James&Hargrave&

http://blog.hargrave.org.uk&
Email:&blog@hargrave.org.uk&
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6!July!2012!
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Mr!Finbow!
Chair!of!Seckford!Foundation!
Woodbridge!
Suffolk!
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Dear!Mr!Finbow,!
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I!am!sorry!you!have!decided!to!write!to!me!in!a!threatening!manner.!I!know!that!
you!trained!and!practiced!as!a!solicitor!but!this!letter!was!sent!in!your!capacity!
as!Chairman!of!the!Seckford!Foundation.!Basically!the!Chair!of!Governors!of!
Woodbridge!School.!!
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I!quite!understand!that!you!do!not!like!what!I!have!written!and!would!rather!I!
had!not!written!it!but!that!does!not!mean!that!my!behavior!is!harassment!or!that!
what!I!have!written!is!defamatory.!Indeed!it!is!interesting!that!you!do!not!give!a!
single!concrete!example!of!any!words!used!and!why!you!allege!they!are!
defamatory!just!vague!statements!that!whole!Blog!posts!are!defamatory.!
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In!this!letter!I!will!respond!to!the!allegations!you!have!made!and!to!the!
threatening!statements!at!the!end!of!your!letter.!I!am!assuming!that!you!have!
been!misMinformed!about!these!incidents!and!that!you!are!interested!honestly!in!
establishing!the!truth.!
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Before!I!reply!I!would!like!to!draw!you!attention!to!a!recent!High!Court!case!
involving!a!Councillor!accused!of!criticizing!the!way!the!council!was!run!and!
individual!councilors!online.!You!can!read!a!report!here!in!the!Telegraph:!
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/lawreports/9243915/Politician
sMshouldMhaveMthickMskinsMjudgeMrulesMinMbitchyMcouncillorMcase.html!(Enc!1)!
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The!Telegraph!summarise!the!ruling:!
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But$the$High$Court$said$that$although$his$words$were$sarcastic$and$
mocking,$he$was$entitled$to$complain$about$the$way$council$meetings$were$
run.$
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Mr$Justice$Beatson$concluded$that$Mr$Calvers$right$to$freedom$of$
expression$should$trump$the$earlier$ruling$by$the$Adjudication$Panel$for$
Wales$that$he$had$broken$the$code$of$conduct$for$local$government.$
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The$judge$said$it$was$important$to$remember$the$traditions$of$robust$
debate,$which$may$include$some$degree$of$lampooning$of$those$who$place$
themselves$in$public$office.$
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This!I!think!is!perhaps!where!you!have!misMunderstood!my!actions.!Your!recent!
foray!into!free!schools!has!placed!you!in!public!life!spending!public!money.!As!
such!others!and!myself!have!a!democratic!and!legal!right!to!robustly!criticise!and!
this!includes!as!the!judge!said!a!degree!of!lampooning.!
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Indeed!it!is!interesting!that!I!am!emailed!a!letter!with!threats!of!defamation!from!
the!Seckford!Foundation!Free!Schools!Trust.!It!is!a!well!established!principal!of!
public!law!that!public!authorities!(including!state!schools!and!their!Governing!
Body)!cannot!makes!claims!for!defamation.!
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The!reasons!are!obvious.!The!right!of!the!public!to!freedom!of!expression!is!more!
important!than!the!possible!damage!to!a!public!authority!by!defamation.!
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Indeed!under!public!law,!public!authorities!are!placed!under!significant!
additional!scrutiny!through!the!judicial!review!process.!
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All!of!this!is!an!established!part!of!public!life.!Schools!have!to!put!up!with!at!
times!unreasonable!comments,!as!do!local!councils.!Those!who!dont!like!this!do!
not!have!to!engage!in!public!life.!As!they!say!if!you!cant!stand!the!heat!
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Now!of!course!none!of!this!means!that!harassment!is!acceptable.!But!I!have!not!
harassed!anyone!and!I!note!that!you!were!not!present!at!and!did!not!witness!any!
of!the!alleged!incidents.!
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Mr!Watson!in!particular!as!the!Director!of!the!Seckford!Foundation!ought!to!be!
be!able!to!handle!a!bit!of!criticism,!heckling!and!the!presence!of!protestors.!All!of!
these!are!part!of!public!life!in!a!democratic!country.!Yes!I!understand!it!is!
probably!a!bit!of!a!culture!shock!but!had!Mr!Watson!himself!adopted!a!more!
conciliatory!approach!I!think!many!of!these!issues!would!have!been!avoided.!
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My!response!to!your!allegations!is!below:!
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1. Yes!I!did!phone!the!Foundation!and!speak!to!Mr!Watsons!PA.!I!accept!that!
Mr!Watson!was!on!that!occasion!genuinely!unavailable!however!on!a!
number!of!previous!occasions!I!had!been!informed!he!was!in!a!meeting!
when!I!do!not!believe!this!was!true.!Nobody!is!forced!to!spend!time!on!a!
telephone!call,!she!could!simply!have!put!the!phone!down.!!
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Mr!Watsons!PA!was!polite!to!me!and!did!not!seem!to!have!a!problem!
spending!time!on!the!phone.!
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By!refusing!to!speak!to!people!such!as!myself!and!leaving!staff!such!as!Mr!
