Jamie, thank you for at least being transparent about your interest.
Even so, I think you are hugely misguided on the prospect of the airline wars that you seem to relish in the postings on here. Wars are very expensive things to fight, as both Flybe and Loganair learned a few years ago.
easyJet had already announced it was going on GLA and EDI-BHX before Flybe 1 collapsed. They presumably did so in the knowledge that they'd be competing with Flybe on those routes, so I cannot see why they would now back away. They were the #1 and #2 routes in Flybe's network. And Flybe 1 was all but bankrupt in January 2020 when it called on the Government for a bail-out but managed to stagger on until March. Covid-19 didn't kill Flybe.
And as for the slots, Cavokblues has it right. They were so essential to Flybe 2 that they fought a CAA legal battle to try to get them. The slots are obviously of great significance to them and none of the speculation has been wildly misplaced. Only time will tell if it actually is!
I cannot see this story having a happy ending