Ex-Daily Mail editor-at-large Isabel Oakeshott made a fool of herself today, claiming in a rant against social housing “entitlement” that she had had “no financial help from anyone ever.” Which is true, if you don’t count the tens of thousands spent on her private education.

My position is that benefit claimants have no basic entitlement to state support to live in the most desirable areas of London — Isabel Oakeshott (@IsabelOakeshott) August 3, 2017

Many weren’t that sure Oakeshott was in a position to talk about entitlement:

Happy to: None. No financial help from anyone ever. Nor do I own any property in London, desirable area or otherwise. I commute. — Isabel Oakeshott (@IsabelOakeshott) August 10, 2017

It didn’t take long for Twitter to point out that Oakeshott was a beneficiary of extraordinary financial privilege, having been educated at Gordonstoun School, where the cheapest fees are £24,855 a year.

Chi Onwurah MP said what we were all thinking:

Guess she paid her own fees… https://t.co/rcT0gQv1q1 — chi onwurah (@ChiOnwurah) August 11, 2017

The penny hadn’t quite dropped yet for Oakeshott however, who went on to defend her claim that she never received ‘financial help’ by explaining she paid her fees with a scholarship:

I got a scholarship. Jog on. — Isabel Oakeshott (@IsabelOakeshott) August 10, 2017