Ex-LibDems Colleagues Raise Doubt Over "Walter Mitty" Observer Whistleblower

by Guest Sat Mar 24, 2018 5:13 pm

Former LibDem colleagues of the Observer’s data harvesting whistleblower have some interesting stories to tell. The party will not comment on staffing matters but a LibDem source says Chris Wylie was employed on a fixed-term contract which was not renewed. It is fair to say they were unimpressed with his work. One former colleague recalls: “We did not renew his contract because he is a compulsive bullsh*tter and doesn’t know what he’s talking about”. The Observer reported that their man was “working inside government with the LibDems as a political strategist”. Yet Sean Kemp, who really did work inside government with Nick Clegg, recalls:

Sean Kemp@Sean_Kemp

Replying to @WikiGuido
[ltr]I never met him while he was ‘working as a strategist for the Lib Dems in government’.[/ltr]

Former LibDem spinner Ben Rathe offers this verdict:

Ben Rathe@benrathe
[ltr]Chris Wylie thinks he's Edward Snowden, when he's actually Walter Mitty. https://order-order.com/2018/03/23/observers-whistleblower-personally-offered-to-harvest-data-for-vote-leave/ …[/ltr]

Kemp and Rathe are two of the most trusted and respected former spinners in Westminster.
This afternoon Guido revealed how Wylie had personally offered to harvest data for Vote Leave, despite now describing the practice as “grossly unethical”. Did Carole Cadwalladr and the Observer not think to check any of this?

https://order-order.com/2018/03/23/ex-libdem-colleagues-raise-doubts-over-walter-mitty-observer-whistleblower/

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Here is Observer whistleblower Christopher Wylie in his own words in his school yearbook, describing his “probable destiny”:

“Politician. Well that, or just another dissociative smear merchant peddling backroom hackery in its purest Machiavellian form.”

Unfortunate…

Note that Wylie has described himself to the Observer as a high school dropout. Curious then that he’s in his school leavers yearbook. Another fact for Carole Cadwalladr to check…

https://order-order.com/2018/03/24/observer-whistleblower-i-am-a-smear-merchant/

https://order-order.com/2018/03/23/observers-whistleblower-personally-offered-to-harvest-data-for-vote-leave/