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Isabel Oakeshott was Vicky Pryce's firm friend … Isabel Oakeshott was Vicky Pryce's firm friend …
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Here are a few email lines between Isabel Oakeshott, Sunday Times political editor, and her Huhne-spurned friend Vicky Pryce.Here are a few email lines between Isabel Oakeshott, Sunday Times political editor, and her Huhne-spurned friend Vicky Pryce.
"Please don't tell me what I can't print. Tell me what I can print.""Please don't tell me what I can't print. Tell me what I can print."
"I just want the story out there so he has to resign.""I just want the story out there so he has to resign."
"My own view is that you would come out of it fine.""My own view is that you would come out of it fine."
Neither the ex-minister nor his wife came out of anything fine, of course. Both await sentencing for perversion of justice. And Isabel? She got a good story. Her paper made sure Pryce knew the risks. But friendship, surely, adds up to more than this.Neither the ex-minister nor his wife came out of anything fine, of course. Both await sentencing for perversion of justice. And Isabel? She got a good story. Her paper made sure Pryce knew the risks. But friendship, surely, adds up to more than this.
The emails show Oakeshott as an occasional mover and shaker in this revenge drama. She did her day job. Yet she was more than that to Vicky: trusted adviser, shoulder to fume on. Could she have hosed Pryce down with perspective and calm, rather than stoked her rage? That's one definition of what friends are for; and one more example of why friendship and journalism don't mix.The emails show Oakeshott as an occasional mover and shaker in this revenge drama. She did her day job. Yet she was more than that to Vicky: trusted adviser, shoulder to fume on. Could she have hosed Pryce down with perspective and calm, rather than stoked her rage? That's one definition of what friends are for; and one more example of why friendship and journalism don't mix.
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