🖋️ ⟡ SWANK Recording Rights Dispatch ⟡
28 February 2024
Recording Isn’t the Problem—Your Behaviour Is
Labels: recording refusal, ICPC manipulation, SWANK communication protocol, self-awareness evasion, RBKC accountability panic, safeguarding pantomime
I. A Mapping Meeting with No Map—and No Witness
On 28 February 2024, Samira Issa emails Polly Chromatic confirming:
The Initial Child Protection Conference on 4 March
A “mapping meeting” on 1 March at 11am
That she “does not agree to be recorded” and will terminate the meeting if recording is suspected
She claims recordings are unproductive, but insists her own summary of the meeting—not the conversation itself—will be shared.
That is not safeguarding.
That is narrative control.
II. Polly’s Response: A Masterpiece in Professional Elegance
At 21:27, Polly replies to Samira, Glen Peache, Sarah Newman, Eric Wedge-Bull, and Rhiannon Hodgson:
“Recording is a great tool for improving the productiveness of communication.”
“My children and I use recordings as a tool to pinpoint areas of improvement in our own behaviour and communication.”
“Humans who strive to be their best see the value in recording discussions for the purpose of improving productivity and don’t see it as a barrier.”
This is not just a refusal.
It is a pedagogical declaration—a communication philosophy that exposes the institutional aversion to self-reflection.
III. What They Said, and What They Feared
Samira writes:
“We appreciate this may be frustrating, but we do not believe that recording contributes to productive conversations.”
But the truth is:
They don’t want to be held to what they actually said.
They want the power to rewrite meetings in their own tone—without your version, your memory, or your defence.
Filed under: recording rights, verbal rewriting, safeguarding theatre, mapping coercion, communication distortion, SWANK rebuttal doctrine
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If they won’t let you record it, it’s because they don’t want it on the record.
✒️ Polly Chromatic
Founder & Director, SWANK London Ltd
📍 Flat 22, 2 Periwinkle Gardens, London W2
📧 director@swanklondon.com
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Polly Chromatic exposes institutional refusal to allow recordings, revealing efforts to control narratives and evade accountability.