Thread by @carolecadwalla

I’m glad that @Jennifer_Arcuri is finally telling her story on her terms. She was framed as scarlet woman, accused of fraud, had her privacy destroyed. But she’s not the baddie here. That’s the man who failed to disclose his r’ship to the relevant parties
mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

If Johnson had disclosed his r’ship with Arcuri to city hall, the funding she received would not be in question. But he didn’t. And so she’s carried the can of all the qs around impropriety. But the impropriety was *his*. She was just some wannabe startup. He was mayor of london

Disclosure: I met Arcuri in London before GE2019. I tried to persuade her to come forward then. Before the election. When it might have made a difference. I showed her @MonicaLewinsky’s amazing @tedtalks on how she’d been abused & shamed & silenced

ted.com/talks/monica_l…

She was: confused, scared, livid, indignant, ashamed, angry, anxious. Most of all she was exposed. In full glare of the media spotlight. Flailing around to re-configure her life as a new mother with a massive political sex scandal right in the middle of it

The full tabloid kiss’n’tell is not what I would & did advise. It’s another false media framing. The scarlet woman strikes back. But this is her choice. And she finally has some agency over her story. With the full power of No 10 & its allied media enablers lined up against her

So, whatever you think of Arcuri. And whatever you think of these tactics. And whatever you think of kiss’n’tells, remember: this story is *not about her*. It’s about a man. In a position of power. Who abused that power. Who lied & dissembled. And who is still lying & dissembling