Sunday's Dreary was appalling with the rehashed version of Prudence's 'kidnapping' but there was no mention of Liz Jones calling the police in this version. She said Prudence belonged to David despite the fact the cat was Domino Darling's pet. What a disgusting outpouring of bitter insults and sheer venom throughout this entry.
Incidentally, I too noticed that the male illustration was the same one the artist used for Nirpal. In the engagement photo of Jones and the Baker his hair was grey, not black.
It wouldn't surprise me if the house contents are in storage and she's lodging temporarily with Isobel until she can find alternative accommodation.
Her relationship with D. Scrace has never sounded genuine. I think there could be two possibilities for this. The first one might be that he was between relationships and at a loose end when he contacted her. Didn't she appeal for people who knew her in the past to contact her on Friends Reunited or something similar for column fodder? If the Baker has a cannabis habit, maybe he was so laid back and 'stoned' initially that he was impervious to her vile insults. The other (more likely) explanation could be that it was a financial arrangement between them for him to pose as her boyfriend without any come-back from him.
She admitted she used to pick fights with Nirpal for column fodder but I suspect she had darker motives for insulting David based on resentment and also a desire for revenge because he had ignored her in the eighties. This seems to be borne out in her Mail on Sunday column about sexism where she imagined she spoke on behalf of all women about men. ("We women never forget slights"). She referred to being ignored at a party in 1983 and there was a mention about receiving a thong a size too big two Christmases ago.
In a much earlier article she blamed David for wasting decades of her life. It was her assumption that, had they married in the eighties instead of his ignoring her, she could have had a normal life and perhaps even a family. Once again she hasn't shown any self-awareness.
She blamed her advisor for her financial mess but I don't think he was aware of the full extent of her debts. According to a diary entry some time ago she admitted she didn't open bank statements or letters connected with finance but hid them in a drawer as she couldn't face looking at them.
Her new company sounds 'iffy' with out-of-date addresses. I can't see how this will solve some of her financial difficulties.
If she can't accept responsibility for her own actions, nothing is going to change in the future.