PARCA/Nosey

NoseyPARCA is an online newsfeed about Plantation, Fort William

Nosey press releases are typically issued by Jennifer Seitz and published on EMD's (=Mark Drayton's) eponymous 'Download' on SubStack - see link (in subheading) below. Most releases are drafted, or at least pre-drafted, by Mark, mercilessly edited by Jennifer, and subsequently released by her if she's prepared to put her name to them. (This is by no means guaranteed, but we usually get there eventually.)

2022 Archive (NB: This is usually updated first)

April/May 2022

<#1> (11th April), <#2> (13th April), <#3> (17th April), <#4> (18th April). <#5> (30th April). <#6> (1st May).

END of archive

NB: Occasionally, entries are added to the above list a few days or so in advance of the scheduled publication of a release.

Style and process

Nosey house style for press releases is, first, to refer to them as 'press releases' rather than 'news releases' because that's the vernacular. However, 'NEWS RELEASE' is used in the heading of the release itself because it is more accurate and genuine editors are familiar with both terms. Other than that, Nosey house style is basically Mark's own, and other contributors are encouraged to adapt theirs to his, within reason.

Each draft release begins with:

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Each issued release begins with:

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A typical release generally continues with something along the lines of:

 NEWS RELEASE
 
 Community councillor announces new initiative to [...]
 
 DD MONTH YYYY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

As yet, Nosey have never needed to embargo a press release (but you never know, right?).

A typical release generally concludes with with something along the lines of:

 Entirely predictably, Mr Drayton couldn't resist further adding that,
 ideally, residents should join the <https://NextDoor.co.uk> social-networking
 platform/app rather than relying on Facebook, say.  "I don't trust
 that censorship-loving [Mark] Zuckerberg bastard any further than I
 could comfortably excrete him," Mr Drayton has previously explained.
 "Fuck that cunt."
 
 As we reported six days ago, Mr Drayton's views regarding Mr
 Zuckerberg are all-too-well known to readers of his 'Wednesday
 Headway' SubStack columns, part of his so-called 'Drayton Download':
 on 8th & 15th September 2021 Mr Drayton re-posted a long article by
 British-born science journalist Nicholas Wade defending the 'lab-leak'
 hypothesis of Covid-19's origin; Mr Drayton's brief introduction (at
 <https://draytonmark.substack.com/p/wed-head-xxv-pt1>) forthrightly
 condemned Facebook for censoring discussion of the theory.
 
 Mr Zuckerberg remains unavailable for comment.
 
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 NOTE FOR EDITORS
 Further information about this release can be obtained from the following:
 (for NoseyPARCA DOT WordPress DOT com)
   Jennifer Seitz (Secretary)
   that.tiresome.rationalist AT gmail DOT com
 (as a member of Fort William, Inverlochy, and Torlundy Community Council)
   Mark Drayton
   EddieMDrayton AT gmail DOT com
 
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The "Fuck that cunt" quotation is sometimes included, sometimes omitted. Kind of depends on whether it's my time of the month. -Jx


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News Release #5

<https://NoseyPARCA.WordPress.com> news release #5 - 26th April 2022

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NEWS RELEASE

Community councillor accuses FITCC chair of "sartorial treachery"

26 APRIL 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Fort William, Inverlochy, and Torlundy Community Council chairman Mr Mark Linfield is "in serious danger of becoming a traitor to his own T-shirt collection," jokes community councillor Mark Drayton as he relaxes after another long day in front of a laptop writing emails and drafting articles for his 'Drayton Download' SubStack. Drayton, presently the only community councillor presently to live in Fort William's only high-SIMD (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation) estate, Plantation, has had rather more time to write since last Tuesday evening because he now has much less to read. "As well as barring me from future meetings, FITCC have apparently decided to remove me from the email list because I haven't heard a peep out of [FITCC secretary] Tricia [Jordan] since. I consider that to be pretty foolish, because both she and Mark [Linfield] have readily acknowledged the quality of the analysis I've done on several documents this year alone, with comments like 'good spot' and 'I totally agree.' I'm giving them a few more days - maybe a little longer - to cool-off before I go through the archive and marshall the evidence. After all, as [hard-left US activist Saul] Alinsky's fifth rule rightly states, 'ridicule is man's most potent weapon.'"

(TBC)

>>> > [..] I'm clear in my mind that my personal opinions on those >>> > standing for election are personal and have nothing to do with the CC >>> > or those we represent.

