Well, I heard the new boyfriend was from Manchester or thereabouts and met Grace and split his time between there and London. He forgot to tell Grace that he still had a girlfriend back home. Some of Grace’s mates found out and told her that this new guy was a wrong ‘un, Grace refused to believe them, went nuclear and fell out with all that lot. But I think there was a whole battle to be Alpha Female in that group and she was losing out to Caitlin. So this allowed her to strop off without conceding Caitlin was the “leader”. The politics within that gang are a) toxic and b) incredibly fragile. All the minor and bit part players (basically anyone who is not Caitlin or Lauren) is terrified of rocking the boat. Hence them a turning a blind eye to all the staffers and freelancers at The Pool who never got paid when the whole thing collapsed. Lauren had “conveniently” jumped clear mere months before the tit really hit the fan (i.e. writers going on Twitter to shame it into paying them). But if you look at their books on Companies House, the previous financial year was a disaster. Lauren must have known it was going to tit and managed to step down from the board and stood by as the new editor (who was not a director) had to take all the flak. Obviously Sali and crew can’t be seen to acknowledge this uncomfortable truth lest Lauren shitcan them.
you’d better get on twitter immediately.
