Details of request 'Tom Watson and the smear campaign'

Event history

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id event_type created_at described_state last_described_at calculated_state link
45497 sent Sat Apr 11 19:24:13 UTC 2009 waiting_response Sat Apr 11 20:24:13 UTC 2009 waiting_response outgoing
45827 comment Tue Apr 14 23:41:06 UTC 2009
45936 followup_sent Wed Apr 15 11:39:17 UTC 2009 outgoing
45939 comment Wed Apr 15 11:41:44 UTC 2009
46169 response Thu Apr 16 10:57:25 UTC 2009 waiting_response Tue Apr 21 21:50:17 UTC 2009 waiting_response incoming
53138 followup_sent Thu May 14 23:09:42 UTC 2009 outgoing
54861 followup_sent Thu May 21 21:42:59 UTC 2009 internal_review Thu May 21 22:42:59 UTC 2009 internal_review outgoing
57474 response Wed Jun 03 11:19:10 UTC 2009 successful Tue Oct 20 00:00:22 UTC 2009 successful incoming
100484 status_update Tue Oct 20 00:00:22 UTC 2009

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