On 3/16/22, chair@fitcc.org <chair@fitcc.org> wrote: > > Hi Mark > > It's absolutely fine by = me if you wish to attend, I note that you > won't be speaking on our behalf w= hich is absolutely fine too. I'm > feeling awful today so I doubt I'll be att= ending anymore meetings > (online or otherwise) before next week at the earli= est. > =C2=A0 > Mark Linfield > Chair > Fort Will= iam Inverlochy and Torlundy Community Council > > > = ----- Original Message ----- > From: > "E. M. Drayton" = <eddiemdrayton@gmail.com> > > To: > "Ms Barbara Grieve" <barbara@sra.scot> > Cc: > "Office of the chair of FITCC" <chair@fitcc.o= rg>, "FITCC > Secretary" <secretary@fitcc.org> > Sent: > Wed, 16 Mar 2022 13:20:37 +0000 > Subject: > Re: Fw: SRA Members Meeting - invitati= on > > Yes, I'd like to participate on Friday please, Barbara. Zoom is > fine. -Ma= rk D - Hide quoted text - > > PS: OK, boss(es)? As always, I neither undertake nor shall presume to > speak on behalf of FITCC. Who wants that kind of responsibility > anyway? It's gotta suck. > -- > Mr E M ('Mark') Drayton > Community Councillor (Fort William, Inverlochy & Torlundy) > 6 Morven Pl. PH33 6HY, UK <EddieMDrayton@gmail.com> > Or (quicker) text me on +44 (0)7933 760031 (SMS only) > See also <https://DraytonMark.SubStack.com/p/latest-news> > > -- > On 3/9/22, Patricia Jordan <patricia.jordan@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > > FYI > > ________________________________ > > From: barbara@sra.scot <barbara@sra.scot> > > Sent: 04 March 2022 13:15 > > To: barbara@sra.scot <barbara@sra.scot> > > Subject: SRA Members Meeting - invitation > > > > Members Meeting > > NATIONAL PLANNING FRAMEWORK 4 (NPF4) > > Friday 18th March 11:30am-12:30pm > > or > > Tuesday 22nd March 6:30-7:30pm > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear SRA Member > > > > > > > > Ok, so we're kicking off our first Members' Only event of 2022 > with a = bit of > > a dry subject but NPF4 is such an important policy and > it=E2=80=99s st= ill in draft > > form which means we still have time to influence it. > > > > The consultation period closes 31st March 2022 and, like many of > you, = SRA is > > currently drafting a response. We=E2=80=99ve made a good start, > inform= ed by a > > parliamentary event we organised last month =E2=80=93 see the > attached= briefings =E2=80=93 > > but we want to give our members a final chance to share their views. >> > > This is an online, informal event* so get yourselves a cup of > tea and = join > > us for a blether. Please email barbara@sra.scot<mailto:barbara@sra= > .scot> > > with the date you wish to attend and we=E2=80=99ll send you a zoom > lin= k. > > > > We look forward to seeing you there! > > > > *We know that the online format doesn=E2=80=99t work for > everyone so i= f this applies > > to you please get in touch and we=E2=80=99ll work with you to > make sur= e your views > > are included. > > > > > > Barbara Grieve > > Research and Finance Officer > > Scottish Rural Action > > > > barbara@sra.scot<mailto:barbara@sra.scot> > > w: www.sra.scot<http://www.sra.scot/> > > t: @ScotRuralAction > > i: scottishruralaction

[..] He confirmed that his SubStack (at <https://DraytonMark.SubStack.com>) would be the "centre of operations" for this, but also that other social network platforms would be "drawn into the circle," enabling questions to be posed publically (as comments below the master copy of this very news release at <https://DraytonMark.SubStack.com/p/news-release-4>, or privately by email, NextDoor message, or even SMS (to 07933 760031).

Entirely predictably, Mr Drayton couldn't resist further adding that, ideally, residents should join the <https://NextDoor.co.uk> social-networking platform/app rather than relying on Facebook, say. "I don't trust that censorship-loving [Mark] Zuckerberg bastard any further than I could comfortably excrete him," Mr Drayton has previously explained. "Fuck that cunt."

As we reported exactly a week ago, Mr Drayton's views regarding Mr Zuckerberg are all-too-well known to readers of his 'Wednesday Headway' SubStack columns, part of his so-called 'Drayton Download': on 8th & 15th September 2021 Mr Drayton re-posted a long article by British-born science journalist Nicholas Wade defending the 'lab-leak' hypothesis of Covid-19's origin; Mr Drayton's brief introduction (at <https://draytonmark.substack.com/p/wed-head-xxv-pt1>) forthrightly condemned Facebook for censoring discussion of the theory.

Mr Zuckerberg remains unavailable for comment.

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NOTE FOR EDITORS Further information about this release can be obtained from the following: (for NoseyPARCA DOT WordPress DOT com)

 Jennifer Seitz (Secretary)
 that.tiresome.rationalist AT gmail DOT com

(as a member of Fort William, Inverlochy, and Torlundy Community Council)

 Mark Drayton
 EddieMDrayton AT gmail DOT com

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