Watsons!PA!to!shield!the!Foundations!senior!staff!I!think!you!are!placing!
your!staff!in!a!very!difficult!position.!!
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2. I!did!attend!the!meeting!at!Blackbourne!Middle!School.!I!am!not!quite!
sure!why!you!mention!the!fact!comments!were!live!streamed!to!my!Blog,!
is!something!wrong!with!reporting!in!this!way?!
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I!was!not!aggressive!towards!Mr!Watson!although!I!did!question!him!
robustly!and!heckle!him.!This!is!well!within!the!tradition!of!public!
meetings.!Around!100!people!were!present!maybe!if!you!want!an!
impartial!view!you!should!ask!the!Headteacher!at!Blackbourne.!
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Indeed!a!few!people!in!the!audience!had!a!go!at!me,!claiming!I!didnt!live!
in!Suffolk.!I!argued!back!but!they!had!every!right!to!heckle!me.!
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3. I!didnt!attend!the!meeting!in!Ixworth.!Following!this!meeting!a!
newspaper!story!was!removed!by!Archant!and!it!was!then!reMwritten.!I!
was!specifically!told!by!their!newsroom!that!this!followed!a!complaint!by!
Seckford.!What!part!of!this!are!you!denying?!!
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4. Did!you!actually!read!the!Blog!post?!It!was!a!parody!on!the!Dads!Army!
opening!credits!and!more!at!the!expense!of!Jeremy!Rowe!and!his!constant!
Churchill!references!on!Twitter.!I!no!more!think!Graham!Watson!is!Hitler!
than!I!think!Jeremy!Rowe!is!Churchill.!!!
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The!post!came!at!the!end!of!a!week!when!many!of!the!Ixworth!Free!School!
supporters!were!engaged!in!quite!an!interesting!debate!on!the!comments!
of!my!Blog.!This!stopped!abruptly!when!Mr!Watson!told!them!not!to!
engage!on!social!media,!I!understand!members!of!the!group!that!
continued!were!threatened!in!a!similar!way!by!Mr!Watson.!Is!this!what!
you!meant!by!engaging!in!robust!debate?!
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5. !I!did!phone!the!Seckford!Foundation!that!morning.!I!was!certainly!
unhappy!when!I!called!as:!
a. Mr!Watson!had!just!suggested!that!myself!and!others!were!a!bad!
example!to!children!on!BBC!Radio!Suffolk!!a!comment!which!I!
believe!actually!is!defamatory!especially!when!aimed!at!
educational!professionals!and!Governors.!
b. Mr!Watson!has!suggested!that!my!Blog!post!reporting!
inducements!to!Beccles!Free!School!parents!was!untrue.!He!gave!
a!very!misleading!interview!that!made!it!sound!like!free!uniforms!
and!meals!had!not!been!offered.!He!was!forced!to!admit!later!that!
day!at!Waveney!that!this!answer!was!based!on!a!pedantic!(and!
indeed!false)!definition!of!inducement.!The!Councillors!were!not!
impressed!at!all!with!this.!
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When!I!called!the!Free!Schools!office!I!asked!a!straightforward!simple!
question!!were!free!uniforms,!lunches!and!possibly!iPods!being!
offered!to!Beccles!Free!School!pupils!or!not.!!
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Incredibly!despite!the!fact!of!Mr!Watsons!denial!on!BBC!Radio!Suffolk!
minutes!before!staff!claimed!not!to!know!and!that!only!Mr!Cawley!and!
Mr!Watson!knew!and!they!were!both!in!meetings.!
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Eventually!I!was!put!through!to!Mr!Watsons!PA.!The!phone!call!was!
frustrating!but!I!did!not!harass!Mr!Watsons!PA.!I!suggested!to!her!that!
her!boss!ought!to!answer!calls!himself!and!said!I!felt!Seckford!put!her!
in!a!difficult!position.!!
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She!tried!to!be!as!helpful!as!possible!and!told!me!she!would!pass!on!
my!concerns!to!Mr!Watson!who!would!be!in!a!meting!until!around!11.!
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I!then!as!you!report!called!back!three!times!asking!to!speak!to!Mr!
Watson.!During!one!of!these!calls!the!phone!was!put!down!on!me.!
Nobody!would!tell!me!when!he!would!be!available!or!if!he!would!
answer!my!questions.!
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I!then!gave!up!as!it!was!like!banging!my!head!against!a!brick!wall!and!I!
wrote!an!email!to!the!Scrutiny!Committee!at!Waveney!and!requested!
they!asked!Mr!Watson!about!the!inducements!which!they!did!(see!
6).!
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6. I!wish!I!could!take!credit!for!the!plausible!deniability!claim!but!that!
actually!came!from!one!of!the!Councillors.!Had!Mr!Watson!been!an!
employee!of!a!school!that!I!was!Chair!of!Governors!at!I!would!have!been!
very!seriously!concerned!by!the!comments!that!were!made!about!his!
conduct!by!Councillors!after!he!had!left.!It!is!a!real!shame!you!did!not!
attend!but!you!can!always!ask!the!Chairman!of!the!Committee!who!I!am!
sure!will!confirm!this.!!
