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Honeytrap - malevolent forces at work?

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Casdon Fri 05-Apr-24 13:28:51

www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-lawmaker-admits-passing-colleagues-numbers-stranger-met-dating-app-2024-04-05/
This is very worrying. Yes, William Wragg was an idiot, and he did right to come forward, but he’s not alone - it could be a sign of infiltration of politicians’ private lives through blackmail orchestrated by a malevolent foreign source to undermine Westminster. I really hope it proves to be a UK based chancer.

Callistemon21 Wed 10-Apr-24 22:32:02

Iam64

No I think more a fiat 500🚘

😁

Iam64 Wed 10-Apr-24 20:08:26

No I think more a fiat 500🚘

Callistemon21 Wed 10-Apr-24 20:04:24

Well, he might have had a bike 🤔

Iam64 Wed 10-Apr-24 19:38:35

Did we have the same hair stylist? Mine sold up and moved on to pastures new. It was such a drama for me 25 years after he first cut my hair

Callistemon21 Wed 10-Apr-24 14:53:40

the problem is, having done what he did he is shown as being a man lacking in moral courage and resolve, and would you really want your children/grandchildren in the care of a teacher who is known to crumble when under pressure.

No
Some children at secondary level can be very cruel too, if they suspect a chink in the armour.
He wouldn't last half a term.

Callistemon21 Wed 10-Apr-24 14:51:48

Oh, ok!
I get it now.

I've only really heard of Gransnet, Mumsnet, Facebook and Twitter 😁

Callistemon21 Wed 10-Apr-24 14:50:04

Iam64

Callistemon, maybe you’ve never had a long relationship with a gay hairdresser . By relationship, I mean as a client, well having your hair cut … see how easy it is to confuse things 😂

Yes, I have but he's left to go to pastures new 😃

Off to investigate (do I really want to know?)

M0nica Wed 10-Apr-24 14:15:33

Callistemon that does surprise me because you are usuall very knowledgeable and aware. I have known about it since it was launched because it was discussed in the paper on online news.

the problem is, having done what he did he is shown as being a man lacking in moral courage and resolve, and would you really want your children/grandchildren in the care of a teacher who is known to crumble when under pressure.

There are plenty of other jobs in education that do not require this quality.

Iam64 Wed 10-Apr-24 13:14:30

A friend told me today, she knows two women in their late sixties who received sick pics from male ‘friends’. Yuk

Iam64 Wed 10-Apr-24 13:13:37

Callistemon, maybe you’ve never had a long relationship with a gay hairdresser . By relationship, I mean as a client, well having your hair cut … see how easy it is to confuse things 😂

Casdon Wed 10-Apr-24 13:12:00

I’d imagine he’ll do a Nadine and write juicy bestsellers, appear on chat shows etc.

Callistemon21 Wed 10-Apr-24 11:52:12

Everybody knows what grindr is for
Well, I'd never heard of it!

mabon1 Wed 10-Apr-24 11:48:28

This MP and others are the people for whom we should show respect. Oh yes, sending "intimate" photographs of themselves, then moaning, what an idiot.

greenlady102 Wed 10-Apr-24 11:47:56

Urmstongran

What struck me is the lack of social awareness. If anybody asked me for the phone number of a friend/a colleague etc I’d always ask permission of that person first. Surely that’s just common good manners?

This. Everybody knows what grindr is for and to not realise the consequences of using such an app is ridiculously stupid. Should he be allowed out alone without a minder and can he tie his own shoelaces?

Katie59 Wed 10-Apr-24 11:43:42

There are plenty of menial jobs where sensitive information is not involved, more likely he will get a job in the city where leaking information is a way of life.

Germanshepherdsmum Wed 10-Apr-24 10:31:27

Even if he’s learned his lesson, he has I think rendered himself pretty unemployable. Maybe he will have to do charitable work as Profumo did.

growstuff Wed 10-Apr-24 10:26:33

MaizieD

So no-one thinks that Wragg might have learned his lesson?

Using the criteria of 'might give out confidential information' makes him effectively unemployable anywhere.

I have no idea if he's learned his lesson. What I do know is that if I were on an interview panel for a teacher, I would have to ask the compulsory safeguarding questions and I'd want some evidence that he could be trusted with confidential information.

Callistemon21 Wed 10-Apr-24 10:21:57

How sad.

MaizieD Wed 10-Apr-24 10:18:38

So no-one thinks that Wragg might have learned his lesson?

Using the criteria of 'might give out confidential information' makes him effectively unemployable anywhere.

growstuff Wed 10-Apr-24 10:07:34

vegansrock

If a teacher gave out confidential details of colleagues to total strangers on a dodgy website and those colleagues received unsolicited messages and intimate photos then I would expect that teacher to be subject to disciplinary measures and even dismissal.

Not only colleagues' details, but teachers have access to all sorts of pupils' personal details. I would be extremely wary of employing anybody who didn't recognise the confidential nature of those details.

Callistemon21 Wed 10-Apr-24 10:06:40

vegansrock

If a teacher gave out confidential details of colleagues to total strangers on a dodgy website and those colleagues received unsolicited messages and intimate photos then I would expect that teacher to be subject to disciplinary measures and even dismissal.

Thanks vegansrock.
It's not often I'm speechless but it was late at night!

And possibly confidential details of pupils too.

We do expect teachers and those in charge of young people to adhere to a moral code. We know it doesn't always happen but it is probable that it's more likely than with MPs.

MaizieD Wed 10-Apr-24 10:04:14

Grandmabatty

vegansrock precisely. Thank you for your succinct answer. And you too Callistemon. I fear Maisie is being disingenuous or downright argumentative! 😂 I didn't bother to reply because, 'frankly my dear, I don't give a damn.'

I'm being both. But if you can't be bothered to explain it's OK by me.

Grandmabatty Wed 10-Apr-24 09:49:54

vegansrock precisely. Thank you for your succinct answer. And you too Callistemon. I fear Maisie is being disingenuous or downright argumentative! 😂 I didn't bother to reply because, 'frankly my dear, I don't give a damn.'

vegansrock Wed 10-Apr-24 08:25:25

If a teacher gave out confidential details of colleagues to total strangers on a dodgy website and those colleagues received unsolicited messages and intimate photos then I would expect that teacher to be subject to disciplinary measures and even dismissal.

Callistemon21 Tue 09-Apr-24 23:14:43

MaizieD

Grandmabatty

I'm not sure that holding primary teachers to a lower standard of behaviour than politicians would go down well with the GTC.🙄

What part of his behaviour would adversely affect his involvement in teaching children?

😯
I'm speechless!