To think that everything Fiona Harvey said in her Piers Morgan interview was a lie? [Edit by MNHQ]

I think the problem is that some things in the series were made up, so maybe it wasn't quite that many emails, she didn't go to prison etc etc so in her eyes it's complete fiction. I can imagine Gadd has probably exaggerated things for dramatic effect which will make Fiona Harvey think she didn't do any of it because it didn't happen in exactly the same way as in the series.

Yes, they were definitely at cross purposes. I've a 3 year degree from Scotland, so no Honours and therefore no classification. It was just a pass or fail. So she wasn't wrong with not being able to answer that as she would have only got a pass.

This was the only bit she wasn't lying about. The rest....

Piers Morgan's inbox had better be braced for the incoming tide of emails now.

This was like watching an actual baby reindeer being stalked by a rabid media hyena. Managed 10 mins.

I reckon this is literally series 2 and it's a Charlie Brooker episode of black mirror.

Yeah I can't bring myself to believe her. IMO, she has definitely watched the show.

Also, this show has gone from half a million views to a 1.2 million views in about half an hour!

That's right.

An Honours degree course in Scotland is 4 years and you get a grade - 1st, 2:1 etc. If you only do 3 years you can leave with an ordinary degree which is pass/fail and is not graded.

Apparently he said the jail part was made up for Netflix. Which I find bizarre when it’s supposed to be based on a true story.

I do think she is lying though. Having 6 emails and 4 phones…

But I think Piers focusing on a degree classification - which I’m assuming an ordinary degree doesn’t have, didn’t therefore work out.

I also don’t get why he didn’t have more evidence about the IP address of the emails etc

I can’t believe she hasn’t watched the actual program? I mean, if you suspected a major Netflix ‘real life’ drama had you as a central character, how could you not watch it?

I didn't watch the programme or the Nexflix series.

From my reading, everything strongly points to her needing help. It seems cruel and exploitative to interview her or speculate on her 'complicated' worldview.

Not sure what to make of it. I'm about 15 minutes into the interview at the moment. She does seem to be lying. I can't quite work out what it is, but I don't believe most of what she says. She claims she has never seen the show (Baby Reindeer,) and she doesn't know where he lives, she never went near his girlfriend, she never upset his parents. I don't believe her.

But as a few posters have said, you think Pierce would have found out some actual concrete evidence that she definitely sent all those emails and the like, and confronted her with it.

He doesn't seem to know much or have much evidence of anything. He just keeps asking her questions. She is a very odd person, and the actress playing her in Baby Reindeer got her down to a T.

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@Americano75

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7ef8f8ed915d74e6227a48/work_and_pensions_summary.pdf

The first line, over half, 2.8 million receiving some kind of social security.

UK state benefits by region 2022 | Statista

@Jerusalemaa her real account is not private. And it's clearly the real one as the posts go back for years and years

@Trez1510

Scottish Government. Yes, that includes all benefits you posted. 11% of tax payers pay 70% of income tax.

Because Scotland is stagnant, wages are stagnant and the tax burden is too high higher earners are driven out and there is no trickle down.

Those in employment should not have to rely on benefits, but the economy is sure. We should be able to support those who cannot work and those that want to work/able to work should able to and it should allow them to be in a better financial pot than those who are not working. That way we support those who need it.

This is what I was thinking. I've seen half her interview but haven't seen Baby Reindeer yet.

It all hinges on two things that can be proved, doesn't it? The emails - does he have evidence of them? The prison sentence - she said she was never in court.

The other things are harder to prove, I think, but those two should be easy.

That's an interesting stat. Do you have a link for it?

Yes

I don’t be watching it. I could cope with the lightly-anonymised Baby Reindeer, but I’d prefer to not know more about her in real life. She’s clearly a troubled individual and it’s a poor choice to do an interview with PM; I find it unethical or at least a dubious journalistic endeavour to expose her further.

I wonder if we are all being taken for fools by all the characters. Perhaps it's some sort of social experiment to get everyone talking.

It's one of that poster's oft-repeated, never proven statements.

I asked her to clarify on a thread the other day when she quoted it.

Unsurprisingly, no response. I've never encountered a self-loathing Scot before, and considered them to be an urban myth. Every day's a school day, huh?

Genuine apology to OP for derail. 😕

This is not her, it was picked up from one of the many fake Fiona accounts, she actually made her real account private. One of the fake accounts is popular because he/she writes in similar style, its them who said PM is a bully etc.

I said exactly the same surely they would have evidence if it was out there

People are now saying that the PM interview/press attention is being pushed by Netflix, in the hope of creating enough material for a series 2. It’s been number 1 on Netflix in a lot of countries so a second series is wanted.

I haven’t watched the interview but saw a clip, I don’t think that an ethical journalist would have conducted such an interview.

I watched about 5 minutes and had to turn off, it was so uncomfortable. The woman isn't well, the whole thing felt exploitative.