have not re-published the screen shots on your blog for eg.

if you are guilty of anything, then so am I because I forwarded the screen shots to Essex County Council! But how else are they to know what JH has done?

So I don't think this woman is saying anything which is actionable; just sounds like quite a nasty ill tempered comment which is par for the course for the internet.

CarpeVinum · 03/01/2014 19:30

Spero

It was this, included in a long "you toerag" flacoured screed...

Firstly, how invested are you in the lives of these children whose details you have now circulated far more widely than I suspect John Hemming ever succeeded in doing

You= me, by name, cos I was posting under my own name.

It not true. So that's libel ? Yes ?

She is in England, and I am not, can I still be libelled if I live over here ?

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