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You!seem!to!forget!that!I!am!a!journalist!and!most!of!what!I!write!is!
reporting!what!happened.!The!councillors!were!unimpressed!by!Watson,!
some!wanting!to!call!him!back.!Some!thought!he!had!not!been!truthful!
some!that!he!was!out!of!his!depth.!That!is!what!happened!and!shooting!
the!messenger!will!not!change!the!reality.!There!was!a!strong!feeling!that!
you!should!abandon!the!Beccles!Free!School!project!and!consolidate!on!
the!Saxmundham!site!and!that!the!consultation!was!very!poor.!Are!you!
now!going!to!send!threatening!letters!to!all!of!the!Waveney!Scrutiny!
Committee?!
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In!respect!of!the!car!these!comments!are!so!absurd!I!almost!dont!know!
how!to!respond.!There!was!no!threat!whatsoever!to!Mr!Watsons!well!
being.!!Nobody!present!would!have!harmed!him!in!any!way,!we!would!
have!sought!to!ask!him!questions!and!heckled!him!if!he!walked!off.!That!
isnt!harassment.!That!is!democracy.!That!is!public!life.!
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Had!Mr!Watson!walked!out!the!front!door!of!the!Town!Hall!like!everyone!
else!I!would!have!sought!to!photograph!him!in!the!street.!ITV!Anglia!were!
present!taking!film!too.!I!took!the!photo!to!illustrate!the!story!that!Watson!
sped!off!from!a!backdoor!not!so!anyone!could!identify!his!car,!why!would!
they!want!to?!As!you!can!see!from!the!photo!you!cant!really!identify!the!
car!in!any!case!although!my!son!informs!me!it!is!an!extremely!expensive!
Mercedes.!
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The!Hitler!Downfall!video!has!been!extremely!popular!and!I!expect!it!has!
hit!a!bit!of!a!nerve.!There!are!hundreds!if!not!thousands!of!these!Downfall!
videos!on!the!Internet!about!all!kinds!of!issues.!Rather!than!spend!time!
explaining!the!whole!concept!which!is!a!meme!this!helpful!article!in!the!
Telegraph!explains!the!concept!and!gives!several!examples:!
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/6262709/HitlerM
DownfallMparodiesM25MworthMwatching.html!(Enc!2)!
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I!hope!that!you!will!understand!after!reading!this!that!the!video!was!not!
aimed!at!portraying!Mr!Watson!as!Hitler.!In!fact!it!wasnt!aimed!at!any!
individual!in!particular.!One!commentator!on!my!Blog!suggested!if!the!
cap!fits,!wear!it:.!
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So!now!we!come!to!your!demands:!
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(a)!It!is!unreasonable!to!suggest!that!a!member!of!the!public!and!journalist!does!
not!contact!the!offices!of!a!publically!funded!authority.!I!have!a!legal!right!to!
serve!freedom!of!information!act!requests!and!make!other!enquiries.!The!
problems!come!from!the!attitude!of!staff!and!your!completely!unreasonable!
action!in!refusing!to!correspond!with!me.!!
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Again!you!forget!that!you!are!a!publically!funded!organization.!Why!should!a!
public!authority!refuse!to!answer!legitimate!questions!from!someone!because!
they!dont!like!them?!Is!it!then!reasonable!to!accuse!them!of!harassment!when!
they!persist!in!asking?!Had!the!question!been!answered!I!would!have!put!the!
phone!down!and!gone!about!my!business.!
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I!will,!however,!not!speak!to!Mr!Watsons!PA!other!than!to!leave!brief!messages!
out!of!concern!for!her!personally.!As!I!mention!above!I!feel!your!actions!are!
putting!her!in!a!difficult!position.!
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I!expect!any!questions!asked!by!me!to!the!Seckford!Foundation!to!be!answered!
in!a!timely!and!respectful!way.!I!am!happy!to!put!these!in!writing!and!to!copy!
them!to!you!if!you!would!supply!me!with!your!email!address.!
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(b)!I!will!not!remove!the!Hitler!posts!as!these!do!not!in!any!way!compare!Mr!
Watson!to!Hitler!as!I!have!explained!above.!Just!go!to!Google!and!type!Hitler!
Downfall!Video!and!you!will!see!hundreds!and!hundreds!of!these.!They!are!what!
is!known!as!a!meme!that!has!become!popular!through!social!media!on!the!
Internet.!The!idea!is!not!to!compare!anyone!to!Hitler!!and!interestingly!some!
people!thought!this!was!aimed!at!Gove!not!Watson!!but!as!a!parody.!!
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(c)!I!have!not!posted!any!defamatory!comments!about!the!Foundation!or!its!staff.!
If!you!believe!a!post!is!defamatory!please!contact!me!and!explain!exactly!what!
words!you!consider!as!defamatory!and!why!and!I!will!take!appropriate!action.!!
Please!do!bear!in!mind!though!that!the!Seckford!Foundation!Free!Schools!Trust!
is!not!able!to!make!claims!for!defamation.!!
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If!the!Foundation!were!to!agree!to!answer!questions!and!correspondence!from!
me!prior!to!the!publication!of!posts!then!I!would!gladly!include!your!side!in!any!
of!my!posts!and!give!you!the!opportunity!to!clear!up!any!concerns!before!
publication.!This!is!how!every!single!other!organization!I!deal!with!behaves.!!
