Saturday 13 April 2024

Labour Shouldn't Take Supporters For Mugs

The Angela Raynor Capital Gains Tax dodging accusations rumbles on and as big as a fan of her and Labour i am, if she did deliberately avoid paying her share of tax when she sold her home, then she should resign or be sacked immediately because the (hopefully) incoming Labour Party have to been seen to be squeaky clean after years of them highlighting Conservative Party corruption, sleaze and dodgy dealings.
The worst possible outcome would be for Raynor to be found guilty and then refuse to put her hands up and admit to and fall on her sword because that would leave Labour open to allegations that they are as corrupt, sleazy and dodgy as the Conservatives and the biggest Labour selling point is that they are NOT the Conservatives.
That she has not presented the 'advice' she was given that she had no Capital Gains to pay when she sold her house and killed the 'chatter' immediately is concerning and just allowed the Conservatives and their friends in the right wing media to target her and initiate a Police investigation and reminding her that when Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak were being investigated by police over Partygate, she suggested they should stand down.
Keir Starmer is currently supporting her although he has claimed that he hasn't seen the 'advice' personally but MP's in the Labour Party had better get used to this level of scrutiny, and how they are dealt with by the senior Politicians, because it is only going to grow.   
I hope Raynor is innocent and i sincerely hope that HMRC and the Police find her not guilty of any tax dodging but as Tony Blair discovered, us Labour supporters will ditch you if you don't play by the rules we believe you should be playing by.

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