Magdalen Berns has been beaten up!

[Flowers] to Magalen, her helper and the NHS.

I hope she and the man who came to her aid are both healing well. This is really scary.

Edinburgh is a safe place - I do hope she’s Ok. And they catch the bugger.

And what a hero for that guy to step in. I hope he’s OK too :(

sleepingdragons
I copied the description was from his Twitter profile.

LinkedIn says, "Domestic Policy Adviser at Leader of the Opposition (Labour Party) & Office of the Leader of the Opposition (The Labour Party)"

Have not RTFT is she ok? This is appalling, poor Magdalen

R0wantrees that's very interesting.

Apologies for my ignorance but does "Policy Adviser" mean he's actually part of the Labour Party? Or just someone they chat to from time to time?

NotMeOhNo silly me, assuming you were in the UK, sorry!

It's still a large amount! Perhaps you have high PayPal fees in your country? But as you're not buying a product or service you don't need the PayPal protection that the fee covers - you're giving your money away to a good cause, you're hardly going to ask for it back, are you?!

I don't think there was a family and friends box to tick, but there was one I unchecked to say it wasn't a product or service. I'm not in the UK.

Lachlan Stuart (Policy Advisor; Labour)

twitter.com/Lachlan_Edi/status/1000981018688581633

Oops, random "I don't"!!

I was going to say, I'd go back to her youtube or twitter and start again. Follow the link, check the friends and family box and you should be in the right place.

@NotMeOhNo

In general, for any paypal transaction if you're not buying products or services then you need to tick the box that says you're sending money to friends and family, then you don't pay the fee.

But also - this sounds weird as it's in dollars. Are you sure you've got the right account? Did you copy and paste it or type it in? Magdalen's name is easy to misspell.

Maybe ebay always puts the fee in dollars.

But also, it's a sounds like a lot of money.

Something isn't quite right...

I don't

Just tried to pop a very small amount into Magdalen's PayPal but it says I have to pay a $5.99 transaction fee? That's almost doubling my cost! Is this normal? (am poor at the moment)

You're quite right, @Terfing.

Good, healing thoughts to all affected in the short term.

bd67th I only just got your post. I'm slow tonight! Yes, I'm sure you're right.

Magdelen

Just what I was thinking.

I walked home on my own on Saturday night from the Festival Theatre leaving at around 10.45. My route home involved Victoria Street, the Grassmarket and Lothian Road from the Usher Hall down to Princes' Street. There were quite a lot of drunk men and women around, particularly in the Grassmarket and several hen parties. No one paid me the slightest bit of attention and I didn't feel in any way at risk. No one was bothering any of the hen parties either.

I also know Edinburgh well enough for this to strike me as unlikely to be random.

I find it quite worrying too; Edinburgh is indeed a very safe city. Attacks like this are extremely rare - there's usually a robbery or sexual assault motive if a young woman is attacked. I don't like the sound of it at all, given how brave and out there Magdalen is. to her.

My spidey senses are tingling: as a Scot from Glasgow who lived in Edinburgh for a good while and is now back in God's Own City (aka Glasgow, ha ha), I can safely state that Scotland is a VERY safe country - random street attacks, especially on women, are vanishingly rare.

Additionally, Edinburgh is probably one of the most gay-friendly cities in the UK, second only to London or possibly Manchester, so I couldn't imagine this would be a homophobic attack.

As such, I don't think this was random, and I hope the CCTV evidence proves useful.

Much love to Magdalen and to the man to stepped in to help - there are good, brave people in the world! - and I hope all recover quickly, and that the perpetrator is found and punished appropriately.

It worries me that this was not a random attack.

Yes what a great guy.

I hope the bloke who stepped in to help is OK too. Thankfully this happened in the UK so at least there won't be medical bills to worry about. Hopefully someone is now feeding the helper tea and cake too!

No more updates on her Twitter, I hope she is resting up and being looked after by her gf and other real life people. She can update us internet pixies when she’s ready!