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Subscribe to RSSPrime Minister David Cameron admitted that he, his wife and their entourage left their 8-year-old daughter in a pub after a recent Sunday lunch and didn't realize it until they arrived back at the government headquarters. NBC's Brian Williams reports.
LONDON -- British Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife left their eight-year-old daughter in a countryside pub by mistake after lunch on Sunday, according to reports.
Cameron rushed back minutes later to pick her up, the tabloid Sun newspaper reported.
Nancy had gone to the bathroom when rides were being organized to return home, the newspaper said.
The prime minister's office said Cameron and his wife Samantha were "distraught" when they realized Nancy wasn't with them, according to the BBC.
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The Camerons had been having Sunday lunch with two other families near the prime minister's country home, according to reports. The prime minister went home in one car thinking that Nancy was with his wife and two other children in a second car, the Sun reported.
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The child, who was looked after by staff at the 16th-century pub after her parents had left, was separated from her family for 15 minutes, the Sun reported.
The Sun quoted a pub "insider" as saying: "You'd have thought someone would have done a headcount or something."
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The incident, which was widely reported in the British media, could prove especially embarrassing for the Conservative leader as it came just a day before the government relaunched a so-called troubled families program. The government says 120,000 troubled families are at the root of high amounts of crime and social disorder throughout the country.
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My Minnesota Twins went missing yesterday. They lost to Chicago 8-2. That did not make the world news.
The Twins have been missing since 1992. - A Yankee fan!
Missing in action against the Yankees is one thing. But, the Chicago Cubs? There is no justice sometimes.
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Of course this received wide coverage in the Britiish media, and you dear hearts always looking to ride the wave of junk news, had to jump on board. Pubs in England are a family gathering spot so the inherent negative thought to North Americans that is associated with "having his daughter in a pub", is bogus. The Prime Minister as with the President in the US would have a herd of security and other officials in the mix, so the process of going to lunch becomes an event. The article positions this in an intentionally sensational item, when it is not. Any clues here that the fact that the Camerons were in two cars and with other couples? Not just like ordinary folks out for a quiet personal family brunch. Common' MSNBC get your cred back. We would all find it so refreshing and helpful to have intelligent and important news reporting. The Foxxing of the media strikes again.
Ooops! You can bet no one feels worse than the PM and his wife. When you travel in separate vehicles it's bound to happen at some point.
Reminds me of a story I read in the Bible about Mary and Joseph!
Oooooooops. Lol
When I was a toddler (back in the early 1950's) I wandered out from our home in Chicago and climbed into the car parked in front of the house. I fell asleep in the back seat for several hours. My parents were frantic and everyone in the neighborhood, relatives and the Chicago police were looking for me. I sat up after my nap and someone sitting on the front porch saw me ... I'm sure I gave my parents quite the scare.
A mere mundane would have been thrown in jail for such an offense.
The thing that was not reported was that the little tyke had six pints and picked up a sailor while the parents were gone.
Reminds me of a story I read in the Bible about Mary and Joseph leaving Jesus!!!
The US government must send child protective service to rescue this eight year old child from his terribly abusive parents.
LOL
Well, first and foremost for a conservative it is all about him and secondly that eight year old needs to develop those important skills of independence that will allow he to be a rugged individualist and be up to the challenges of life that will shape her ability to be indifferent to others needs and focused on her own desires.
So she was passed out drunk in the bathroom. No more pubs for the child.
For those of you down playing this I completely disagree. What if there was no happy ending here? I raised 4 kids and never left them anywhere...they were always the first thing on my mind. If this was some skanky looking woman as is usually the case, you would all be bad mouthing her. I find this unacceptable.
I find your generalization of perpetrators unacceptable. This kind of thing happens everywhere to a lot of different folks.
....as long as we live in a perfect world where children are never targeted the "perpetrators" are off the hook. Oh, ok a photo of a skanky dad is that better?
By no means does this hurt his "Troubled Families" campaign. They're human it happens as soon as they realized it they corrected it. It isn't like they left her in a place where she was in danger. Jeesh. This doesn't mean their family is troubled and if anything it may help the program.
What's the big deal she was fine. The media is making it seem like mom and dad both just broke camp after she went to the bathroom.
Quite a few parents have made this mistake before matter a fact my husband and I have made this mistake one time.
And yet if he had been a Black single Mother you all would have been shouting that cps should remove the child. EVEN if she had gone back 5 minutes later. smh
This is such a non-story. My wife and I lost our 5 year old son in Target once because we each thought the other had him. He was missing for less than 5 minutes before we found him but that 5 minutes felt like 5 days. Stuff like this happens to even the best parents.
And I just have to LOL at the parents saying taking an 8 year old to a pub is bad. 99.9% of these people probably have never been to the UK (let alone out of this country). Pub's in the UK are completely family (and dog) friendly especially country pubs. The UK is NOT like America with "AnyTOWN USA" every few minutes loaded with Targets and Walmarts. The UK actually plans the way they develop and keep shopping an urban areas all in one spot. The country truly is the country there.
Agreed. The pubs in the UK, as they are in most of Europe, are wonderful places.
Reminds me of a story I read in the Bible about Joseph and Mary leaving Jesus behind!!!
IT happens....
About a week ago in this same forum there was a report about a young lady that left her baby, in it's car seat, on top of her car and drove away. This forum mostly called for her head. Can we say double standard? I say lock Cameron up and throw away the key. The man is a war criminal anyway.
you must be on your period. relax and listen to music.
Your comparison of these two events is sad.
Let's not start with the Rodney Dangerfield "no respect" jokes. I came home from school one day and my parents had moved.
I was so ugly when I was born that the doctor slapped my parents!
Much ado about nothing. Just like the woman who drove away with her daughter in a car seat on top of the car, this is just one of life's little quirks. Not intentional, not criminal, not worth all the nasty political comments.
There's social disorder in the country because they can't seem to stop letting in Muslims!
Funny, Bloodymad!
I've left my dog at cafes. I've left my dog in car when i've parked in garage. I've left my kids at home by accident... My husband has left the kids in various places. I've never left them in a hot car outside though! The PM is doing better than I so far!!! Hope nobody reports me.
Wow, just when i think the media cant manipulate something any worse, we have this.
The media makes it sound like he was in a bar getting hammered and forgot his daughter when in reality, he, his wife, other kids and other couples were having a sunday dinner, they all left in separate vehicles and each though the other had her. It was all of 15 minutes. Not a big issue that needs national attention.