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Aardvark · 20-03-2008, 06:19 PM

As with Tony Bennett trying to prosecute the McCanns, Claire had no real interest in this case when she advocated people report Mrs McKeown to her local police. The McCanns are in Leicester, TB in Harlow. Claire is in Barnes; the McKeown home is Devon.

The local authorities are fully aware of the case and will take whatever action they deem appropriate without publicity seekers trying to muscle in. The press are partially to blame as they encourage people to become vicarious participants in the sufferings of others rather than factually reporting matters. Some people, deluded if you ask me, believe that they are now part of the event and are knowledgeable on the subject reported (much like soap watchers talk about the events as if they are real and if they meet the actors call them by their character rather than cast names).

If I were a social worker in Devon I would no doubt have seen the case in the national press (they are literate and numerate) and I would have probably made my own decision to interview the people on their return. I am sure Devon police will do the same as a safety check if nothing else. It is their business as professionals, aware of the basic story, to decide what to do and they don't need the interference of people who are only interested in the stories that make the news.

There have been a lot of teenagers killed in the last 2 or 3 years in gang killings and muggings. Did Claire contact the Met, or Manchester or Liverpool police to pursue the families who had let their youngsters out unsupervised at night? I would hope and expect not.

There are lots of parents who are struggling with circumstances that Claire might be surprised by - I was widowed and made homeless twice in the space of 18 months. It wasn't easy. I'll admit I let my 15-year old daughter take the train from Swindon to Torquay to stay with friends; she travelled alone and changed at Exeter. I know there were adults in the house on arrival, but one, her mate's step dad, was a man I had never met. Beyond that I don't know what she did; sometimes you have to trust teenagers as they grow up.

Claire would condemn me as a bad father, of that I am certain. Without her mother my daughter went off the rails - boys, drugs (now clean) and flunked exams. It was a nightmare. When I went to work before my daughter got up I didn't know if she would go to school or not until I got the letters from the authorities. I was having enough grief as it was. I am so glad that Claire didn't find out about me as she would have had the whole nation calling the police and social services.

Claire then has the nerve to have a go at my daughter, and tens of thousands of others, for having a child out of wedlock. It is not UKIP policy to condemn the electorate for their foibles, but she behaves as if it is and that we all share her morals. Claire would have me write my daughter out of my will for not sharing Claire's moral stance.

People are people. It is not up to interfering busy bodies to concern themselves with the lawful, although immoral, actions of others.

If Devon police don't investigate Mrs McKeown it will only be because they lack resources after somebody has dumped a load of old documents on their desks and demanded they prosecute a load of dead MPs for treason.

20-03-2008, 06:19 PM	#6 (permalink)
Aardvark Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Oxonia Posts: 3,522	As with Tony Bennett trying to prosecute the McCanns, Claire had no real interest in this case when she advocated people report Mrs McKeown to her local police. The McCanns are in Leicester, TB in Harlow. Claire is in Barnes; the McKeown home is Devon. The local authorities are fully aware of the case and will take whatever action they deem appropriate without publicity seekers trying to muscle in. The press are partially to blame as they encourage people to become vicarious participants in the sufferings of others rather than factually reporting matters. Some people, deluded if you ask me, believe that they are now part of the event and are knowledgeable on the subject reported (much like soap watchers talk about the events as if they are real and if they meet the actors call them by their character rather than cast names). If I were a social worker in Devon I would no doubt have seen the case in the national press (they are literate and numerate) and I would have probably made my own decision to interview the people on their return. I am sure Devon police will do the same as a safety check if nothing else. It is their business as professionals, aware of the basic story, to decide what to do and they don't need the interference of people who are only interested in the stories that make the news. There have been a lot of teenagers killed in the last 2 or 3 years in gang killings and muggings. Did Claire contact the Met, or Manchester or Liverpool police to pursue the families who had let their youngsters out unsupervised at night? I would hope and expect not. There are lots of parents who are struggling with circumstances that Claire might be surprised by - I was widowed and made homeless twice in the space of 18 months. It wasn't easy. I'll admit I let my 15-year old daughter take the train from Swindon to Torquay to stay with friends; she travelled alone and changed at Exeter. I know there were adults in the house on arrival, but one, her mate's step dad, was a man I had never met. Beyond that I don't know what she did; sometimes you have to trust teenagers as they grow up. Claire would condemn me as a bad father, of that I am certain. Without her mother my daughter went off the rails - boys, drugs (now clean) and flunked exams. It was a nightmare. When I went to work before my daughter got up I didn't know if she would go to school or not until I got the letters from the authorities. I was having enough grief as it was. I am so glad that Claire didn't find out about me as she would have had the whole nation calling the police and social services. Claire then has the nerve to have a go at my daughter, and tens of thousands of others, for having a child out of wedlock. It is not UKIP policy to condemn the electorate for their foibles, but she behaves as if it is and that we all share her morals. Claire would have me write my daughter out of my will for not sharing Claire's moral stance. People are people. It is not up to interfering busy bodies to concern themselves with the lawful, although immoral, actions of others. If Devon police don't investigate Mrs McKeown it will only be because they lack resources after somebody has dumped a load of old documents on their desks and demanded they prosecute a load of dead MPs for treason. __________________ When in Woking do as the Wokes do. "I do not wish to form my opinions by thoughtlessly quoting others; I wish others to support their opinions by sensibly quoting me." Paul Wesson (Aardvark) 13th April 2008 Last edited by Aardvark; 20-03-2008 at 06:22 PM.