Talk:Allegra Stratton/Archive 1

Notability
She is indeed notable. Her name produces 66,300 hits, significant for someone with their first book being only a month old.

She has received favorable reviews from outlets such as the Times Literary Supplement, The Guardian and The Australian.Dogru144 (talk) 03:43, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Newsnight interview
I have restored the passage on Allegra Stratton's interview with Shanene Thorpe, included citations, and rewrote the material because it was previously a straight copy and paste from the item in The Independent. Philip Cross (talk) 22:33, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Is it really notable that a journalist interviewed someone and they were unhappy with the editing? Uvghifds (talk) 16:56, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
 * No, it isn't especially, but this incident has gained media coverage, and is likely to be mentioned again the next time someone makes a similar mistake. Philip Cross (talk) 17:20, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

The meaning of the controversy
Ironman and I have been involved in a dispute about the text of this article.

In my view, Ironman's edit does not pay any attention to the issue which really exercised commentators which was that Stratton and the BBC were essentially doing PR for the government's welfare reform policy.

Here is his summary of the controversy: "She interviewed a woman whom The Independent reported to have been "fuming" because "the piece was edited to make her seem like a 'jobless ponce'" whereas she did in fact have a job. Peter Rippon, the Editor of Newsnight, later apologised in an open letter to Thorpe, accepting that someone could have got the false impression she was unemployed, though that would not have been defamatory of Thorpe anyway". A reader of Wikipedia would come away from your summary of the matter thinking that what was at stake in the controversy was the petulance of a teenager when what was critical was that many felt Stratton chose to put forward the point of view of the government of the day.

What Ironman's edit does is to suggest that the complaint about Allegra Stratton was unreasonable if not absurd. I cannot but feel that this is an attempt by someone who is sympathetic to Stratton to obscure the matter. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.222.178.50 (talk) 13:15, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Conservative leaning
Flagging up The Spectator as Conservative-leaning is inconsistent with not making the equivalent commentary on The Guardian.


 * Stratton's husband is the Spectator's political editor, and she worked for the BBC but has now appointed press spokeswoman to the Conservative party leader. I'd say it was fair game. The Conservative party leader himself worked for the Spectator, which can't be said of any Prime Minister at the Guardian? 185.13.50.182 (talk) 08:15, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

ITV News Report
Hi, everyone, could someone lock this article as due to the recent news about the controversy hitting the healdines on all major newstreams here in the UK it is likely to be vandalised soon.2A00:23C4:B901:2F01:70E9:DD6D:2AEC:22DA (talk) 21:55, 7 December 2021 (UTC)
 * There will probably be calls for it to be hived off into a separate article quite soon, as was done for Dominic Cummings scandal. I suspect that this one will run and run.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 23:04, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

Resignation
Media such as LBC and Times Radio suggest she has resigned today as adviser to the Prime Minister.

Wikipedia says

October 2020 when she became the press secretary for 10 Downing Street. In April 2021 she was newly appointed as spokesperson for COP26 President Alok Sharma.

So what was the post she has now resigned from?

EDLIS Café Press (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 15:54, 8 December 2021 (UTC)

She has resigned from the COP26 post. But what's the best place to put this now that there is the Christmas Party subsection?S C Cheese (talk) 15:57, 8 December 2021 (UTC)

Her role as 'a government adviser' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59584736


 * I've added her resignation to the lead with this citation. I'm sure things will be expanded and moved around in coming hours.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 16:22, 8 December 2021 (UTC)

Top right panel
This would work better with an additional entry describing her COP 26 job. S C Cheese (talk) 16:31, 8 December 2021 (UTC)