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This!is!probably!why!despite!some!robust!reporting!on!other!issues!nobody!else!
has!sought!to!send!me!a!letter!like!this.!I!am!a!fair!and!reasonable!person!and!if!
you!have!any!issues!with!me!you!do!not!need!to!send!a!legally!worded!pompous!
letter.!Pick!up!the!phone,!drop!me!an!email,!text!me,!send!me!a!tweet.!
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I!have!two!small!requests!in!return!Mr!Finbow.!I!answered!your!letter!despite!
the!fact!you!routinely!ignore!all!my!correspondence!and!they!say!one!good!turn!
deserves!another.!
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Firstly!I!would!like!you!to!tell!me!in!what!way!Seckford!has!kept!its!promise!that!
you!made!in!an!email!to!me!that:!
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We$have$consistently$made$clear$that$if,$contrary$to$our$understanding,$the$
desire$is$not$there,$then$we$will$have$no$wish$to$impose$a$free$school$on$the$
community.$!
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With!only!37!children!confirmed!as!attending!please!can!you!explain!how!that!
shows!desire!for!a!school?!In!what!way!is!your!current!behavior!not!imposing!a!
free!school!against!the!wishes!of!the!Beccles!community?!
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Secondly!I!am!not!sure!if!you!saw!my!open!letter!An$Appeal$to$the$Seckford$
Foundation!posted!at:!
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http://blog.hargrave.org.uk/2012/06/appealMtoMseckfordMfoundation.html!(Enc!
3)!
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This!appeal!for!you!to!abandon!the!failed!Beccles!project!and!consolidate!both!
schools!at!Saxmundham!has!widespread!political!support!across!Suffolk.!The!
idea!is!not!mine!but!came!from!Mark!Bee!and!Peter!Aldous!MP.!
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I!have!an!email!from!Mark!Bee,!Leader!of!Suffolk!County!Council!endorsing!this!
(Enc!4)!and!in!addition!the!Chairman!of!Waveneys!Scrutiny!Committee!Tweeted!
saying!his!Committee!was!behind!this!idea!(Enc!5).!Peter!Aldous!MP!has!also!
issued!a!public!statement!(Enc!6)!supporting!this!idea.!
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There!is!a!very!real!chance!if!you!do!not!do!this!that!one!or!even!both!your!new!
schools!will!fail!damaging!the!education!of!children!and!the!careers!of!staff.!Even!
the!combined!numbers!of!Beccles!and!Saxmundham!are!low.!
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What!I!am!asking!is!that!you!call!a!full!Governing!Body!meeting!and!give!this!idea!
serious!consideration!and!publish!the!reasons!for!your!decision.!
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Yours!sincerely!
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James!Hargrave!
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Enc!
6!Attachments!as!referred!to!in!the!text!
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LeIegrupI.co.uk
Politiciuns shoold huve thick skins, jodge roles
in 'bitchy' cooncillor cuse
People hcte c riht to lcmpoon cnd criticise politicicns cnd public ojjicicls under the Humcn
Rihts Act, the Hih Court hcs ruled.
b MARTN BECKORD MAY q, zo1z
TIe vIIIuge oI MunorbIer In PembrokesIIre, WuIes.
MuIcoIm CuIver, u councIIIor In u WeIsI seusIde vIIIuge, Iud been censured by u sLundurds wuLcIdog
Ior bILcIIng ubouL IIs coIIeugues onIIne.
He Iud cIuImed LIuL mInuLes oI u meeLIng Iud more IoIes LIun SwIss cIeese, uccused one IeIIow
councIIIor oI dIsgruceIuI munIpuIuLIon oI cIIIdren und quesLIoned LIe experLIse oI unoLIer.
BuL LIe HIgI CourL suId LIuL uILIougI IIs words were surcusLIc und mockIng, Ie wus enLILIed Lo
compIuIn ubouL LIe wuy councII meeLIngs were run.
Mr JusLIce BeuLson concIuded LIuL Mr CuIver`s rIgIL Lo Ireedom oI expressIon sIouId Lrump LIe
ORGNA PAGE
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eurIIer ruIIng by LIe AdjudIcuLIon PuneI Ior WuIes LIuL Ie Iud broken LIe code oI conducL Ior IocuI
governmenL.
TIe judge suId IL wus ImporLunL Lo remember LIe LrudILIons oI robusL debuLe, wIIcI muy IncIude
some degree oI IumpoonIng oI LIose wIo pIuce LIemseIves In pubIIc oIIIce.
TIe IucL LIuL LIe PuneI Look u nurrower vIew oI 'poIILIcuI expressIon` und dId noL reIer Lo LIe need Ior
poIILIcIuns Lo Iuve LIIcker skIns LIun oLIers IImILs LIe weIgIL LIuL cun be gIven Lo ILs IIndIngs, Ie
concIuded.
TIe ruIIng muy noL brIng peuce Lo MunorbIer, wIere Mr CuIver wus due Lo be reLurned unopposed us
one oI sIx IocuI councIIIors on TIursduy.
