Hancock And Oakeshott. What Do You Think?

[Atheist]

Errrrr. That's it, my question that is.

[naomi24]

Why are you asking?

[Prudie]

I've had to look up Oakeshott. Your 'that's it' remark suggests we should all know exactly what you're getting at before we comment. I don't.

[Atheist]

Naomi; I'm asking to see what people think.
Prudie; I'm not getting at anything. Just inviting opinions/views.

[royfromaus]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11808789/How-Isabel-Oakeshott-leaked-Matt-Hancocks-WhatsApps-worked-book.html

[THECORBYLOON]

It's been on the news all day.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-64807127

[Atheist]

Thanks for the link. Roy. Fascinating glimpse of the world of private media. No pretence of balance or non-political leaning there.

[Prudie]

You had nothing else to do but watch the news all day TCL?
I have.

[ynnafymmi]

Sturgeon also has a lot of questions to answer for.Methinks Wee Burney jumped before she and her hubby got a set of bracelets on their wrists.Still not to late for PoliceScotland to get these pair of chancers behind bars.

[jno]

Oakeshott was the one who came up with the story of Cameron and the pig's head. I wouldn't trust her an inch (and Hancock was an idiot to do so).

[ichkeria]

Yes wait and see would be my advice.
Not being a huge fan of Hancock, but it doesn't feel like the whole story to me.
And Oakeshott is not a neutral party.

[Atheist]

Not much response to this post, probably because it's right-on-right. Not what the righties want to hear.

[ynnafymmi]

....or the SNP nationalist separatists either Atheist.Well done for puting this up.

[Atheist]

ynna; I haven't a clue about Scottish politics, but I give you a BA for giving me a "Well done".

[ynnafymmi]

Thanks,Atheist.Basically Scottish nationalists seem to think that they are a different breed from other nationalists around the world.They arent.Their creed is hate not hope.

[ichkeria]

You didn’t really explain what you were talking about- and no link - which probably partially explains the lack of a response

[Atheist]

Ich; I thought it would be known by many; it seemed to be on the news most of the day. Fortunately, Roy posted a link.
I doubt if there'll be much interest. There's not really anyone to wind up or accuse of treachery - takes all the fun out of it.

[douglas9401]

The man's not too clever.

[douglas9401]

Although having Googled the fragrant Isabel I can understand how his judgement may have been compromised by a tightening of the trousers.

[Atheist]

Dougie! You really googled her?! You lucky devil!! I once tried to DuckDuckGo her, but she wouldn't let me.

[THECORBYLOON]

"A journalist who has long made clear her disdain for his lockdown policies, she has been accused of having a poor track record when it comes to source protection, and is in a relationship with the leader of the anti-lockdown Reform party.

As Robert Colvile, the director of the rightwing Centre for Policy Studies thinktank and co-author of the 2019 Tory manifesto, said: “The main lesson I’ve learned from this is not to hire someone who absolutely hates your signature policy as your ghostwriter.”

One political journalist said: “The man needs his head testing to have gone near Oakeshott with a flaming trebuchet, let alone a bargepole.”

Extraordinarily Oakeshott handed the entire archive of Hancock’s messages to the Daily Telegraph despite being paid a rumoured six-figure salary by Rupert Murdoch’s News UK to be a pundit on its struggling TalkTV channel.

Staff at the Sun and the Times have been left fuming that they are now trying to follow up a story given to a rival newspaper by one of their own employees – while TalkTV has missed out on a scoop that could have helped it in its ratings battle with GB News. Oakeshott said she is only employed by TalkTV on a freelance basis and is therefore able to work for other publications."