martonschool.myfreeforum.org

Alan Veale · Master of Posters Joined: 07 Oct 2005 Posts: 118

You should all be aware that the Action Group have taken legal advice following the continuing attacks and abusive comments from Mike Turner and David Lund. The most recent of these came from Mr Lund, who has threatened parents with police investigation on the grounds of “harassment”. This news has reached us through Mrs Lancaster herself – who was approached by a parent to check that the original application for the MUGA had been properly submitted. It was her own enquiry with the Lottery Fund about this issue that prompted Mr Lund’s latest outburst, believing that the enquiry had been made by a parent!

Now, this is not the first time we have been threatened by Mr Lund. This is the gentleman who described us as “a vindictive minority” on the local radio last October, and when we complained to the press ourselves about the authority’s attempts to stop our rights to freedom of speech – he claimed some of the comments we had made were “defamatory”.

We are aware of the processes of the legal system, and that both Mrs Coupe and Mr Lund have sought legal advice to try and silence our voice. As there has never been any evidence of litigation, we must assume that the advice given to the above was “You haven’t got a case”. Basically, that is what our own legal advisers have confirmed to us. The Head, the Governors and the LEA all have responsibilities to both children and parents. That is what they are paid to do, or what they have been elected to do. Parents are entitled to question and to complain – they have no such responsibilities, other than to respect the laws of slander and libel, amongst others.

The Action Group have no responsibility for the individual postings on this web forum. Each individual who makes a posting has to abide by the rules clearly set out by the administrator – and the contributors to this site have included supporters of Mrs Coupe, to whom those same rules apply. There is no evidence of “harassment” by parents – merely a healthy challenge against the methods used by those people in authority who are responsible for the education of our children. We are reliably informed that the police can not and would not investigate parents on the grounds of “harassment”. This would therefore appear to be yet another example of Mr Lund’s intimidatory tactics, brought about because of the weakening of his own position.

Please also see our posting about “The Facts” under the School category.