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Line 1: {{short description\|British political journalist}} {{Use dmy dates\|date=~~April~~May 2024}} {{Use British English\|date=March 2023}} {{Infobox person Line 9: \| caption = Oakeshott in 2016 \| birth_name = \| birth_date = {{Birth date and age\|df=yes\|1974\|06\|12}} \| birth_place = \| education = [[Gordonstoun]] Line 20: }} '''Isabel Oakeshott''' (born 12 June 1974) is a British [[political journalist]]. Oakeshott was the political editor of ''[[The Sunday Times]]'' and is the co-author, with [[Michael Ashcroft]], of an [[unauthorised biography]] of former British prime minister [[David Cameron]], ''[[Call Me Dave]]'', and of various other non-fiction titles, including ''White Flag? An Examination of the UK's Defence Capability'', also written with Ashcroft, ''[[Farmageddon (book)\|Farmageddon]]'', co-written with [[Philip Lymbery]], and ''[[Pandemic Diaries]]'', co-written with [[Matt Hancock]], which provides an account of Hancock's tenure as the UK's [[Secretary of State for Health and Social Care\|Health Secretary]] during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom\|COVID-19 pandemic]]. ==Early life== Oakeshott ~~attended~~was educated firstly at [[St George's School, Edinburgh\|St George's School]], [[Edinburgh]], and then at [[Gordonstoun School]] in [[Moray]], Scotland.<ref>{{Cite ~~web~~news \|date=14 September 2014 \|title=Moray students have their say on Scottish independence \|url= https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/moray/343465/moray-students-have-their-say-on-independence \|~~website~~work=[[The Press and Journal ~~(Scotland)~~\|~~The~~location= ~~Press and Journal]]~~Aberdeen}}</ref> In 1996, she ~~took~~graduated with a [[Bachelor of Arts\|BA]] in history from the [[University of Bristol]].<ref name="BU">{{Cite web \|title=Isabel Oakeshott (BA 1996) \|url= http://www.bristol.ac.uk/alumni/alumni-stories/prominent-alumni/journalism/isabel-oakeshott-ba-1996 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150926000155/http://www.bristol.ac.uk/alumni/alumni-stories/prominent-alumni/journalism/isabel-oakeshott-ba-1996/ \|archive-date=26 September 2015 \|access-date=21 September 2015 \|website=Alumni and friends \|publisher=[[Bristol University]]}}</ref> ==Journalism career== {{Conservatism UK\|Commentators}} Politically, Oakeshott is regarded as a [[Right-wing politics\|right-wing]] journalist.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Shipton \|first=Martin \|date=7 July 2018 \|title=Controversial Ukip funder and Brexit supporter Arron Banks was Cardiff's Honorary Consul from Belize \|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/controversial-ukip-funder-brexit-supporter-14877587 \|work= WalesOnline \|access-date=17 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|last=Dudcock \|first=Barry \|date=5 March 2023 \|title=A tawdry start, but a lockdown reckoning is overdue \|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/referendumnews/23362552.tawdry-start-lockdown-reckoning-overdue/ \|work=The Herald \|access-date=17 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|last=Mathers \|first=Matt \|date=1 March 2023 \|title=Who is Isabel Oakeshott? The controversial reporter Matt Hancock trusted with 100,000 Whatsapp messages \|url=https://www.aol.co.uk/news/isabel-oakeshott-controversial-reporter-matt-115010343.html?guccounter=1 \|work=AOL \|publisher=The Independent \|access-date=17 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|last=Evans \|first=Albert \|date=5 October 2018 \|title='Don't you start!' Emily Thornberry lets rip at right-wing commentator during Question Time debate on austerity \|url=https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/question-time-emily-thornberry-isabel-oakeshott-austerity-debate-205580 \|work=i News \|access-date=17 December 2023}}</ref> Line 40 ⟶ 41: In July 2019, ''[[The Guardian]]'' amended an article by its parliamentary sketch writer [[John Crace (writer)\|John Crace]] which contained a sentence that had potentially implied that Oakeshott obtained the Darroch emails by sleeping with [[Nigel Farage]] or [[Arron Banks]]. At the time, she called the comment "demonstrably false and extraordinarily sexist". The newspaper later published an apology.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Mayhew \|first=Freddy \|date=22 July 2019 \|title=Guardian apologises to Isabel Oakeshott over 'fictitious' comment in cables leak sketch \|url=https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/guardian-aplogises-to-isabel-oakeshott-over-fictitious-comment-in-satirical-sketch-on-cables-leak/ \|publisher=Press Gazette}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/jul/19/corrections-and-clarifications\|title=Corrections and clarifications\|date=19 July 2019\|access-date=4 March 2023\|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|last=Crace \|first=John \|date=8 July 2019 \|title=Ambassador's trashing of Trump gives MPs chance to enjoy a bit of deploring \|work=The Guardian \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jul/08/ambassadors-trashing-of-trump-gives-mps-chance-to-enjoy-a-bit-of-deploring}}</ref> In September 2021, [[GB News]] announced that Oakeshott would be hosting a weekly show on the channel.