To think that if you can't remember to take your 8 year old home from the pub then you can't be trusted to run the country?

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www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/jun/11/david-cameron-daughter-behind-pub?newsfeed=true

YANBU, obviously

It's easily done, they didn't forget her, each thought she was with the other.

Hmmm, social services would be coming down like a ton of bricks on a 'normal' family that did this...

Not so shiney now Dave.

It was hardly like he left her there at 3am after getting blind drunk is it??!! It was a communication mistake he and his wife made, not a deliberate neglectful act.....

God I just read it! Am stunned- they obviously feel awful and nancy didn't seem to traumatised!
It's the poor pr person I feel for- catastrophic pr on a Sunday lunchtime- I can imagine the way his wife cursed!!

Easily done? Really?

Easily done, I bet they where the longest 15 minutes of there lives.

But his personal life and his job are 2 different things.

I don't understand (haven't read article yet) how this could happen when they surely have police protection officers with them.

Will read article now....

Happened to my brother several times growing up. He seems ok and my parents both had responsible jobs. Tho not as responsible as Mr Cameron obv.

Find me a parent who had never made a mistake whilst raising their children.

Both parents assumed she was with the other. Easily done, won't be the first or the last family that it happens to.

It's only going to be 'unacceptable' because of who he is...

If someone on here did it everyone would be saying how easy it can happen etc etc

I can see how it happened.

I don't understand why none of their security noticed.

That's the bit that has me going .

And no, SS wouldn't be down on a family that did this. It was an accident. Accidents happen.

Not so easily done in my view. Whenever DH and I are travelling separately, we always double check re who has dd etc.

You would think the bodyguards / security would do a head count.

Come on - these people keep having babies, surely they've learnt to keep a regular count by now! If they'd said it was a baby I'd have been less surprised but a big, noisy 8 year old? Crazy.

I agree that no parent is perfect, however I don't agree that it's easily done. Not in their situation of having bodyguards/security staff. I was being flippant in the title and understand that professional and personal lives are separate.

Maybe they should get a bigger car so they can all lift share, but that's another issue!

I agree it was an accident, no need for ss involvement!

As for the bodyguards, I guess their job is to protect the PM. The parents are responsible for their offspring.

I can only imagine that both parents had consumed a lot of wine, and that their judgement was impaired as a result.

Hexagonal Social Services would come down heavily on a normal family that left their child in a pub for 15 minutes by mistake during the day? Would they? Really? That's SS who are suffering austerity cuts, staff shortages and the rest. SS who are snowed under with abuse and neglect cases where children's lives are in danger every day from drug addicted, criminal, incompetent parents?

I think it is easily done - i.e. each think the chill is with the other parent. Especially when there are security officers milling about. It must be more complicated than your average family lunch.

Not great PR though, no.

Mumsnet would have loved Winston Churchill, with his very heavy drinking. I can just imagine the cats' mouths.

Elephant - the little girl had wandered off to the toilet as everyone else headed outside. Easy to see how both would think she was in the other car

@ Abra1d

I'm fairly certain I've forgotten each of my three children at least once.

I love that when a baby died because it had been left in a hot car for several hours everyone said 'you can't balme the parent - it could happen to anyone'. And yet because DC left his DD in their local for half an hour the knives are out.