| Maria Caulfield MP 08:51 - May 14 with 8616 views | tractordownsouth |
Not sure I've ever seen a lower blow from any elected representative. She's clearly using an out of context clip of Starmer talking about and condemning previous actions in the grooming gangs scandal and presenting it as if he's advocating them.
Edit: As the coward has now protected her tweets, a link to what she retweeted is below.
Imagine being so rattled that you're willing to twist a story about abused children to make a party political point.
Here's the full video:
[Post edited 14 May 2020 9:42]
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| Maria Caulfield MP on 17:03 - May 14 with 1779 views | DanTheMan |
"A spokesperson for Downing Street said: “The MPs involved have been spoken to by the whips’ office and reminded of their responsibility to check the validity of information before they post on social media.”
Oh well that's OK then. They've had a gentle reminder to not lie to constituents. |  |
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| Maria Caulfield MP on 17:22 - May 14 with 1738 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Maria Caulfield MP on 12:12 - May 14 by gordon |
Lucy Allen is a piece of work, if anyone has some spare time and wants to fill it with a bit of Googling. This probably isn't close to being her worst moment as an MP so far. |
Good grief. It's like a wall of shame you'd expect to see on something like Crimewatch when you Google her name. |  |
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| Maria Caulfield MP on 17:25 - May 14 with 1729 views | DanTheMan |
| Maria Caulfield MP on 17:22 - May 14 by Swansea_Blue |
Good grief. It's like a wall of shame you'd expect to see on something like Crimewatch when you Google her name. |
It's very telling that not one of them has apologised. | |
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| Maria Caulfield MP on 17:29 - May 14 with 1726 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Maria Caulfield MP on 12:20 - May 14 by ElderGrizzly |
9. “Your views aren’t your own”?! Whose are they then? |
She's representing her employer, the Party/Government. Even if she includes the disclaimer "all views my own" I don't think it holds any weight legally. I think that's what they're attempting to say in that guideline.
We have several cases a year at work where people bring our organisation into disrepute because they haven't appreciated this. Anything in your social media profile that links you can to your employer can be used against your employer if you behave like a d1ck. | |
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| Maria Caulfield MP on 17:35 - May 14 with 1713 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Maria Caulfield MP on 17:25 - May 14 by DanTheMan |
It's very telling that not one of them has apologised. |
It is, but not surprising. Must be hard to maintain discipline when the boss doesn't see the need to apologies for his own repeated lies and both illegal and immoral activities.
It wouldn't surprise me if behind closed doors they're getting pats on the back for successfully smearing Starmer. | |
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| Maria Caulfield MP on 19:10 - May 14 with 1657 views | BlueBadger |
| Maria Caulfield MP on 12:24 - May 14 by sparks |
Extraordinary.
One could just post a retraction and clarification with an apology to put things right. Instead, viewers are blocked- so that the echo chamber within can continue unabated. |
You're assuming she's actually ashamed she's done this. She's not, she's ashamed she's been caught and called out, not that she's happy to retweet nazis. |  |
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| Maria Caulfield MP on 19:15 - May 14 with 1639 views | BlueBadger |
| Maria Caulfield MP on 12:48 - May 14 by tractordownsouth |
Of all those involved, Nadine Dorries should be most ashamed. Sharing an edited video implying that someone had effectively allowed child abuse will obviously have an impact on their mental wellbeing.
She's completely unsuitable to be minister for suicide prevention of all things. |
She's also an utterly dreadful human being, so you know.. | |
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| Maria Caulfield MP on 19:28 - May 14 with 1628 views | sparks |
| Maria Caulfield MP on 17:03 - May 14 by DanTheMan |
"A spokesperson for Downing Street said: “The MPs involved have been spoken to by the whips’ office and reminded of their responsibility to check the validity of information before they post on social media.”
Oh well that's OK then. They've had a gentle reminder to not lie to constituents. |
Not even close to good enough.
There needs to be a clear and formal retration and condemnation.
This should be a resigning matter. |  |
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| Maria Caulfield MP on 19:38 - May 14 with 1609 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Maria Caulfield MP on 19:28 - May 14 by sparks |
Not even close to good enough.
There needs to be a clear and formal retration and condemnation.
This should be a resigning matter. |
Yep, but it won't be.
So should BoJo diliberately misleading the House yesterday, but that won't be either.
