Simon Harris is playing the victim
He keeps posting on his Facebook account acting like he’s the victim in the Essex County Council Facebook payments saga.
His latest monumental rant is because of the following excerpt from a leaflet from the Liberal Democrats
Simon Harris is upset at the sentence “They paid an internet prankster £500,000 without going through due diligence.” It’s true, that is what happened. Essex County Council handed over £500,000 to Simon Harris without due diligence. Is this Simon’s fault? No. Essex County Council was entrusted with public money, Essex County Council wasted public money. The Lib Dems aren’t saying anything negative against Simon Harris in the leaflet, they are being negative against Essex County Council, which is very clear from the rest of the screenshot where they are also laying into Essex County Council about other things.
Simon Harris then proceeds to post about his fwelings about that very short sentence. He doesn’t keep his feelings short though, quite the opposite. He’s wordy, very very wordy. As someone who is very wordy myself, I get not using one word when you can use ten, but he’s really gone for it on this one. I’ll just give the general gist of what he’s playing the victim about, this is his view of the words on that leaflet.
He clearly thinks he’s the main character and everything is about him. The mental gymnastics you would have to do to turn a straightforward list of ways Essex County Council has screwed the public over into it being an accusation that you have taken money from SEN support would be worthy of gold at the Olympics.
The Lib Dems were listing all the bad things that ECC have done, it wasn’t saying that any of them were related to any of the others, there was no insinuation. They were just listing things they know the public are upset about and might persuade the voting public to put their X in the Lib Dem box. They have put potholes above the money that went to Simon Harris. Simon Harris definitely has main character syndrome, along with a victim complex.
Then it got worse, much worse, truly awful, again, from Simon’s post:
Is it just me or is Simon Harris stating that if he does that thing then it’s all the Lib Dems fault for creating a leaflet criticising Essex County Council?
I haven’t seen any horrendous stuff posted online about Simon, i’ve seen a lot of people saying much the same as what i’ve said. I haven’t seen any threats of violence but if there has been one then of course it should be reported to police.
The only forum I am aware of that talks about Simon Harris is Tattle. I have actually read every single thread on Simon Harris that is on there and they were enlightening. They definitely don’t push anyone towards taking their own lives. It’s a gossip site and I haven’t see anything on there where i’ve though they have gone too far. It’s a group of people saying what they think about those who put their lives out there. I don’t agree with every comment i’ve ever read on there, and i’m certain that if any of them ever read my posts about Simon some of them may not agree with everything i’ve written. That is just a difference of opinion, and you see that often over there and posters disagree without name calling because they are grown ups.
In fact I would say that it is a lot less harsh than some of the things that Simon Harris used to say about others on his now defunct Twitter account, not only did he attack those whose opinions and politics he disagreed with, but he urged others to do the same.
I am very left wing, my politics are very left wing, just to make it clear as to where I am on the political spectrum. I voted against Brexit, unlike some people, all that kind of left wing things.
Simon is pointing the finger at everyone and acting like a victim. Meanwhile, for about 4 years he has singled out a man for ridicule and has encouraged every single one of his followers to join in. Yes I am talking about his RNLI fundraiser. He has even reposted it again recently. He’s spent the past 4 years encouraging hundreds of thousands of people to be mean to one man.
Am I against the fundraiser? Absolutely not, I think it’s great. Do I like the man named? Nope, can’t stand him. That isn’t my point though, my point is that if you are going to throw stones, be careful what material you use to build your house.
You can’t expect to build a following from being mean to people you don’t like and then act like a victim when people don’t like you. People are always going to comment on those who put themselves in the spotlight, if you don’t want those comments, don’t put yourself in the spotlight.
He’s also not stopping, he’s just posted these.
Firstly we have a photo of “a campaign publication from the Essex Liberal Democrats that was published a few weeks ago”:
As you can see it’s a clear example of one political party slagging off another political party, which is the most common thing a political party does. That is gold for the Lib Dems as they actually have the Conservatives admitting that things were not done correctly.
Here is Simon’s response to that:
I can still remember the Essex County Council monitoring officer Paul Turner, stating that there were contracts for everything even if they were just verbal contracts. Where verbal contracts were given this would mean that written contracts were avoided. Therefore the article is factual.
Even if it wasn’t, it isn’t about Simon Harris, it is an article attacking Essex County Council. They are trying to score political points, they wouldn’t do that by attacking Simon Harris, but will do by attacking Essex County Council
Simon is making things all about him and how he’s a poor ickle victim when he’s not, the Lib Dems are attacking the Tories, that is all. There are no political points to be scored over attacking a member of the electorate, they are solely attacking the Tories, as they were the ones who wasted a lot of taxpayers money.
It is not a fabrication that Essex County Council used verbal contracts, it was admitted to in a public meeting, I was listening to it live as Paul Turner was talking about how some of the contracts were verbal. Posting 25 written contracts does not change the fact that there were verbal contracts. That there were verbal contracts involved is a matter of public record. We know there were also some written contracts, though I seem to remember that some of those were not as tight as they should be with regards as to detailing what was expected, it was certainly one of the discussions held.
To be crystal clear here, the Lib Dems are not accusing Simon Harris of anything, they are solely accusing Essex County Council of wrongdoing.
Even the “dubious posts” comments are against Essex County Council because they were the ones paying for them, although technically it was taxpayers paying for them. I personally do find a lot of the posts dubious, I am an intelligent woman and do not need some seagull telling me to follow a rule.
He admits in tonight’s ramblings that he was earning £96k a year working on behalf of Essex County Council as a content creator which is not only almost 3 times the average wage, but also 3 times the usual wage for a content creator working on a project.
He’s also now saying he will be seeking legal advice in the morning, why not, he can afford it. Not that he will get anywhere as any solicitor will point out the obvious.
So if he was earning £96k as a content creator, why weren’t the others working full time with him on that level of salary? That will be in part two of this post.
Also Simon, please stop trying to fake understanding what it’s like to live in poverty and giving us helpful tips on what we can do. You are not in poverty, far from it. Given that EEC was not your only source of income at the time, your income easily would have been above £100k per year, that would put you easily in the top 5% for salary in the UK. Just what those living in poverty need, a top earner telling us how to do things.
A £1 meal at a supermarket cafe doesn’t mean you just spend £1. You have to pay to get there, if it’s on a bus route and you have children that adds up. If it’s not on a bus route and you need to take a taxi then you could be talking £8 before you are even at the supermarket then the same again to get back home. If you had the money to afford to get to the places where you can get a free meal you wouldn’t need to get a free meal. It’s easy for you who can just get into your car and not even have to think about the cost of getting somewhere because to you the cost of travelling is miniscule in comparison to your income.
As I said, I have more to say, but for now this will do.