R (Chromatic) v Hornal: On Emotional Manipulation as Procedural Obstruction and the Manufactured Disruption of Family Unity

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🪞SWANK ENTRY
“Provisional Contact II: Administrative Theatre and the Deliberate Dilution of Maternal Rights”
On Monday Excuses, Tuesday Delays, and the Bureaucratic Unravelling of Article 8

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⟡ Filed Date:

15 July 2025

⟡ Reference Code:

SWANK/CONTACT/KH-DELAY02

⟡ PDF Filename:

2025-07-15_SWANK_Addendum_KirstyHornal_ContactDelay02.pdf

⟡ 1-Line Summary:

Kirsty Hornal responded with excuses and speculation — again. Still no confirmed contact for mother, grandmother, or father.

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I. What Happened

On 14 July 2025, Polly Chromatic submitted a simple, lawful, and timely request:
– A Monday video call with her children at 10:00 a.m.
– A video introduction to the contact centre
– Confirmation of future contact for herself, her mother, and the children's father

Kirsty Hornal responded — not with confirmation, but with a litany of deferrals, emotional justifications, and a tone designed to portray administrative chaos as noble coordination.

Romeo, we are told, is too mature. The foster carer is overwhelmed. The centre is being considered. The email thread must be “monitored.” In short: a flood of words, and no plan.

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II. What the Delay Confirms

• There is no confirmed weekly schedule

• There are no confirmed dates or times for in-person or video contact

• The grandmother and father remain excluded from all planning

• The children’s routines are being manipulated to reduce availability

• The Local Authority believes it can replace contact with anecdotes

Worse still, the response attempts to pathologise Romeo’s emotional intelligence as a behavioural problem. His protective instincts as a big brother — under traumatic and unjust separation — are weaponised to justify limiting access.

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III. Why SWANK Logged It

Because this is not planning.
This is bureaucratic theatre, written in the language of professional delay.

We logged it because Westminster is attempting to blur the distinction between contact and distraction — offering activity schedules and verbal sympathy in place of fixed parental access.

We logged it because Article 8 rights are not postponed by youth workers, educational enrichment, or emotionally manipulative narratives. They are enforceable. Immediate. Non-discretionary.

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IV. Violations Documented

• Article 8 ECHR – Failure to facilitate contact with consistency and legal necessity

• Parental Alienation – Substituting routine overreach and reactivity for lawful connection

• Disability Disregard – No clear schedule provided for health-managed planning

• Procedural Undermining – Using anecdotal issues to delay compliance

• Emotional Misuse – Treating Romeo’s justified protectiveness as an interference

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V. SWANK’s Position

Contact is not a luxury to be slotted between youth work and tuition.
Contact is not something that waits on provider negotiations or foster carer mood.

We reject the infantilising tone and disorganised theatrics offered in place of a lawful framework.

Let it be recorded:

• Romeo’s strength is not a disruption

• Honor and King’s right to consistency is not optional

• The U.S. grandmother and the children’s father must not be erased from this framework

Polly Chromatic has made repeated requests in good faith.
Westminster has responded with emotional noise and administrative dust.

We file this entry not because Kirsty Hornal failed to answer — but because she answered with everything but the law.

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