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

Easily done, especially in a large group.

Personally I take the prize for paranoid parent, but that's only because I have the dubious benefit of someone trying to take DD1 when they were toddlers, she wasn't even unattended as I had her by the hand. I was, however, dealing with her twin sister and so a woman tried to sneak off with her. Hence, I don't care if someone drops dead in front of me, I'm making sure I have both DDs as I can't trust the OH. But as I said, I'm paranoid. A normal parent would be more relaxed and assume t'other parent has the DC.

Stinks of hands off aristocratic parents who leave the childcare to some hired help.

at our school we would get very short shrift from the office staff if we forgot to pick up dcs!

For me it has the feeling of a sanctimonious, over opinionated and annoying BIL who is forever commenting on how you raise your child leaving his daughter in a pub.

I reckon most people would get a smidgen of satisfaction out of that situation. :o

Not had time to read all the thread so sorry if this has been discussed. It happened 2 months ago. And now we are all expected to go 'Aw we've all done it' . No media manipulation there then.

Ahem - I have occasionally misplaced the odd child out of my four but tbh I think an eight year old ought to know their home phone number and have the gumption to ask someone to ring their parents in case of emergency. I certainly drill in into mine as you never know what can happen when you are out.

The bit that interests me is that he said he had 3 or 4 glasses of wine and was there for around an hour.... So according to government advice, he is classed as a bing drinker!

My grandparents once stopped at a motorway service station with their 2 DC (my 9 yr-old mum and 8 yr-old aunt), then got back in the (single) car and drove for a good few miles before realising they'd left my mum at the services.

That's considerably worse than this situation IMO!!!

Binge drinkers that forget their DCs in the pub. Tut tut

I have never forgotten either of my DCs (as I said before, I took the basic precaution of having one per parent as I know we're too scatty to be trusted with more).
I did however once leave my DB on the wrong side of an airport checkin when he was 10 and I was 12 (and we were travelling intercontinentally together, even going into toilets on our own en route ). He was not amused, and still occasionally brings it up, which I feel is a bit unfair as I did go back for him eventually.

He can't be trusted to run the country , but my view has nothing to do with daughters left in pub toilets!!i

Boffin I am guessing that DC's DD either would not know her phone number or has had it drummed into her that she does not give the number out to anyone under any circumstances

There are some hilarious one liners on this thread.
Some v, funny wimmin on MN

Oh please. He's prime minister not an infallible human being. We've left one behind in a restaurant and once left the baby sitting in its car seat in the hall. Big deal.

Oh yes and once ds opened the car door at the shop, realised he'd forgotten his change, closed the door and ran back in. I heard the door closing and thought he'd got in, I drove off and was a few miles down the road before I realised.

Steady with the confessions QueenMaeve - there are plenty on here who think you should be reported to Social Services for that kind of thing!

I have left my baby in a pram outside shops in the dstant passed and walked home without him, for gods sake give them a break!

I have three kids, and both cars contain both lots of car seats. I haven't lost one yet but I did walk out of church the other day thinking to myself that the kids were being surprisingly civilised, when I realised I'd left the toddler behind (playing happily in the children's corner).

And DH and I have got petrol when we've both been in the car and he thought I paid and I thought he paid...

These things happen. I don't see there's a political point to be made, and the people talking about neglect and social services clearly have risible world views.

I don't want to give him a break.
He is a fucking arse who is treating the most vulnerable like shit.
He doesn't deserve understanding.
He has consistently made pronouncements about how people should conduct themselves even though he has lived a rarified and privileged life.
He can't even keep hold of an 8 year old child with the assistance of his wife and several serfs.
He is Tosser.

Poor Nancy. I foresee her future nights out ruined under the weight of taunts about going to the toilet alone!

I don't like the Tories. But the Sun breaking the story makes me dislike the Murdoch empire more!

She's a girl of eight who will be aware of the media storm. IMO she's old enough to go to the toilet alone, but not old enough to be able to deal with the attention that comes with the whole mess.

I don't care for the bloke but this is a non-story, IMO.

I don't want to give him a break. He is a fucking arse who is treating the most vulnerable like shit. He doesn't deserve understanding. He has consistently made pronouncements about how people should conduct themselves even though he has lived a rarified and privileged life. He can't even keep hold of an 8 year old child with the assistance of his wife and several serfs. He is Tosser.

Damn right Mrs DV. Tosser is being polite.