They're untouchable. And yet, people still want this and vote for them 🤷â€â™‚ï¸ | |
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| Maria Caulfield MP on 19:50 - May 14 with 1591 views | bluelagos |
That's quite vile and an appalling thing to tweet and it beggars belief that a sitting MP would do so.
Either she was mistaken (in which case she is an idiot for not checking) or she knew what she was doing.
Either way, if I were Starmer I'd be looking at a libel action unless she formally apologised, on twitter and in parliament and made a suitable charitable donation. |  |
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| Maria Caulfield MP on 19:55 - May 14 with 1584 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Maria Caulfield MP on 19:50 - May 14 by bluelagos |
That's quite vile and an appalling thing to tweet and it beggars belief that a sitting MP would do so.
Either she was mistaken (in which case she is an idiot for not checking) or she knew what she was doing.
Either way, if I were Starmer I'd be looking at a libel action unless she formally apologised, on twitter and in parliament and made a suitable charitable donation. |
She knew what she was doing. The 3 of them did.
They've shown no inclination to apologise. Dorris has deleted her tweet and that's it, Caulfield has deleted her twitter account, and Allen so far just signed off.
Apparently they've been "spoken to". And as far as the Party goes, that's the matter closed.
It would be interesting if Starmer took action, but I suspect he's got a longer game plan. | |
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| Maria Caulfield MP on 19:57 - May 14 with 1575 views | DanTheMan |
| Maria Caulfield MP on 19:55 - May 14 by Swansea_Blue |
She knew what she was doing. The 3 of them did.
They've shown no inclination to apologise. Dorris has deleted her tweet and that's it, Caulfield has deleted her twitter account, and Allen so far just signed off.
Apparently they've been "spoken to". And as far as the Party goes, that's the matter closed.
It would be interesting if Starmer took action, but I suspect he's got a longer game plan. |
He's already responded.
Sir Keir said he was satisfied with the actions taken by the party and the MPs, who have deleted the tweets.
"There are more important things in the world to concentrate on than a doctored video of me," he added.
Handled it better than I would have done if it was me. | |
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| Maria Caulfield MP on 19:59 - May 14 with 1574 views | m14_blue |
| Maria Caulfield MP on 19:50 - May 14 by bluelagos |
That's quite vile and an appalling thing to tweet and it beggars belief that a sitting MP would do so.
Either she was mistaken (in which case she is an idiot for not checking) or she knew what she was doing.
Either way, if I were Starmer I'd be looking at a libel action unless she formally apologised, on twitter and in parliament and made a suitable charitable donation. |
Exactly that, they were either maliciously spreading fake news about child abuse or they are mind numbingly stupid.
There really isn’t a third possibility. |  | | |
| Maria Caulfield MP on 20:00 - May 14 with 1572 views | bluelagos |
| Maria Caulfield MP on 19:55 - May 14 by Swansea_Blue |
She knew what she was doing. The 3 of them did.
They've shown no inclination to apologise. Dorris has deleted her tweet and that's it, Caulfield has deleted her twitter account, and Allen so far just signed off.
Apparently they've been "spoken to". And as far as the Party goes, that's the matter closed.
It would be interesting if Starmer took action, but I suspect he's got a longer game plan. |
Wtf not? That would send the message that clear smears about him won't go left unchallenged.
And if they chose to fight it and lose, they are exposed for being dishonest. | |
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| Maria Caulfield MP on 21:07 - May 14 with 1534 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Maria Caulfield MP on 20:00 - May 14 by bluelagos |
Wtf not? That would send the message that clear smears about him won't go left unchallenged.
And if they chose to fight it and lose, they are exposed for being dishonest. |
Maybe he will. I was wondering whether he wouldn't rise to it, but just keep doing what he did yesterday and continue to batter Bojo in the Commons. I could be well wide of the mark of course. | |
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| Maria Caulfield MP on 21:09 - May 14 with 1526 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Maria Caulfield MP on 19:59 - May 14 by m14_blue |
Exactly that, they were either maliciously spreading fake news about child abuse or they are mind numbingly stupid.
There really isn’t a third possibility. |
The third possibility is that they're both  | |
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| Maria Caulfield MP on 22:37 - May 14 with 1459 views | Darth_Koont |
I fully applaud calling out this sort of dishonest smeary nonsense. There's no place for it.
It's always good to see people stand up for their principles and rush to defend the Leader of the Opposition from these sort of tactics. |  |
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