BuL IL wIII IIkeIy be weIcomed by IocuI und nuLIonuI poIILIcIuns Ior deIendIng LIeIr rIgIL Lo uLLuck rIvuIs
onIIne, In un uge wIen muny use bIogs, TwILLer und ucebook Ior eIecLIoneerIng.
TIe cuse reIuLed Lo commenLs posLed by Mr CuIver beLween zoo8 und zooq ubouL LIe sLundurds oI
udmInIsLruLIon on MunorbIer CommunILy CouncII, wIIcI governs LIe LourIsL resorL In PembrokesIIre
wIere VIrgInIu WooII und George Bernurd SIuw used Lo sLuy.
AII oI ILs councIIIors were reLurned unopposed becuuse oI u Iuck oI cundIduLes und IL Iud been
descrIbed by oIIIcIuIs us u IuIIIng councII und u dIsusLer zone In wIIcI reIuLIons beLween
communILy councIIIors uppeur Lo Iuve broken down.
Mr CuIver wus InvoIved In u dIspuLe wILI unoLIer councIIIor und wIIIe LIuL wus beIng InvesLIguLed,
LIe PubIIc ServIce Ombudsmun Ior WuIes dIscovered IIs personuI websILe wIIcI IncIuded commenLs
ubouL LIe Lown IuII und IndIvIduuIs wILIIn IL.
On November LI, zo1o, Mr CuIver wus Iound by LIe SLundurds CommILLee oI PembrokesIIre CounLy
CouncII, wIere Ie wus uIso un eIecLed member, Lo Iuve breucIed LIe Code oI ConducL Ior requIres
councIIIors Lo sIow respecL Ior oLIers und noL Lo brIng LIeIr oIIIce InLo dIsrepuLe.
TIe 1 commenLs compIuIned ubouL IncIuded cIuIms LIuL LIe councII does noL seem Lo undersLund
LIe IImILs oI ILs roIe, LIuL LIe druIL mInuLes oI one oI ILs meeLIngs Iud more IoIes LIun In SwIss
cIeese, und LIuL IL wouId suII on unLII LIe pubIIc reuIIsed Iow mucI oI LIeIr money Iud been
wusLed und Iow mucI deuIIng Iud been currIed ouL In secreL.
Mr CuIver Iud wrILLen LIuL LIe councII Iud muny skeIeLons In LIe cupbourd und ILs InduIgence In
sLuIIIng Iud cosL ruLepuyers more LIun ,ooo, wIIIe LIe ubsence oI u compeLenL cIerk Iud uIso
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IosL IL money.
He suId one councIIIor Iud onIy been eIecLed becuuse no buIIoL wus Iud und wunred Ie wouId noL
be browbeuLen by unyone wIo wIsIes Lo InIIIcL censorsIIp.
Mr CuIver wus ordered Lo uLLend u LruInIng sessIon by LIe councII`s monILorIng oIIIcer, und un uppeuI
Ie mude Lo LIe AdjudIcuLIon PuneI Ior WuIes wus rejecLed.
L poInLed ouL LIuL Ie couId Iuve resIgned Irom LIe councII buL cIose InsLeud Lo bILcI Irom LIe
sIdeIInes.
BuL Mr CuIver Look LIe cuse Lo LIe HIgI CourL, wIIcI on TIursduy seL usIde LIe eurIIer decIsIon us IL
InLerIered wILI IIs ArLIcIe 1o rIgIL oI Ireedom oI expressIon under LIe Europeun ConvenLIon on
Humun RIgILs.
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Hitler ownIull purodies: g worth wutching
Subtitled pcrodies oj Adolj Hitler's lcst dcs in the erlin bunler, cs depicted in the zoo(
Second World Wcr jilm Dounjcll, hcte become one oj the ueb's most endurin memes.
OCT. 6, zooq
TIe NuzI dIcLuLor's spILLIe-IIecked runLs Iuve proved LIeIr remurkubIe versuLIIILy In Iundreds oI spooI
cIIps, Irom sporLIng ruges Lo economIc poIemIcs Lo vIdeo gume revIews.
TIe purodIes ure so ubIquILous on YouTube LIuL LIey Iuve even spuwned seII-reIerenLIuI meLu-
purodIes - jokes ubouL HILIer IeurnIng ubouL IIs InLerneL Iume.
n ceIebruLIon oI LIe success oI LIe purodIes - und wILI IuII u Iope LIuL LIeIr popuIurILy muy uL IusL
be IudIng - we Iuve seIecLed wIuL we beIIeve ure LIe z IunnIesL versIons. I you dIsugree, IeL us know
In LIe box uL LIe boLLom.
Anyone unIumIIIur wILI LIe cIIps sIouId be wurned LIuL muny oI LIe "LrunsIuLIons" conLuIn sLrong
Iunguuge.
1) Hitler Iinds oot uboot the ownIull meme
Best line: " sIuugILered mIIIIons, cuL u bIoody puLI oI desLrucLIon ucross Europe, und Ior wIuL? So
couId be LIe IuLesL juvenIIe web Iud, no beLLer LIun YouTube red or LIuL sLupId I-----g IumsLer?"
) Hitler runts uboot being stock in slow motion
Best line: "WIy me? Iuve done noLIIng Lo jusLIIy LIIs. 'm LIe IeusL umusIng person uround,
dummIL."
