When I took the post I was in a different position but sometimes life throws you a curve ball that you didn't expect. Every family is different and another mother might feel she can manage things. The author recently launched her own social networking site menschn. She is now expected to focus on building the popularity of the site. Mensch has been a ubiquitous defender of the government record on Twitter and in TV studios, notably backing the culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt, over his handling of News Corporation's bid for the satellite broadcaster BSkyB.
During cross-examinations of News Corp boss, Rupert Murdoch, by the culture, media and sport select committee, of which she was a member, Mensch left early saying she needed to collect her children.
In her resignation letter, Mensch thanked David Cameron for his support, but said she had "been struggling for some time to find the best outcome for my family life, and have decided, in order to keep us together, to move to New York".
She continued: "It has been an honour to serve the people of Corby and East Northamptonshire. Whether it has been supporting Corby's new free school, or fighting for the truth on the Cube overspend and land development deals, or striving to protect the East Northamptonshire countryside, in my work as the local MP I have always been struck, as I said in my maiden speech, by the pride people have in our area.
She told Cameron: "It is only through your personal intervention, delivered quietly and without fanfare, that I have been able to manage my duties for this long.
And, in light of all that, it would be pretty hard, wouldn't it, to argue that his job wasn't the more stable. But, really, is that the kind of domestic decision you want to see in the Sunday papers? It's not quite the same as Cherie Blair divulging details of the Blairs' sex life. After all, that was just bragging about her hot husband chokes. No, it's sharing the minutiae of a personal decision with half the nation.
I'm inclined to think that's a bit worse. Read more of the latest news and more from Sam's Daily Letter. Type keyword s to search. Today's Top Stories.
Best afternoon tea delivery services. The files included large amounts of information about the UK electronic surveillance agency, GCHQ, and Mensch argued that moving the files around the world constituted trafficking in stolen state secrets that put the lives of British intelligence officials at risk. The Guardian has maintained that the revelation of the extent of mass surveillance in the UK and the US was in the public interest, that the data was shared responsibly and securely among journalists, and that nothing was put in the public domain that would be a threat to the lives of GCHQ workers.
Mensch presented herself as an advocate for intelligence professionals, who were unable to defend themselves because of the secret nature of their work. She frequently uses the hashtag TeamBond. A few weeks after her Fisa scoop, Mensch was moved from her job running Heat Street, but she said she had asked for the job as she was keen to develop new digital projects for News Corp.
She has lately been tracking the flights of private planes linked to Russian oligarchs and Trump associates. She insisted that she had not come under any pressure to stop from Murdoch or senior management of the largely pro-Trump News Corp.
She says she prefers the free hand self-publishing provides. In her tweets Mensch is unsparing when it comes to making allegations, and she has repeatedly denounced some figures in the Trump circle as traitors.
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