Ms Oakeshott who is the ' ghost writer' for Matt Hancock has handed over private messages to The Telegraph, despite signing an NDA. I don't know when Matt Hancock's book came out, but I bet Ms Oakeshott had been paid before she released/leaked this information. :hmm:
She reckons she spoke up because the people needed to know..
I hope he sues her for being gobby.
Quote from: Scrumpy on March 02, 2023, 05:46:50 PMShe reckons she spoke up because the people needed to know..
I hope he sues her for being gobby.
Her 30 pieces of silver won't go far if he takes her to court :grin: :grin:
Whether or not 'the people' need to know, I think she's a shitbag.
She is one nasty woman, she was trusted by Matt (who I have no love for) she should not have done that. It also shows you should NEVER trust anyone who works in the media. She will get her comeuppance for this I'm sure, and serve her damn well right. :angry: People like her make me savage.
All from the same swamp, you wouldn't want to turn your back on any of them would you?
Quote from: Jacqueline on March 02, 2023, 08:14:38 PMAll from the same swamp, you wouldn't want to turn your back on any of them would you?
Bang On, bunch of Scunners. :nooo:
Quote from: GrannyMac on March 02, 2023, 06:11:56 PMWhether or not 'the people' need to know, I think she's a shitbag.
Shitbag.!!! :grin: :grin: :grin: I haven't heard that word for years.. We used to say it in school..
She is exactly what that little sh1t deserved.
Has she not released ' snippets' from Whats App conversations and not the full text, so we're only getting half a story ? I'm certainly no fan of Hancock but he was a bloody fool to hand over the messages.
She's in the middle of this row now about journalistic principals (is there such a thing ? :smiley: ) which might just overshadow her scoop !
Beginning to feel that they deserve each other
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Quote from: Alex on March 03, 2023, 11:20:20 PMHas she not released ' snippets' from Whats App conversations and not the full text, so we're only getting half a story ? I'm certainly no fan of Hancock but he was a bloody fool to hand over the messages.
She's in the middle of this row now about journalistic principals (is there such a thing ? :smiley: ) which might just overshadow her scoop !
If only some were got hold of there must have been an awful lot of chat going on...
https://www.bmj.com/content/380/bmj.p522
The 100 000 leaked WhatsApp messages send during Matt Hancock's time as England's health secretaryI haven't really been following this but recall something about them being made available under a non disclosure agreement for a biography or something similar. The non disclosure was breached on the grounds on that being in the public interest.
the more I see of this, the more appalled I am at the way government ministers were carrying on. Originally, I was unhappy at the way the lady breached confidentially - now I am glad that she did.
Oh, and Hancock is saying the quotes are selective, biased, and an anti-lockdown agenda. In the famous words of Mandy Rice-Davies 'well, he would, wouldn't he!'
I'm feeling the same now Mike, she was in the wrong to breach confidentiality but some of the stuff written is disgraceful. Having said that I imagine the juicy bits were singled out for publication.
Quote from: Alex on March 05, 2023, 06:50:38 PMI imagine the juicy bits were singled out for publication.
I guess so. We have run out of paperclips doesn't sell many newspapers.
The point is that the "juicy bits" are genuine (no argument I've seen says they aren't not have I seen claims that they were taken out of context)
What this leaves us with is that a bunch of pretty totalitarian rules were backed up by scare stories known to be untrue to get folk to follow them while the rule setters pretty much ignored them and demonised those that queried them. Not pretty at all. Not new either to anybody that looked beyond the MSM bullshit.
I guess it just goes to show that Ghost Writers will come back to haunt you..
:grin: :grin: :grin: