Charity shop thread pulled?

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newyddion said:
Yes, I’ve noticed a fair few (almost to the point of spamming) pro Preston updates that never seem to gain traction.

Helping a friend out I guess..
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search your posts and the ones with no replys.. those are the ones that you give a platform to Andy Preston.
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I post Middlesbrough Council coms media releases - because I know lots of people do not get the Gazette and lots of releases get lost and they can contain some important info or relate to people and places locally. They are not written by the mayor but from the council team. But also I say they are media releases.
Read that post above again and you will see that I was actively posting something against Andy Preston's council policy. I related the fact that I litter pick with Andy etc and I have known him a long while to hopefully show how strongly I feel about this subject. There could soon be very little free cultural activity in Middlesbrough under council direction and I think that is a really bad situation to be in for the town. Very serious actually. I would still urge people living in Middlesbrough to make their opinions known.
 
fmttmadmin said:
I post Middlesbrough Council coms media releases - because I know lots of people do not get the Gazette and lots of releases get lost and they can contain some important info or relate to people and places locally. They are not written by the mayor but from the council team. But also I say they are media releases.
Read that post above again and you will see that I was actively posting something against Andy Preston's council policy. I related the fact that I litter pick with Andy etc and I have known him a long while to hopefully show how strongly I feel about this subject. There could soon be very little free cultural activity in Middlesbrough under council direction and I think that is a really bad situation to be in for the town. Very serious actually. I would still urge people living in Middlesbrough to make their opinions known.
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It is what it is.

Folks posing for photographs with him, giving him exposure and coverage give him credibility.. meanwhile he is criminalising poverty, punishing our most vulnerable and heaping demoralising stigmas upon the youth of Middlesbrough and Teesside.
 
newyddion said:
It is what it is.

Folks posing for photographs with him, giving him exposure and coverage give him credibility.. meanwhile he is criminalising poverty, punishing our most vulnerable and heaping demoralising stigmas upon the youth of Middlesbrough and Teesside.
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I posted how disgusted I was at the posts about Rwanda.
I try to promote Middlesbrough. I try to promote community endeavour in Middlesbrough. I publish council press releases to publicise things such as that campaign for food allergy awareness. I publish the hundreds of jobs because I wanted people to know about the Job's Fair. It says quite clearly it is a press release. Not an opinion.
 
fmttmadmin said:
I posted how disgusted I was at the posts about Rwanda.
I try to promote Middlesbrough. I try to promote community endeavour in Middlesbrough. I publish council press releases to publicise things such as that campaign for food allergy awareness. I publish the hundreds of jobs because I wanted people to know about the Job's Fair. It says quite clearly it is a press release. Not an opinion.
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How many posts of yours say:
“Middlesbrough Mayor Andy Preston said”?
five at least in December.. including the hunt for flytippers.. in the run up to xmas

Important stuff?
 
newyddion said:
How many posts of yours say:
“Middlesbrough Mayor Andy Preston said”?
five at least in December.. including the hunt for flytippers.. in the run up to xmas

Important stuff?
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They are media releases from Mbro Council. They say as much.
Information for the town the football club exists in and a large number of the readers. Information. Clearly labelled as Press Releases
 
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TheLodger said:
The mayor isn't the council, people shouldn't get confused with others who care about our area, support some of what the council is doing with being supportive of the guy who heads it.
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Spot on. I think some of the flak Rob is getting here is unwarranted, for me he seems like he wants to just promote Middlesbrough which is what we all want. We need all the help we can get.
 
thought the charity shop thread was interesting ... yes some views were extreme and critical but I can stomach that as opinions matter.... its how opinions change and people get educated by reading balanced views. robs site , Rob decides and I can live with that if not then I can move on.
 
fmttmadmin said:
They are media releases from Mbro Council. They ssy as much.
Information for the town the football club exists in and a large number of the readers. Information. Clearly labelled as Press Releases
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Press Release
Middlesbrough Mayor Andy Preston said..

Andy Preston gets a platform, I said it, you questioned it and I answered.
 
fmttmadmin said:
No. I answered you. It is a Middlesbrough council press release. Giving information from Middlesbrough Council.
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Lol, I said Andy Preston gets a platform on here.. you we’re ‘who, what..eh’

Middlesbrough Mayor Andy Preston said: “These are exactly the sort of modern, high quality and affordable homes Brambles Farm has been crying out for. "They’ll help to...

