The disgrace of the crazy cat lady, the Pulitzer prize winning ex Guardian journalist, Carole Cadwalladr should now be complete after her latest utterly deranged rantings on her The Nerve platform claiming that the Israelis bought UK elections using Kate Middleton to do it, as you can see below. This is right up there with the Protocols of the Elders of Zion in terms of deranged blame it on the Jews madness. And in the current climate where anti-semitism runs at levels not seen for almost one hundred years it is dangerous. I am ahead of the game here. I knew that Carole was unhinged, spiteful and a self promoter almost 40 years ago as she was a direct contemporary at Hertford College Oxford.
I like to think that while all the bien pensants fawned over her, I was an early critic of the ghastly harridan flagging up how, like so many of the left, she had grossly overegged her impoverished working class childhood.
She won her Pulitzer for exposing how Russian interference swung the Brexit vote. Carole claimed there was a massive plot with, inter alia, vast sums being channeled by the evil Russians to the leave campaign via Arron Banks. Charlatans such as Andy Burnham readily repeat this canard although M15 boss Sir Ken McCallum says it is nonsense. Yes there was a tiny Russian internet presence, 0.001% of internet Brexit comment but that is it.
“I am a little bit anxious that we don’t play into our adversaries’ hands by making these trolls look 10ft tall.”
As for my pal Banks he sued Cadwalladr. She insisted that she could prove her case and so persuaded thousands of silly Guardian readers such as my pal Brian Basham to crowd fund her costs. But then she had to admit she has no evidence at all against Bankski and claimed a defence for her smears that this was in the public interest. She lost, others picked up the tab but at least the Guardian fired her hence her starting up The Nerve
Despite being shown to be a liar and someone taking money from the feeble minded with her lies and fantasies, some still honour her. Just last month Hertford invited her back for yet another guest talk to its students stating:
On 2 October 2026, our annual John Donne Lecture saw award-winning journalist, writer and podcaster Carole Cadwalladr (English, 1988) in conversation with Professor of Shakespeare Studies Emma Smith, discussing the art of storytelling in journalism.
As an investigative journalist, Carole Cadwalladr was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for National Reporting in 2019, receiving praise upon her investigation and coverage into Cambridge Analytica and its role in Brexit. In April 2019, she gave a TED talk Facebook’s role in Brexit – and the threats to democracy, regarding the links found between Facebook and the Brexit election. This talk led to worldwide acclaim, but it also sparked a three-year long lawsuit which was won by Carole in June 2022.
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I have asked Hertford if it will continue to platform and celebrate a woman now pushing theories which are not only utterly insane but also dangerously anti-semitic. I doubt it will respond. Like Charlotte Hogg, sacked in disgrace from the Bank of England despite being a hereditary member of the great and the good, Carole is the sort of student Hertford loves to celebrate.
