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

what Immigration story doty?

I was walking to school alone by the time I was 9!

not going to tell you my business Sirzy, not relevant

am just going on the basic thing that if out with your kids, in a pub, why would you let her go to loo alone, just dont see it as sthing that I would feel 100% confident doing?

but that's just me and my instincts. again.

On phone can't link to do with new rules coming in with british nationals marrying foreigners saw link on fb.

Jenai I know I had to laugh,I'm quite proud I'm now seen as a liberal parent(probably the first and last time).

Belle I'm not being nasty but I'd been traveling on a school bus for a year at 8.In the olden days(70s) doing things alone at this age was part of life.My dp was booted out of country pubs with a coke and a packet of Bovril crisps for entire afternoons.

but you are not the PM's daughter sirzy, so what you or other mums here did or did not do at that age, really cannot bear any comparison to how the PRIME MINISTER should be protecting his family

with the world in its current state

or do you all think it's a world of love peace and happiness, especially in the camerons' favourite country pub?

me too Sirzy. Yet if you did it nowadays the wrath of mumsnet will descend upon your head. Came home to an empty house too as single parent mum was at work. And looked after younger brother and sister.
But a high risk kidnapping target is different. I'd be happy for my 8yo to go to school alone if she could walk but the PM's daughter? Not a chance.

8 year old going to toilet alone. Does it depend on the type of pub.? Some pub toilets are risky.
Walking to school it depends on type of child. If there is much road croassing. And if kids in gangs bully at the school

Is that the 'you have to be earning 20K a year to bring in a foreign spouse' thing Dotty? My sister has been blithering on about it as she will now be stuck in the US with US husband. Oh well.

i was doing all sorts age 8

she is the PM's daughter

that is my only point - nothing to do with what you all choose to do with your kids at all, do what you like

but just such a risk for the camerons, that's all

" No child left behind " or something

She has to be given something resembling a normal childhood though. Small things like going to the toilet in a familiar environment should be encouraged otherwise how do they lean to look after themselves?

But isnt it just exactly what the entire government is doing? Blaming each other and thinking somebody else should have done something, rather than taking responsibility?

I would say this "mishap" over a forgotten daughter is exactly what goes on in Politics right now. So he DOES in fact run his country as he runs his home...

www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/jun/10/theresa-may-human-rights-lawyers

they just seem dizzy and scatty or sthing

It's in the news because Pickles has an idea about troubled families who leave their kids in the pub

Then oh, look the camerons left a child behind...in a pub

assumimg they checked they hadnt forgotten handbags, umbrellas...but the DD?

I can't imaginethe government would want to detract from their fight to be able to deport criminals from overseas as this would be a very popular move with the electorate.

www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/jun/11/antisocial-behaviour-eric-pickles-victims

Doesnt a detective shadow Dave C wherever he goes.? He should know about family members. I wonder who LEAKED the story?

We did this last week - we locked DS2 (who is 8) in the car because DH thought he had gone into a hotel with me and I thought he would stick with DH because he was faffing around getting something out of the car. It took a few minutes before we realised we hadn't got him with us. I went and got him from the car. No harm done although he was beginning to get upset, mainly because the car was just about to go nuts - the alarm was set and it would have gone off if we had left him a few moments longer.

8 yr olds aren't babies. We don't tie them to us every second of every day and they can wander off a bit - they probably should in fact, learn a bit of independence. It isn't surprising this happened.

I personally think this is more a reflection on the security than the PM who made an honest mistake that any parent could make. The protection officers are paid not to make this sort of mistake however.

Wow can't believe people are finding this newsworthy. Or that people think an 8 year old can't go to toilet on her own.

Also can't believe the pub landlord said he didn't have the PM's phone number so couldn't call him to tell him she was left behind. I don´t suppose he thought that the local police would easily be able to call the PM's copper. However it is nice to see the the landlord was not the one selling this story to the press.

wonder what the 8 yr olds would say? ask them later if you like and let us know

@ "No Child left Behind"

I'm not generally a fan of US policy on these matters, but perhaps our current administration might like to take a leaf out of Dubbya's book this time

If that were a typical Joe Bloggs family, ss would probably be involved.
Im sorry but why were they driving in separate cars?- and why didn't one ask the other who was taking who?
Sorry but it is common sense, if they had lots of kids i would be more understanding but seriously-they only had to count two!