It's a Shame Series of Scandals

**It's a Shame Series of Scandals** is an ongoing scandal involving stalking, abusive behaviour, deception, threats and identity theft. The series started in early 2015 and has resulted in numerous scandals involving a banned user called ***It's a Shame***. It's a Shame is known by many names: Shane, IAS, Shanice Forster, Whiggy, and Emilia-Chevelle Porter, Emily and other related variants.

The real name and sex of the individual has recently been discovered to be a man who later stood as a Liberal Democrat candidate in a (real life) local council election.

## Stalkinggate (Whiggygate I)

In June 2015, it arose that several MHoC members were being stalked on Twitter by Shane. This led to a flurry of accusations being thrown around as to who the mystery stalker was. Saracen's Fez suggested it could have been Birkenhead, and Rakas21 was convinced it was Green\_Pink. thehistorybore even remarked that it could be Birchington. Upon seeing this discussion in the Commons Bar, *It's a Shame* stated that his cousin could be behind the incident. Life\_peer was suspicious however and accused him of lying. The stalking escalated to the extent that JoeL1994's girlfriend was being phoned and harassed by the stalker. As more and more members started to suspect Shane, the stalking became violent and threats we made. At the end of the month, *It's a Shame* was revealed as the stalker and given a brief ban from the House. It's a Shame tried to rejoin the House a few weeks later but thehistorybore turned him away. Birchington made another statement in which he announced that It's a Shame would be given a maximum ban of 3 months from the MHoC.

## Whiggygate II

In March 2016, a member called Whiggy joined the House. She began her MHoC career by asking the then-Speaker, RayApparently, when dupe checks were carried out. A few members, including JoeL1994, suspected her of being *It's a Shame* but no one could prove it. She opted to remain as an independent member and she stayed that way until she was persuaded to join the Labour Party in May by Quamquam123. When a dupe check was carried out, she failed but the Community Team did not disclose who the dupe account was. Whiggy claimed it was her brother's account and the Community Team believed her, giving Quamquam123 the all-clear to let her into the party. Whiggy became a well-known member of the Labour Party, even becoming Shadow Secretary of State for Transport.

At the end of May, MHoC members collectively discovered that Whiggy was a dupe of *It's a Shame*. Several pieces of evidence put together proved that without doubt, this was the case. This evidence was:

* *It's a Shame* claimed his name was Shane Forster. Whiggy claimed her name was Shanice Forster.
* Both *It's a Shame* and Whiggy had a strong interest in transexuality.
* Both *It's a Shame* and Whiggy used pictures of the same women for their avatars.
* Both *It's a Shame* and Whiggy had very similar writing styles.
* The Whiggy account failed the dupe check.
* Both *It's a Shame* and Whiggy posted the same photos on their account.
* The Whiggy account was created on the day when the *It's a Shame* account was last used.

Upon assessing this evidence, Quamquam123 removed Whiggy from the party with immediate effect. When Whiggy discovered this, her friendly persona vanished and she sent a wave of abusive messages to many members, including a message to Quamquam123 where he was told to "*get cancer and die*".

She made several attempts to rejoin the party but was unsuccessful. Although Whiggy was removed before she could do any significant damage to the Labour Party, the incident created a sense of paranoia in the House that lasted for many months. The new Speaker, Saracen's Fez, made a statement following Whiggy's departure to notify the House of the situation.

## Emilygate (Whiggygate III)

In July 2016 *It's a Shame* joined the MHoC for a third time using an account called Emily Porter. Emily Porter quickly became a prominent figure in the MHoC an a Labour Party MP. To hide his identity, Emily Porter made up a series of lies:

* She was pregnant.
* She had five miscarriages at the age of 17.
* She had a secret forced marriage at the age of 14, only to see her husband cheat on her with their male neighbour.
* Her first pregnancy was with twins and her second pregnancy was with triplets.
* She was sexually assaulted when she was younger.
* She was ethnically black.
* Her mother was very religious, choosing to send her to a Bible camp in Jamaica.
* She had fibromyalgia, anxiety, and hypotonia. She produced fake letters from doctors and the NHS to prove these conditions.

* She was being kicked out of college for having disabilities.
* She produced a fake identity using photos of strangers and their information.

In the months leading up to her identity being revealed, Emily Porter told Obiejess to commit suicide. There were calls to remove Emily Porter from the Labour Party, however, RayApparently refused to do this because the Deputy Leader, SakuraCayla, who was inactive, was not available to give an opinion. Emily Porter remained a member of the Labour Party until the 23rd August 2017.

In August 2017, Emily Porter posted a screenshot of a Twitter account belonging to a girl named Eliza. Eliza had tweeted about her desire to become a Trophy Wife and Emily Porter was teasing Jacob E about marrying her. Jacob became suspicious when he noticed the screenshot of the profile said "following you". Jacob examined who the account was following to find a *Shane Forster* was one of the accounts being followed. When looking through Shane Forster's account, it was discovered there were photos of *Whiggy* and *It's a Shame* used, and that a photo of a human larynx Emily Porter frequently posted was posted by Shane Forster.

On finding this evidence, Jacob confronted Emily Porter about being a third account of *It's a Shame* stating he had evidence of his claim. Emily Porter did not believe Jacob at first resulting in Jacob posting the evidence in the MHoC Skype chat and providing a copy of the evidence to the Deputy Speaker, cranbrook\_aspie. Emily panicked when she saw the evidence, quickly leaving the Skype chats and the MHoC. Emily Porter made a final statement before leaving the House, proclaiming to all who she really was.

Following her disappearance, there was full dissection of Shane’s history. Rakas claimed to have suspected Emily Porter as Shane and did nothing. Other members of the House questioned why Emily Porter had been given a government position when some senior government members confessed to apparently knowing who she was. It has not been proven any of these members really knew Emily's true identity, and claims to have known her identity are based on not wanting to be caught out again (the members claiming to have known were the last members to suspect Whiggy of being Shane and Shane of stalking).

## Trappinggate (*potentially* Whiggygate IV)

Full article Trappinggate

In August 2016, a UKIP MP, Trapping, started revealing personal information of members. The MP was in the Skype chat and should not have know the information. This led to accusations of Trapping being a dupe of someone. Eventually, Trapping referred to Whiggy despite no one publicly mentioning Whiggy, therefore, some members believe Trapping was a new iteration of Shane, however this was never proven.

Trapping was banned for his outburst and use of personal information.

## August 2017 - *Present*

Jacob has likened *It's a Shame* to Doctor Who, a fictional character who constantly regenerates as something new. It is believed *It's a Shame* has more TSR accounts ready to join the MHoC, members speculate over what *It's a Shame*'s next iteration will be like.

Over the years several accounts have been accused of being Shane: Alexia K, MillyCambridge and Milly-Mae (see It's a Shane's personal page for more detail). None of these accusations have been proven.