http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/ExMP-in-legal-action-threat.4245829.jp

Ex-MP in legal action threat over YouTube video

Former Peterborough MP helen Clark.

02 July 2008

By Ed O'Mara
FORMER Peterborough MP Helen Clark has threatened to take legal action after a film of her involved in an altercation in a Peterborough hotel was posted on a video hosting website.
A YouTube video, apparently filmed on a mobile phone, shows Mrs Clark embroiled in a row with staff in the bar of a city centre hotel.

During the 73-second clip, she furiously accuses a hotel employee of victimising and humiliating her.

When the former Labour MP was contacted by The Evening Telegraph yesterday, she declined to comment on the video but said she would be seeking legal advice.

She said: "I will be contacting my lawyers.

"I don't want to say anything about it, but obviously I will be taking legal action."

Mrs Clark, who served as Peterborough's MP between 1997 and 2005, is shown in the film sitting with a friend at a table in the bar area of the Great Northern Hotel.

The footage begins part way through a heated exchange between Mrs Clark and an unseen female employee.

Although it is not clear from the clip what the dispute is about, the poster of the video claims it was sparked after Mrs Clark was refused service by staff.

Loudly protesting she has been wronged by the hotel worker, she says: "Why was I treated like this?"

Mrs Clark then appears to become distressed and says: "I was just sitting here. I did nothing wrong. What did I do wrong?"

Bosses at the hotel, opposite the city's railway station, claimed they were unaware of the video yesterday, and declined to say whether or not any action was being taken against staff or if Mrs Clark was still welcome there.

Manager Paulette Walters said: "I haven't seen (the film) and I don't really want to comment."

Mrs Clark enjoyed an eight-year spell as Peterborough's MP and was one of the original "Blair Babes" when she won the constituency during Labour's sweeping general election victory in 1997.

She was re-elected in 2001 before losing her seat, four years later, to current city MP, Conservative Stewart Jackson.

Removed by Youtube...

A lot of people are looking for this video now...

Btw, the search function of Podblanc just sucks. No wonder people aren't finding it. A video site should have a decent search function, that is part of the success of Youtube...

You are completely wrong. Use the scroogle site search on the front page. To use it, one doe not have to be a member. In fact, NON podblanc members cannot even SEE the Drupal search box, the inferior search, but NON members CAN see and use the superior scroggle on-site search. In other words, NON-members, the vast majority, cannot possibly be missing this vid if they drop her name into the search---the vid is listed right there.

We are also were not sold for 1.6 billion as You Tube was to two of the worlds richest billionaires..nor have you personally sent us even 5 dollars, so far as I know.

I just logged out and used the Scroogle search once again:

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helen clark site:podblanc.com - Google Search

1. podblanc | : white now
"Helen Clark (ex) Labour (now tories) MP goes crazy · more. Uploaded by: Heimdall 128 views 3 comments. Average rating. (6 votes) ..."
podblanc.com

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The result points to the main page and not the video. They can see it is there, but can't watch it without becomeing members or they have to really start to look at a lot of pages to find it which very few will do.

The search function, when member, works fine. Scroogle isn't.

Just saying, and that is all.

Go to Google and search Video - "Helen Clark" - It is there on page 2

If you search from Google Video - "Helen Clark Goes Crazy" - It is the one and only listed video

If you search from Google Video - "Helen Clark Crazy" - It is the second of four videos

If you search from Google Video - "Helen Clark Labour MP" - It is the fourth video on page one

I can only see your Tags, Did you enter the Keywords too?

http://podblanc.com/search/node/Helen+Clark

Works fine. Available to members only, of course. For guests there is the scroogle search bar.

Bummer. Can't see it. Would like to - anyone got it?

Go to Adobe and re-load the latest flash player. It is here. Yes. We can all see it.

Safari issue. I can see it in Firefox. Thankyou. She is unutterably vile though isn't she. It was worth the wait.