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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Ok not inclined to click through to Daily Mail links and Guido Fawkes Twitter accounts or "PopBitch" (that's a new one) but is there any merit to this? Or is it just some slag with an axe to grind?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

popbitch is, for me, on par with Private Eye. This is how they reported the story….

Wedding hell << We all got mail ********* EDITOR’S NOTE *********

We have been contacted by George Osborne and Thea Rogers’ lawyers who inform us that ‘The Email’ alluded to in this story is “full of false information” and subject to a legal complaint and police investigation.

Pointing out – as we did – that most of London’s media and much of Westminster had been sent an extraordinary/unprintable email is perfectly accurate and in no way suggests that we endorse the actual contents of the email.

We stand by what we wrote – but while the investigation proceeds we have agreed to not encourage any further speculation. We would also encourage any readers who have a copy not to share it or try to publish it. If you want an almighty headache, there more fun ways to get one.


[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

on par with Private Eye

...dear god man. I mean, it's great at what it does, but comparable to the Eye? No. Just... no XD

We have been contacted by George Osborne and Thea Rogers’ lawyers

This, though, may as well be a straight-up admission of truth.

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