) Hitler Iinds oot thut 'Hitler' hus become u throwuwuy term oI ubose
Best line: " Iuve been weurIng LIIs rIdIcuIous LIIng Ior yeurs so LIuL IL mIgIL be LIe very symboI oI
evII. NoL some convenIenL LuIIsmun Ior unLIInkIng AmerIcuns."
q) Hitler phones 'Iuke' Hitler
Best line: "Go Lo WIkIpedIu, IL cIeurIy suys LIuL Ie dIed on LIe oLI AprII 1qq."
g) Hitler orders removul oI ownIull purodies Ior breuch oI copyright
Best line: "uIr use! Don'L gIve me IuIr use! TIIs Is OUR movIe!"
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Technology und guming
6) Hitler Iinds oot there will be no cumeru in the iPod Tooch
Best line: "EI Jobso goes uwuy Ior Iow muny monLIs? Comes buck und I---s everyLIIng up!"
,) Hitler luments the decline oI Second LiIe
Best line: " LrIed Lo go LIere IusL nIgIL, Lo reussure myseII. sLIII IIke IL, rode LIe segwuy... BUT
COUD NOT GURE OUT HOW TO GET O T! THEN GOT STUCK N THE GROUND!"
S) Hitler Iinds oot he hus been bunned Irom Xbox Live
Best line: "'m IeIL onIy wILI my s----y N6q. um LruIy I----d now. God dummIL! meun Iow mucI
Iun cun you Iuve wILI Super I-----g MurIo!!!"
q) Hitler Iinds oot he hus been bunned Irom RoneScupe
Best line: "TIe RussIuns ure u buncI oI noobs."
1o) Hitler Iinds oot Twitter hus gone down uguin
Best line: "Don'L LIey cure ubouL LIeIr users? Don'L LIey cure ubouL us TweepIe?"
Sport
11) Hitler Iinds oot Irunk Lumpurd is signing Ior Inter
Best line: "I you supporLed LIe sIgnIngs oI BouIuIrouz, AneIku und especIuIIy Crespo, Ieuve."
1) Hitler Iinds oot SheIIield Lnited huve been releguted
Best line: "And Lo muke muLLers worse, IL's UnsworLI wIo scores. T'S UNSWORTH WHO
SCORES."
1) Hitler Iinds oot Newcustle Lnited huve been releguted
Best line: "How ubouL LIIs, we Iuve u dIIIerenL munuger Ior eucI gume nexL seuson? We couIdn'L do
uny I-----g worse. Muybe geL LIe deIuded Iuns In? We'II IoId u IoLLery, druw u I-----g LIckeL eucI week
Ior LIe deIuded IooIs. OIIer u pIuLInum seuL II LIey munuge u wIn."
Politics
1q) Hitler reucts to the sob-prime mortguge crisis
Best line: " Iud u 'IIur's Ioun', bogus uppruIsuI, und wus on LIe puLI Lo rIcIes!"
1g) Hitler Iinds oot uboot Suruh Pulin's resignution
Best line: "Every LIme sIe wInked, LIougIL IL wus jusL Ior me."
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16) Hitler pluns to heckle Buruck Obumu
Best line: "You sIouId dIsguIse yourseII us JoIn McCuIn. We sLIII Iuve LIuL JoIn McCuIn
HuIIowe'en musk"
Internet coltore
1,) Hitler denies thut the cuke is u lie
Best line: "TIe cuke Is noL u IIe, Iuve euLen IL. Yep LIuL's rIgIL. L wus very nIce. Nom nom."
1S) Hitler phones the tulking cut
Best line: " don'L know wIy boLIered cuIIIng LIuL cuL. He wus so drunk Ie couId noL speuk
properIy."
1q) Hitler Iinds oot uboot the 'NHS Iood bingo' blog
Best line: " dIdn'L run up LIe bIggesL budgeL deIIcIL In LIe IIsLory oI LIIs counLry so LIuL some
provIncIuI Iuck couId Luke LIe pIss ouL oI good, wIoIesome NHS Iood, Iood wIIcI LIe ungruLeIuI b---
--d Is geLLIng Ior Iree."
o) Hitler pluns to sturt trolling Ioroms
Best line: "'m goIng Lo posL uny crup Lo uny oLIer users. wIII be dIsrupLIng normuI on-LopIc
dIscussIon."
Miscelluneoos
1) Hitler uttucks grummur 'Nuzis'
Best line: "You guys ure IIke some kInd oI grummur uuLIorILIes or some, some kInd oI grummur...
sLrIcL poIIce... dummIL! WIuL's LIe word 'm IookIng Ior? 'm LIInkIng oI un uuLIorILurIun regIme or
someLIIng wILI LIe sLreeLs IIIIed wILI IIke unIIormed soIdIers LIuL urresL peopIe Ior LIe sIIgILesL
oIIence. L wus on LIe LIp oI my Longue, god dumn IL. WeII, you know wIuL meun."
) Hitler cun't Iind Wully
Best line: "Everyone LeIIs me Lo keep IookIng. BuL LIuL's wIuL Lry Lo I-----g do und yeL sLIII I-----g
IuII Lo IInd LIuL soddIng WuIIy. -----g morons. --- wunL Lo IInd WuIIy."
