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to loath Baroness Chakrabarti and love Isabel Oakshott

140 replies

lucydogz · 09/06/2017 21:29

watching Question Time, feeling pissed off and depressed. Finding Baroness Chakrabarti utterly awful, and Oakshott, who I know I SHOULD dislike, great.

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DancingLedge · 09/06/2017 21:52

Chris Grayling did quite well???
Don't envy him that gig, but no, he came across as weak, mealy mouthed and almost slightly irritated that he was in that position- although it's one he played a huge role in creating.

SauvignonBlanche · 09/06/2017 21:52

Oakshott was odious!

GraceGrape · 09/06/2017 21:52

I didn't know who Isabel Oakeshott was until I saw her on QT a few months ago. She is vile!! Katie Hopkins lite. I did enjoy the moment when Alistair Campbell pleaded with people to stop buying her horrible rag and the audience cheered.

nina2b · 09/06/2017 21:53

I love the way Alastair Campbell is all jovial and buddy buddy these days when we all know he was once Bliar's attack hound.

Smellbellina · 09/06/2017 21:54

I don't think Chakrabarti comes across particularly well, but Oakshott was awful.

nauticant · 09/06/2017 21:55

Shami Chakrabarti has had a mixed record of late but the only rational reaction to Isabel Oakeshott is this:

God that Oakshott woman was LOATHSOME

She's like some kind of supernatural being that has killed in order to inhabit a human skin.

Nishky · 09/06/2017 21:55

Isabel Oakeshott doesn't know the difference between less and fewer.

That put me right off her.

Smellbellina · 09/06/2017 21:55

I did enjoy the moment when Alistair Campbell pleaded with people to stop buying her horrible rag and the audience cheered
So did I!

Schoolisback1973 · 09/06/2017 21:56

I agree with most,, Oakeshott acted like she didn't want to be there. So condescending with her one liners..
Its probably got to do with all the misery she saw at Liberty but SC needs to lighten up a little!! gosh..

LadySalmakia · 09/06/2017 22:00

Doesn't matter if you like Chakrabati or not, she's still a brilliant human rights lawyer with a huge level of knowledge and skill and an excellent person to have in the Lords.

Oakshott is a rude hack with limited people skills who ghostwrites for a UKIPer.

nina2b · 09/06/2017 22:00

Nishky

Isabel Oakeshott doesn't know the difference between less and fewer.

That put me right off her.

Noticed that too. Didn't surprise me, though: thevwomannis odious.

nina2b · 09/06/2017 22:01

Nishky

Isabel Oakeshott doesn't know the difference between less and fewer.

That put me right off her.

Noticed that too. Didn't surprise me, though: the woman is odious.

LouiseBrooks · 09/06/2017 22:04

She also thought Anna Soubry had lost her seat.

Scabetty · 09/06/2017 22:05

Oakshot is not very likeable. That's my polite opinion.

Highalert · 09/06/2017 22:07

Isabel Oakeshott reminded me of Katie Hopkins. I thought she was awful.

MajesticWhine · 09/06/2017 22:11

Chakrabarti came across a bit sneery and charmless.

Tiptoethr0ughthetulips · 09/06/2017 22:17

Oakshott was vile, she a nasty toff sarcastic bully. Katie Hoping but with less charisma.

Tiptoethr0ughthetulips · 09/06/2017 22:19

she's Hopkins... Bloody phone.

IDontBowlOnShabbos · 09/06/2017 22:20

She's brilliant at showing the British public what loathsome, bitter, awful people write for the daily mail. I'm happy when people like her support the conservatives. It will galvanizise the labour vote in a few months.
She's just a shit Katie Hopkins.

user1495915742 · 09/06/2017 22:21

Oakeshott was rude and obnoxious. Pro Tory who writes for the Daily Fail. Go figure.

InglouriousBasterd · 09/06/2017 22:22

All I could think about IO is 'now that's a face I wouldn't never get tired of slapping'.

Gah81 · 09/06/2017 22:23

Oakeshott is just a ghastly piece of work: tells on her sources (so much for journalistic integrity); deeply unsisterly (eg towards journalists complaining when male politician refers to them as totty) and - and here IABU because I dislike her so much - ghastly hair (extensions or just flattened to within an inch of its life).

I know, I am a bad person for judging Ms PigHead Shenanigans Journo not just on her lack of integrity but also her looks... but I have had wine and it feels good to be judgemental... sorry :(

TheSnowFairy · 09/06/2017 22:23

Nope - completely the other way round. Oakeshitt was utterly loathsome.

user1495915742 · 09/06/2017 22:28

Oakeshitt Grin

dalek · 09/06/2017 22:32

God she was a nasty little brat - rude, unprofessional and uninformed. Love Alistair Campbell