I think that he has in fairness. There is 0 public interest in this shtstajn of an article in a filthy rag of a paper.
Sent from my iPhone On 19 Dec 2012, at 18:21, markbu...@aol.com wrote: > Seriously, take this to the Press Complaints Council. > > It might be toothless and discredited, but in the current climate, it might > just act. > > M > > > In a message dated 19/12/2012 18:18:18 GMT Standard Time, > j...@jimmoran.co.uk writes: > > Dignity. > > And people still back Bates? > > I wouldn't even wipe my arse with the Daily Mail. > > > On 19 December 2012 17:12, John Boocock <j...@boocock.net> wrote: > >> >> *Message from the Chairman* >> >> There are a few days in your life you never forget: your wedding day, >> the birth of a child, and the day we beat the red half of Manchester in >> the FA Cup at Old Trafford are a few of mine. Today is another one of >> those days for me and for that I have the support shown to me by our >> members and the wider Leeds United fan base to thank, following the >> publication of an article in The Daily Mail which had no purpose other >> than to discredit me personally, and the very good work that we as >> volunteers have done on your behalf as LUST. >> >> When I was contacted yesterday by Neil Ashton of The Daily Mail and he >> told me of his intentions to print the article I asked him what his >> motivation was for doing so, and he couldn’t answer other than to say he >> felt it was in the public interest. The intimation was that I had upset >> someone enough for them to take the time to look at my background and my >> family history, investigate my personal financial affairs and publish a >> story that doesn’t tell even a quarter of the facts or have any moral >> consideration for the innocent people it would hurt - namely my wife and >> children who have done nothing to deserve private family matters being >> made public for all to see. That didn’t matter to Neil Ashton, nor did >> it matter to his ‘source,’ but it mattered to me not because of any hurt >> or embarrassment to myself but because of what it could do to my family, >> and to the loyal members of LUST for whom all of the work the board and >> I have done has been for and about. >> >> Today I have read the replies to the email I felt it was vital we sent >> out yesterday, firstly to be honest with our membership and secondly to >> give you all the option to decide if you have confidence in me. You did >> just that in your thousands and overwhelmingly you decided I should stay >> on as Chairman. Not only that but some of the kind words in the replies, >> on the social media and the forums and in the texts, emails, PMs and DMs >> I received right the way through the night have made me feel so lucky to >> be part of a family as proud, as dignified and as supportive as the >> Leeds United supporters are. In my hour of need you did not let me down, >> at a time when I desperately needed your support, to know you had >> confidence and believed in me and what we are trying to achieve as a >> Trust, you came forward in your thousands and offered your support. >> >> I will never forget today. I will never be more proud to be Leeds and I >> will never be able to thank you all for your kind words, and it will >> always remain a fact that whoever I have upset enough for them to take >> the time and effort to become the ‘source’ for such an article, they >> will never ever know what it feels like to be Leeds and Proud. >> >> On behalf of my family and myself I offer my genuinely heart felt thanks >> to you all and a promise that your faith in me will never be forgotten. >> The Trust will continue to work for its members and a better future for >> all Leeds fans regardless of the ups and downs life throws at us. >> >> It's therefore fitting that on the day our members have united behind >> their Chairman that our club faces an old foe, and I would ask >> all Leeds fans to unite and get behind the team on the pitch: this is a >> game we can win. Let's be the 12th man. Let's beat Chelsea. 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