) Hitler Iinds oot his Iriends uren't going to Borning Mun Iestivul
Best line: "And wIuL ubouL BIII? He cIuIms Ie IIkes cumpIng. So wIuL's LIe probIem, no bIsLros on
LIe pIuyu?"
q) Hitler Iinds oot uboot chunges to OktoberIest
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Best line: "TIuL beer redeIIned LIe BuvurIun purILy Iuw!"
g) Hitler Iinds oot Ousis huve split op
Best line: "TIIs Is u I----g joke. TIeIr IusL uIbum wus brIIIIunL! A reuI reLurn Lo Iorm uILer Lwo
udmILLedIy under-pur recordIngs. And my LIckeLs were Ior LIe mosI-pIL Loo."
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An uppeul to the SeckIord Ioondution
JAMES HARGRAVE JUNE zq, zo1z
Deur Mr WuLson,
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Grchcm Wctson
Secljord Director
A number oI us Iuve cumpuIgned sLrongIy Lo oppose your uLLempLs Lo open u scIooI In BeccIes LIuL IL Is cIeur LIe IocuI
communILy doesn`L wunL. Even LIe SeckIord ounduLIon uccepL LIuL LIIs cumpuIgn Ius been successIuI.
PuL sImpIy we won LIe urgumenL und purenLs Iuve voLed wILI LIeIr IeeL wILI onIy ; cIoosIng your scIooI.
And remember IL wus Murk Bee, IocuI Tory CouncIIIor Ior BeccIes und LIe euder oI SuIIoIk CounLy CouncII LIuL IIrsL suggesLed
purenLs voLe wILI LIeIr IeeL noL me or Jeremy Rowe.
Murk Bee und PeLer AIdous ure IocuI poIILIcIuns LIuL undersLund LIeIr communILIes. TIe GovernmenL were IooIIsI Lo Ignore
LIem und Lo be IonesL so were you.
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Mcrl ee
eccles Count Cllr
Lecder oj Sujjoll CC
As you suw uL LIe Wuveney ScruLIny CommILLee every sIngIe IocuI eIecLed represenLuLIve In BeccIes opposed LIe scIooI. TIe MP
PeLer AIdous, LIe CounLy CouncIIIor Murk Bee, LIe DIsLrIcL CouncIIIors und uII 1; oI LIe Town CouncIIIors.
ndeed In Wuveney uII Iour oI LIe poIILIcuI purLIes - ConservuLIve, ubour, UKP und Green ure opposed uL IeusL In LIe muIn. An
umuzIng couIILIon.
Toduy LIere Is un opporLunILy Lo end LIIs wIoIe sorry uIIuIr by IIsLenIng Lo Murk Bee und PeLer AIdous.
TIey Iuve presenLed u soIuLIon LIuL couId uIIow everyone Lo move Iorwurd und begIn Lo work Ior LIe peopIe LIuL reuIIy muLLer In
uII oI LIIs. SuIIoIk cIIIdren.
ConsoIIduLIng your scIooIs uL SuxmundIum Is u prugmuLIc soIuLIon. TIere Is reuI purenLuI demund LIere und reuIIy IeeI LIuL
your engugemenL In BeccIes Ius deLrucLed Irom LIe SuxmundIum ScIooI.
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Peter Aldous MP
Wctene MP
You couId puL uII your energIes InLo mukIng IL u reuIIy greuL scIooI ruLIer LIun beIng IeckIed In LIe sLreeL wIen LuIkIng Lo TV
journuIIsLs und IeeIIng you need Lo speed uwuy ouL LIe buck enLrunce oI u Town HuII.
um sure LIuL II you were Lo udopL u more coIIuboruLIve und Iess uggressIve upproucI LIuL IocuI scIooIs In SuIIoIk wouId work
wILI you. You couId IInd ouL ubouL LIe NorLI SuIIoIk SkIIIs CenLre, perIups supporL und Iund IL ruLIer LIun beIng InvoIved In
ILs demIse. L couId provIde u very useIuI soIuLIon Lo LIe Issue oI LIe currIcuIum uL your scIooI compIemenLIng your ucudemIc
subjecLs wILI u vocuLIonuI cIoIce.
don`L doubL LIere ure LIIngs we couId uII Ieurn Irom WoodbrIdge und Irom you buL IL Ius become IncreusIngIy uppurenL wIen
you suy LIIngs IIke you ure InLroducIng compeLILIon InLo u sysLem LIuL Iusn`L Iud IL beIore LIuL you don`L reuIIy Iuve mucI
knowIedge ubouL sLuLe educuLIon.
We Iuve Iud compeLILIon Ior yeurs, someLIme IIerce. Money IoIIows LIe cIIId und muny purenLs - IIke me Ior exumpIe - Luke
our cIoIces serIousIy. We wenL Lo uppeuI Lo geL our cIIId InLo LIe scIooI we wunLed Ior IIm.
By workIng LogeLIer we cun uII Ieurn Irom eucI oLIer und puL our energIes InLo mukIng uII oI SuIIoIk`s scIooIs us brIIIIunL us
LIey cun be.
So you Iuve u cIoIce Lo muke und speukIng personuIIy wouId cerLuInIy work wILI you und uny enIurged scIooI In
SuxmundIum.
