The consensus in legacy media is that the woman is not Chloe Swarbrick, and of course we all know said legacy media is completely trustworthy and would never mislead on such an issue.

It is obviously a mere coincidence that at the precise time Golriz was in the shop, there was another woman who looked a lot like her very good friend and colleague Chloe facially, had similar hair style and colour, similar body shape, and wore her sunglasses in a similar manner.

There is some mystery over how the security cam footage came to light, as apparently it was not released by Scotties, whose owner is reported to be a Green Party supporter.

Shame Scotties won’t allow the public to see more footage of the mystery woman, because that would presumably prove once and for all she is not Chloe. If they are indeed fans, wouldn’t they be wanting to do just that?

Apparently such footage is not forthcoming.

I initially accepted Ms Swarbrick’s claim that the woman is not her. Then I saw her on TV and there was just something about her denial that seemed a bit off. Still, when there is no definitive proof, we must give Chloe the benefit of the doubt.

Be a shame for her though if in the future she became PM (as she is predicting) and the story changed.

Of course there is still the issue of why Jimmy Shaw flew the coop. He has yet to answer questions on his claimed academic qualifications. Its highly possible he saw the potential for him to be drawn into another sticky situation, and decided he’d be better off out of it.

And we still do not know where Golriz took her holidays!