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/gb-news-andrew-neil-return-september-row-b953592.html\|work=Evening Standard\|title=GB News' Andrew Neil will 'not return to TV channel next week'\|date=3 September 2021\|last=Waddell\|first=Lily}}</ref> She left to join [[TalkTV (British TV channel)\|TalkTV]] as its International Editor in April 2022. She earns a £250,000 salary for the role.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.news.co.uk/latest-news/isabel-oakeshott-returns-to-news-uk-for-talktv/\|title=Isabel Oakeshott Returns To News UK for TalkTV\|publisher=News UK\|date=8 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/mar/04/isabel-oakeshott-hangs-up-on-times-radio-during-heated-interview\|work=The Guardian\|title=Isabel Oakeshott hangs up on Times Radio during heated interview\|date=4 March 2023\|last=Thomas\|first=Tobi}}</ref> Her prominence in these roles led to the ''[[New Statesman]]'' naming her as the 32nd most influential ~~Right Wing~~right-wing political figure in the UK.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Statesman \|first=New \|date=27 September 2023 \|title=The New Statesman's right power list \|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2023/09/the-new-statesmans-right-power-list \|access-date=14 December 2023 \|website=[[New Statesman]] \|location= London }}</ref> ==Writing career== Line 58 ⟶ 59: ==Personal life== Oakeshott married Nigel Rosser and has three children.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=18 June 2018 \|title=The Londoner: Thatcher portrait left without home \|work=London Evening Standard \|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/the-londoner-thatcher-portrait-left-without-home-a3865476.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=Isabel Oakeshott \|url=http://www.isabeloakeshott.com/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923213720/http://www.isabeloakeshott.com/ \|archive-date=23 September 2015 \|access-date=23 September 2015 \|website=Isabel Oakeshott}}</ref> In 2018, she began a relationship with businessman and ~~future~~former [[Reform UK]] party leader [[Richard Tice]].<ref>{{Cite news \|last1=Gilligan \|first1=Andrew \|author-link=Andrew Gilligan \|last2=Shipman \|first2=Tim \|author-link2=Tim Shipman \|date=14 July 2019 \|title=Trump leak scandal engulfs Brexit Party \|work=[[The Sunday Times]] \|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/trump-leak-scandal-engulfs-brexit-party-2w7dn3hrm \|access-date=3 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=https://news.sky.com/story/who-is-isabel-oakeshott-the-journalist-behind-the-matt-hancock-leak-whose-work-landed-an-mp-in-prison-and-made-an-ambassador-resign-12823424\|title=Who is Isabel Oakeshott, the journalist who broke an NDA to leak Matt Hancock's WhatsApps?\|date=3 March 2023\|work=Sky News}}</ref> During the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], ~~when~~neither Oakeshott ~~and~~nor Tice ~~were~~denied ~~caught{{by~~their ~~whom\|date=May 2024}}~~attendance at a ~~social~~garden ~~gathering~~barbecue (allegedly against the regulations at the time). Instead, they made reference to testing their eyesight – an apparent signal to an earlier [[Dominic Cummings scandal]].<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Murphy \|first=Simon \|last2=Walker \|first2=Peter \|date=5 June 2020 \|title=Tory MP attended lockdown barbecue with journalists \|url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/05/tory-mp-bob-seely-attended-lockdown-barbecue-with-journalists \|access-date=24 February 2024 \|work=[[The Guardian]] \|location= London}}</ref> Oakeshott is related to [[life peer]] [[Matthew Oakeshott, Baron Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay\|Matthew Oakeshott]].<ref>{{Cite news \|date=16 May 2011 \|title=Chris Huhne: A family affair \|work=[[BBC News]] \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-13416203 \|access-date=3 March 2023}}</ref> Oakeshott is a supporter of [[Brexit]], and has close links to the [[Conservative Party (UK)\|Conservative Party]] donor [[~~Lord~~Michael Ashcroft]].<ref>{{cite news \|last=Waterson \|first=Jim \|date=11 June 2018 \|title=Profile: Isabel Oakeshott and The Bad Boys of Brexit \|url= https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jun/11/profile-isabel-oakeshott-and-the-bad-boys-of-brexit \|work=The Guardian \|access-date=15 September 2023}}</ref> ==Bibliography== Line 106 ⟶ 107: [[Category:The Sunday Times people]] [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]] [[Category:GB News]]