Isabel Oakeshott
| Isabel Oakeshott | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Isabel Euphemia Oakeshott 12 June 1974 Westminster, London, England |
| Education | Gordonstoun |
| Alma mater | Bristol University |
| Occupation | Political journalist |
| Website |
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Isabel Euphemia Oakeshott[1] (born 12 June[2] 1974 in Westminster, London[3]) is an English political journalist and non-fiction author. She is the co-author, with Michael Ashcroft, of an unauthorised biography of the British prime minister David Cameron, Call Me Dave.[4][5]
Biography
The third cousin of Matthew Oakeshott, Baron Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay, she was educated at Gordonstoun[6] before obtaining a BA in History from Bristol University in 1996.[7] She is a former political editor of The Sunday Times, having previously worked for the East Lothian Courier, Edinburgh Evening News, Daily Record, the Sunday Mirror, the Daily Mail, and the London Evening Standard.[7] She is a regular panellist on BBC television's Daily Politics and Sunday Politics.
While at The Sunday Times she persuaded Vicky Pryce to implicate her estranged husband, former Liberal Democrat MP and Coalition Cabinet minister Chris Huhne, and thus Pryce herself, as having perverted the course of justice, leading to the case R v Huhne and to both Pryce and Huhne being jailed.[8]
She was awarded the title 'Political Journalist of the Year' at the 2011 British Press Awards.[9]
She is currently employed as the political editor-at-large at the Daily Mail.
Personal life
She is married with three children,[10] and has presented radio programmes in which she spoke about contemplating having children via a surrogate mother.[11]
Bibliography
- Watt, Peter; Oakeshott, Isabel (2010). Inside out my story of betrayal and cowardice at the heart of New Labour. Biteback. ISBN 9781849540384.
- Lymbery, Philip; Oakeshott, Isabel (2014). Farmageddon: The True Cost of Cheap Meat. Bloomsbury. ISBN 9781408846445.
- Ashcroft, Michael; Oakeshott, Isabel (2015). Call Me Dave. Biteback. ISBN 9781849549141.
References
- ↑ "Isabel Euphemia OAKESHOTT". Companies House.
- ↑ https://twitter.com/IsabelOakeshott/status/741905503794659328
- ↑ "Results for England & Wales Births 1837-2006". Findmypast.
- ↑ Boland, Stephanie (21 September 2015). "Is Lord Ashcroft's new David Cameron book a "revenge job"?". New Statesman. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- ↑ Demianyk, Graeme (21 September 2015). "David Cameron Pig Allegation Journalist Says Story Is 'Colourful And Made Us Laugh' As She Dismisses 'Revenge Job' Claim". Huffington Post. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- ↑ Robertson, John (14 September 2014). "Moray students have their say on Scottish independence". Press and Journal. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- 1 2 "Isabel Oakeshott (BA 1996)". Alumni and friends. Bristol University. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- ↑ Lewis, Helen (10 March 2013). "Isabel Oakeshott: Vicky Pryce double-crossed me". New Statesman. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- ↑ "Winners List". The Press Awards. 2011.
- ↑ "Isabel Oakeshott". Isabel Oakeshott. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- ↑ "One to One, Isabel Oakeshott and Surrogacy". BBC Online. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
External links
- Official website
- Isabel Oakeshott on Twitter
- Isabel Oakeshott on Journalisted
- Isabel Oakeshott at the Internet Movie Database