A somewhat loopy YouTube ‘star’, Australian Leanne Ratcliffe moved from promoting veganism to “living sustainably” in February 2017. Known for what she terms “call out” videos – in which she controversially mocks others on their diet and lifestyle habits – Ratcliffe shares such information as how she has just one pair of socks and five sets of underwear and publishes eBooks with titles such as Go Fruit Yourself. She has 40,000 followers on Twitter and claims to be “saving the planet, one banana at a time.” Okay…

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Girls and boys - Jack Monroe
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Jack Monroe (also known as “A Girl Called Jack”)

This acid tongued blogger describes herself as a “freelance food-and-politics-gob” and responded to one of our articles by stating “I want no association with your s**t”. The Independent are the ones who ought to be ashamed: Why on earth do they choose to be associated with this lentil loving moralising menace?

Robert Oxley (AKA Rob Oxley) – Press secretary to Boris Johnson – Deliveroo boy and former assistant to alleged groper Michael Fallon became Boris Johnson’s press secretary in June 2019. He is best known for swearing.
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Robert Oxley (AKA Rob Oxley)

Former Deliveroo boy Robert Oxley can be considered the rudest man of the 2019 General Election campaign. Previously the press officer of the Vote Leave campaign and an assistant of the alleged groper Sir Michael Fallon, this nasty piece of work – as Downing Street press secretary – blocked the path of ITV1’s Good Morning […]