PIeuse IIsLen - noL Lo me - buL Lo Murk Bee und PeLer AIdous!
Jumes Hurgruve
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James,

I am happy to endorse what you have said below.

Best wishes.

Mark

Mark Bee
Leader of Suffolk County Council
Endeavour House
8 Russell Road
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP1 2BX
mark.bee@suffolk.gov.uk
(01473) 264012
From: James Hargrave [mailto:james@hargrave.org.uk]
Sent: 29 June 2012 10:05
To: Graham Watson; Seckford Free Schools
Cc: Jeremy Rowe; Ian Goodyer; Mark Bee; Peter Aldous
Subject: An Appeal to the Seckford Foundation
Dear Mr Watson,
(posted at http://blog.hargrave.org.uk/2012/06/appeal-to-seckford-foundation.html)
A number of us have campaigned strongly to oppose your attempts to open a school in Beccles that it is clear the local community doesnt want. Even the Seckford Foundation accept that this campaign
has been successful.
Put simply we won the argument and parents have voted with their feet with only 37 choosing your school.
And remember it was Mark Bee, local Tory Councillor for Beccles and the Leader of Suffolk County Council that first suggested parents vote with their feet not me or Jeremy Rowe.
Mark Bee and Peter Aldous are local politicians that understand their communities. The Government were foolish to ignore them and to be honest so were you.
As you saw at the Waveney Scrutiny Committee every single local elected representative in Beccles opposed the school. The MP Peter Aldous, the County Councillor Mark Bee, the District Councillors
and all 17 of the Town Councillors.
Indeed in Waveney all four of the political parties - Conservative, Labour, UKIP and Green are opposed at least in the main. An amazing coalition.
Today there is an opportunity to end this whole sorry affair by listening to Mark Bee and Peter Aldous.
They have presented a solution that could allow everyone to move forward and begin to work for the people that really matter in all of this. Suffolk children.
Consolidating your schools at Saxmundham is a pragmatic solution. There is real parental demand there and I really feel that your engagement in Beccles has detracted from the Saxmundham School.
You could put all your energies into making it a really great school rather than being heckled in the street when talking to TV journalists and feeling you need to speed away out the back entrance of a
Town Hall.
I am sure that if you were to adopt a more collaborative and less aggressive approach that local schools in Suffolk would work with you. You could find out about the North Suffolk Skills Centre,
perhaps support and fund it rather than being involved in its demise. It could provide a very useful solution to the issue of the curriculum at your school complementing your academic subjects with a
vocational choice.
I dont doubt there are things we could all learn from Woodbridge and from you but it has become increasingly apparent when you say things like you are introducing competition into a system that
hasnt had it before that you dont really have much knowledge about state education.
We have had competition for years, sometime fierce. Money follows the child and many parents - like me for example - take our choices seriously. We went to appeal to get our child into the school we
wanted for him.
By working together we can all learn from each other and put our energies into making all of Suffolks schools as brilliant as they can be.
So you have a choice to make and speaking personally I would certainly work with you and any enlarged school in Saxmundham.
Please listen - not to me - but to Mark Bee and Peter Aldous!
James Hargrave
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From: Mark Bee <Mark.Bee@suffolk.gov.uk>
Subject: RE: An Appeal to the Seckford Foundation
Date: 29 June 2012 13:28:53 GMT+01:00
To: 'James Hargrave' <james@hargrave.org.uk>

7/6/12 Aldous comments on Beccles Free School www.peteraldous.com Readability
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Aldoos comments on Beccles Iree School
Wuveney MP PeLer AIdous Loduy commenLed on LIe BeccIes ree ScIooI.
Mr AIdous suId:
WIIIsL supporLIve oI ree ScIooIs In prIncIpIe und recognIzIng LIe udvunLuges oI purenLs IuvIng LIe
cIoIce oI u vurIed educuLIon provIsIon, Iuve uIwuys been oI LIe opInIon LIuL IL Is noL upproprIuLe Ior
LIere Lo be u ree ScIooI In BeccIes uL LIe currenL LIme.
One oI my concerns Ius been LIe IImILed demund und LIe IIgures reIeused Loduy sIowIng onIy ;
pIuces uIIocuLed ucross LIree yeur groups supporLs LIIs vIew.
L wouId uppeur upproprIuLe Ior LIe SeckIord ounduLIon Lo expIore LIe possIbIIILy oI u consoIIduLed
ree ScIooI uL LIe SuxmundIum sILe und wouId urge LIem Lo gIve LIIs opLIon IuII consIderuLIon.
ProvIdIng young peopIe In SuIIoIk wILI LIe besL possIbIe educuLIon, LIereby ruIsIng uspIruLIon und
IeveIs oI ucIIevemenL, Is exLremeIy ImporLunL und IL Is vILuI LIuL decIsIons LIuL wIII sIupe young
peopIe`s IIves Ior u generuLIon ure Luken In u consIdered und reusoned munner. WIIIsL upprecIuLe
LIuL LIere ure sLrongIy IeId vIews on LIIs Issue, beIIeve LIuL IL Is vILuI LIuL we puL LIe InLeresLs oI
young peopIe IIrsL.
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