
Isabel Oakeshott
Political Journalist and Commentator at Freelance
Political Journalist and Commentator. Scoop getter and feather ruffler. International Editor, Talk TV.
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Isabel Oakeshott
Now and again, judges make decisions so egregious that they inflame a nation inured to the selective callousness of authority. So it is with the latest ruling on Lucy Connolly, whose continued incarceration for a hasty tweet is so manifestly cruel and unnecessary that a crowdfunding campaign to help her rebuild her life when she is eventually released has raised more than £120,000.
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2 weeks ago |
telegraph.co.uk | Isabel Oakeshott
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3 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Isabel Oakeshott
By his own admission, Danny Theobald is no saint. As a young man, he spent time behind bars for robbery and cultivating cannabis. Then he became a father and turned his life around. He has spent the last 13 years building a successful business and doing his very best to be a good role model. In his spare time, he volunteers as a football coach for local children and works with the disabled. A year or so ago, he had dramatic interaction with the police.
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3 weeks ago |
telegraph.co.uk | Isabel Oakeshott
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1 month ago |
yahoo.com | Isabel Oakeshott
All hail Keir Starmer, who has just marked VE day by making his own history. Against all odds, this dreariest, unluckiest of Prime Ministers has somehow succeeded where so many of his predecessors failed and pulled off a landmark US-UK trade deal. How Rishi Sunak, for whom high profile Brexit wins proved frustratingly elusive, would love to have been able to announce something that sounded this good.
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Our police and prosecutors should focus on hurty deeds, not hurty words

Unusually, I'm backing @DavidLammy in the row over his taxi fare. Greedy opportunist driver tried to sting him for an extra £600 after realising who he is. The correct fare had already been paid!

Lucy Connolly's continued incarceration is a scandalous waste of a prison place. Her comments were extremely unpleasant and stupid, but she has zero following or influence. The idea that her rant could have triggered a wave of violence is a complete fiction