Angela Rayner, the UK Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Secretary, resigned on Friday amid a scandal over underpaid stamp duty on her £800,000 Hove flat. An independent ethics probe found she breached ministerial standards by failing to seek proper tax advice, leading to an underpayment of up to £40,000. This marks the first major blow to Keir Starmer's new Labour government, raising questions about leadership integrity and sparking calls for accountability, while social media erupts with accusations of hypocrisy given Rayner's past criticisms of tax avoidance.
UK Labour are imploding even further as the Deputy PM resigns over fucking up on her taxes after years of having the public paying for her life with their own taxes.
Jeremy Clarkson 7h
We paid for Angela Rayner’s education. We paid her wages when she worked for the local council. We paid her wages when she became an MP. We even paid the settlement that enabled her to buy a house. Tax payers have funded every aspect of her entire life.
There are ofc the usual apologists trying to both defend and argue against Rayner being attacked over this because she was a woman but ironically all that does is reduce her to being nothing other than a woman. So the usual stupid play by progressives who don't realise how dehumanising and bigoted their words end up.
No, it's because Starmer wanted Rayner gone. They've hated each other since the get-go. He was even so petty that he initially refused to let her live in the official Deputy PM's residence and put her in a house with a much longer commute to Westminster instead. Until this scandal broke, everyone was laying odds that she'd be the next PM: she was definitely gunning for his job. Starmer is likely the reason the tax story suddenly got so much airplay after the lefty media tried so hard to bury it.
The problem now is that Rayner was also the trade unions' main contact in cabinet, and the one they felt represented them. With her gone, a lot of trade union donations will dry up.
Rayner's Tax Scandal Prompts Sweeping UK Cabinet Reshuffle
British Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner resigned on Friday after admitting to underpaying around £40,000 in stamp duty on a property in Hove, East Sussex, prompting Prime Minister Keir Starmer to launch a major cabinet reshuffle. David Lammy was appointed as the new Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Secretary, while Shabana Mahmood became Home Secretary, overseeing borders and immigration. The shake-up aims to restore stability amid public criticism and internal party divisions, with social media reactions highlighting debates over classism, leadership, and policy directions.
Shabana Mahmood is now Home Sec, Yvette Cooper is gone.
David Lammy is now Deputy PM, LOL LMAO
Lucy Powell is gone, if only Imp had lasted a few more weeks.
For those unaware of who these are.
Speaks for itself name wise for a Home Sec pick.
Actual retard. Look up the X Trend to see some examples of how completely retarded he is. When the Pope died he thought the white/black smoke thing was a matter of race.
The one who made jokes about rape gangs and called talk of rape gangs a dog whistle.
Actual retard. Look up the X Trend to see some examples of how completely retarded he is. When the Pope died he thought the white/black smoke thing was a matter of race.
LOL. That is an impressive achievement. I think he may tie Baerbock for the dumbest Foreign Secretary in human history.
Why would they call an election? They're coming third and fourth even when put against parties that don't yet exist. Maybe they'll call an election hoping that they can get to the election before Corbyn can get his party organized, but that's putting at risk 3 years of their rule for what exactly?
UK Labour are imploding even further as the Deputy PM resigns over fucking up on her taxes after years of having the public paying for her life with their own taxes.
There are ofc the usual apologists trying to both defend and argue against Rayner being attacked over this because she was a woman but ironically all that does is reduce her to being nothing other than a woman. So the usual stupid play by progressives who don't realise how dehumanising and bigoted their words end up.
https://x.com/i/trending/1963979216921538967
Fixed. Hanlon's razor is bullshit.
Gotta love when the best defense they have is "a woman can't know how basic law or taxes work! Why attack her for being a woman?!"
Surprised Starmer's Cabinet are still resigning as a decorum tactic.
For all the years of Trudeau's MPs corruption, whenever they got caught they'd just shrug their shoulders "So?"
Starmer is polling at 15%. That may be why.
No, it's because Starmer wanted Rayner gone. They've hated each other since the get-go. He was even so petty that he initially refused to let her live in the official Deputy PM's residence and put her in a house with a much longer commute to Westminster instead. Until this scandal broke, everyone was laying odds that she'd be the next PM: she was definitely gunning for his job. Starmer is likely the reason the tax story suddenly got so much airplay after the lefty media tried so hard to bury it.
The problem now is that Rayner was also the trade unions' main contact in cabinet, and the one they felt represented them. With her gone, a lot of trade union donations will dry up.
Also happening because of this is a cabinet reshuffle.
https://archive.ph/DGbxw
Shabana Mahmood is now Home Sec, Yvette Cooper is gone.
David Lammy is now Deputy PM, LOL LMAO
Lucy Powell is gone, if only Imp had lasted a few more weeks.
For those unaware of who these are.
Speaks for itself name wise for a Home Sec pick.
Actual retard. Look up the X Trend to see some examples of how completely retarded he is. When the Pope died he thought the white/black smoke thing was a matter of race.
The one who made jokes about rape gangs and called talk of rape gangs a dog whistle.
That's what many have been doing anyway so I'd be more surprised if they stopped.
LOL. That is an impressive achievement. I think he may tie Baerbock for the dumbest Foreign Secretary in human history.
If Labour makes it to an actual GE I will be impressed. Emergency GE seems far more likely.
Why would they call an election? They're coming third and fourth even when put against parties that don't yet exist. Maybe they'll call an election hoping that they can get to the election before Corbyn can get his party organized, but that's putting at risk 3 years of their rule for what exactly?
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/727309
Almost a million on the state petition website asking for a new one.
https://x.com/robertjenrick/status/1964005972457775549
Promotion for this DEI hire?
He's now Deputy PM and Justice Sec, so yes, and a disaster in the making.
If it goes really badly Starmer will suddenly die and one of these wonderful people take control of the country.
So she's resigning over something completely different to what's going on in government? I think she's just using the excuse to jump ship.
Just think. We might get lammy or Abbott as deputy pm.
God help us.
Lammy already is the new Deputy PM because of this recent shitshow.
There I was joking and it turned out to be true.
"Tax Blunder" = "Criminal Fraud"