Middlesbrough Mayor Andy Preston said: “Middlesbrough town centre is on the up, and the number of jobs available this year proves it. “As traditional retail declines on high...

Middlesbrough Mayor Andy Preston said: “These are exactly the sort of modern, high quality and affordable homes Brambles Farm has been crying out for. "They’ll help to...

Middlesbrough Mayor Andy Preston said: “Amazing things are happening really quickly in this key gateway to Middlesbrough. “STACK will be a fantastic addition to Exchange Square...

Middlesbrough Mayor Andy Preston said: “This is brazen criminality that blights communities and we’re determined to stamp it out. “We’ll find those responsible and hit them...

Etc, etc..

But it doesn’t count because he’s your mate and some people don’t buy the gazzette or read the gazzette online and he is the mayor of the town that our club is in.. it’s a press release.. that comes from the council.. so nothing really to do with Andy Preston at all.. because it’s a press release and Middlesbrough is a town.
 
newyddion said:
Lol, I said Andy Preston gets a platform on here.. you we’re ‘who, what..eh’

Middlesbrough Mayor Andy Preston said: “These are exactly the sort of modern, high quality and affordable homes Brambles Farm has been crying out for. "They’ll help to...

Middlesbrough Mayor Andy Preston said: “Middlesbrough town centre is on the up, and the number of jobs available this year proves it. “As traditional retail declines on high...

Middlesbrough Mayor Andy Preston said: “These are exactly the sort of modern, high quality and affordable homes Brambles Farm has been crying out for. "They’ll help to...

Middlesbrough Mayor Andy Preston said: “Amazing things are happening really quickly in this key gateway to Middlesbrough. “STACK will be a fantastic addition to Exchange Square...

Middlesbrough Mayor Andy Preston said: “This is brazen criminality that blights communities and we’re determined to stamp it out. “We’ll find those responsible and hit them...

Etc, etc..

But it doesn’t count because he’s your mate and some people don’t buy the gazzette or read the gazzette online and he is the mayor of the town that our club is in.. it’s a press release.. that comes from the council.. so nothing really to do with Andy Preston at all.. because it’s a press release and Middlesbrough is a town.
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Well, you're certainly getting your voice on here, using it as a platform/soapbox whatever. Not sure what your problem is? (And I'm no fan of the Mayor).
Are you convinced that what you have to say, or your antipathy towards Preston, is as interesting to the wider readership of this board as coucil press releases are? The readership of the board is, I suspect, well capable of reading Andy Preston quotes in a press release and applying their own critical faculties.
 
borolad259 said:
Well, you're certainly getting your voice on here, using it as a platform/soapbox whatever. Not sure what your problem is? (And I'm no fan of the Mayor).
Are you convinced that what you have to say, or your antipathy towards Preston, is as interesting to the wider readership of this board as coucil press releases are? The readership of the board is, I suspect, well capable of reading Andy Preston quotes in a press release and applying their own critical faculties.
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Rob said “It made me feel totally sick to think that in some way I was helping give a platform to people prepared to be offensive about charity shops and charity workers”

I said “Andy Preston gets a platform tho..”

Rob said “Does he?”

and then I showed that he did via Andy Preston’s press releases.

If your not sure what my problem is I will explain..

I said Andy Preston gets a platform on here and Rob insinuated that was not the case.
 
newyddion said:
Rob said “It made me feel totally sick to think that in some way I was helping give a platform to people prepared to be offensive about charity shops and charity workers”

I said “Andy Preston gets a platform tho..”

Rob said “Does he?”

and then I showed that he did via Andy Preston’s press releases.

If your not sure what my problem is I will explain..

I said Andy Preston gets a platform on here and Rob insinuated that was not the case.
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They are not Andy Preston's press releases - they are Middlesbrough Council press releases. Yes, he is the elected mayor but the releases are from the council press office, not the Andy Preston press office. I have been relaying these releases for many years, with many different elected mayors in office. Yes, they often (not always) carry quotes from Andy Preston but they are information about things happening in Middlesbrough. It could be restaurants opening, it could be roadworks on A66 it could be a jobs fair. It could be about a Citizen of the Year. It says press release therefore you can draw your own conclusions about the quotes. And I do not post all media releases I receive from Middlesbrough Council. And Middlesbrough being the home of The Boro is the reason I choose to relay this information.
There is an election for the mayor in May so we will be soon entering into a period where there will not be any quotes, it is called purdah where anyone campaigning cannot be quoted etc in the media.
 
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