“I tried to do right by you all, to behave with civility and decency and up to the high standards you expect of No 10.”
But how did Allegra Stratton end up taking the fall?
thetimes.co.uk/article/why-it…
But how did Allegra Stratton end up taking the fall?
thetimes.co.uk/article/why-it…
Stratton, writes @HelenRumblelow, was meant to usher in a new era of Government - a softer, honest approach.
In the end Downing Street’s star hire turn into someone who made the PM ‘furious’
In the end Downing Street’s star hire turn into someone who made the PM ‘furious’
“It looks as though what is caught on camera is not a lie but an epiphany about moral compromise.”
“‘What is the answer?’ Stratton then asks by way of reply, because the question seems to be a different one: how far do you lie for your boss and to the nation?”
“‘What is the answer?’ Stratton then asks by way of reply, because the question seems to be a different one: how far do you lie for your boss and to the nation?”
“Just months after Stratton was hired, the job vanished before a single briefing. Stratton was uncontrollably frank.”
“As one political journalist said, she was “the best person we could want for that job: she told the truth and in a series of own goals.”
“As one political journalist said, she was “the best person we could want for that job: she told the truth and in a series of own goals.”
Stratton is politically well-connected - a journalist before her days in Downing Street, and married to James Forsyth, the Spectator’s political editor and Times columnist
“Her boss, Boris Johnson, had turned on Stratton hours earlier at prime minister’s questions, saying that she made him “furious” and her behaviour had “sickened him”.”
Stratton left journalism last year for a role with family friend Rishi Sunak. But her role with the PM was a surprise to many
“It was very odd,” says one journalist close to her. “As a journalist she should have seen it was a disaster of a job, it felt like she was naive.”
“It was very odd,” says one journalist close to her. “As a journalist she should have seen it was a disaster of a job, it felt like she was naive.”
How will this saga end?
“As a journalist, Stratton sliced and served a real cake to Johnson, as a sign of him being inclined to “have his cake and eat it”.
“Now we wait to see whether revenge is, like a cake, best served cold.” 🍰
“As a journalist, Stratton sliced and served a real cake to Johnson, as a sign of him being inclined to “have his cake and eat it”.
“Now we wait to see whether revenge is, like a cake, best served cold.” 🍰
Read the full story here:
thetimes.co.uk/article/why-it…
thetimes.co.uk/article/why-it…
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