Friday, 5 September 2025

Raynor Had To Go

I always liked Angela Raynor and always hoped that at some point she would take over from Keir Starmer and become the Prime Minster but that ship has well and truly sailed now that she has been caught out cheating on her taxes.
Now i don't even understand my own taxed let alone somebody elses but i never swallowed that 'I Took Advice' alibi as to why she had underpaid £40,000 of Tax on her second home and when the people she allegedly took the advice from came out and said they never, it was obvious she had been caught out and had to resign.
At least she fell on her sword but when you are one of the rule makers, to then get caught not following your own rules and breaching the ministerial code stinks so as much as i like her, it is right that she has been removed from Government and hard to see how she could ever be anything than a back-bencher now.
To make it even more of a farce, Rachel Reeves is thought to be considering higher property taxes in November’s budget in part at the prompting of Rayner herself who suggested to the chancellor raising stamp duty on commercial properties, warning that the existing 5% rate was encouraging individuals to buy properties through shell companies.
The worst thing is that after the Conservative such as Rishi Sunak's wife, Nadhim Zahawi and now Angela Raynor, it gives the impression that all politicians are as bad as each other and hot on the heels of the latest case, it is revealed that Nigel Farage diverts his earnings through his own private company so he pays less tax as a result so it gives the impression they are all at it.
The truth is Raynor attempted to dodge tax, then lied about it so she had to go as does anyone no matter who they are.