Given the murder of David Amess, I can see why MPs are a little twitchy over people who are potentially out of a given area (though not constituency) attending
Perhaps involving the police was heavy-handed and there could have been another way…
Perhaps informing the women that the meeting was only open to town residents? Oh wait...
After emailing him, they were told the meeting was specifically for residents of Chideock...
Looks like the police were sent anyways. Unless there was more content in the emails than has been reported, this was absolutely heavy-handed intimidation.
they weren’t “sent”, at least, not by the MP. The police were advised by the MP of the unusual email for security reasons, the police made their own decision, and later apologized
Complaining to your MP about toxic conditions in local waterways is "unusual"? That's exactly the type of correspondence an MP should expect. Referring such correspondence to the police is ridiculous.
The MP should have told the women the town hall was closed to non-residents and left it at that. The cynic in me believes the MP knew exactly what the police were going to do when forwarded "unusual" emails.
interesting that they didn’t publish the emails - that’s suggests that they somehow don’t support the narrative
“ After emailing him, they were told the meeting was specifically for residents of Chideock, but Mr Loder replied: “Let me know which villager has invited you and I will come back to you to see what we can do.”
Which implies the two women claimed to have been invited by one of the villagers eligible to attend the meeting? Strange that that wouldn’t be explained in the article if it was true, suggesting the claim was NOT true. And that I think could reasonably be seen as unusual by someone responsible for security for an event.
>The police were advised by the MP of the unusual email for security reasons, the police made their own decision, and later apologized
Right, but the MP almost certainly knew exactly what process he was kick starting by telling them to look into it. The beauty of the system is that everyone has plausible deniability.
Its suspicious that they tried to meet him before and he got out of it with excuses like his laptop battery being broken.
Tory MPs often seem to be in bed with privatised industry and its not a leap to suppose that's what's happening here.
Worse, the MP was clearly giving them the run-around from previous meetings. Sending police to ask questions the citizens themselves likely answered in their emails, or answerable via telephone, is an escalation of this tactic.
Political assassins seem very very unlikely to politely inquire about attendance.
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- Users’ familiarity with Coda as a reference point for its increased quality
- Statements about the hard work that’s gone into it
I say this as a huge Panic fan. It just felt ‘off’ to me, like the initial arguments for trying it are “look how hard we tried” and “it’s better than our old product”.
This may be an unfair assessment but it’s what stood out for me.
Although the page does rely a bit on things that mostly Mac fans will appreciate, I didn’t have the same impression. It’s fun to see how true Panic stays to their craft and it’s great to have the best native benchmark out there to compare to cross platform (web) approaches.
You don't even need to mention this stuff, and if you're not an employee I think the chances of being compelled to divulge it are low.
Especially if you're freelancing.
Secondly, if you are an employee, I think you can develop a good narrative to explain where you came from, where you are today, and how you've changed (etc), and how serious you are about putting it behind you.
You could even suggest some initial 'concessions' like a longer probation period for you, to prove your commitment and ally their potential concerns.
