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Angela Rayner cleared by HMRC. What a coincidence!

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Primrose53 Thu 14-May-26 08:36:02

Perfect timing! Investigations into her tax dealings have been going on for 9 months and today, just before the leadership challenge, she is miraculously cleared.

She resigned after investigations found she breached the ministerial code by underpaying on a property tax.
Why did she resign if she felt she had done nothing wrong?
How come all those months have passed and bang on time she gets cleared.
It is just too much of a coincidence and is, quite honestly, laughable. 🤣
Mind you, if she becomes PM that will be even more hilarious.

MartavTaurus Thu 14-May-26 08:41:27

Mind you, if she becomes PM that will be even more hilarious.

Especially if she comes up against Kemi given her yesterday's on fire performance in the House!

Actually I quite like AR as a person, just not her politics and her tax dealings.

Maremia Thu 14-May-26 08:44:34

People are hounded out of office. I'm am sure you have seen that, in a media frenzy.
She has been found not guilty.
To keep referring back to her 'offence', might be venturing into the zone of slander.

GrannyGravy13 Thu 14-May-26 08:48:10

I think the timing of her hastily arranged interview with Paul Brand is anything but coincidence.

LadyGracie Thu 14-May-26 09:01:55

She paid her £40k debt, she wasn’t cleared.
Nice to have a spare £40k lying around.

eazybee Thu 14-May-26 09:11:47

Angela Rayner was not hounded out of office. The discrepencies in her sale and purchase of property in Ashton and Hove were investigated, and Sir Laurie Magnus,PM's Independent Advisor on Ministers' Interest advised:
"Her unfortunate failure to settle her SDLT liability at the correct level, coupled with the fact that this was only established following intense public scrutiny, leads me to advise you that in matters relating to this matter she cannot be considered to have met the highest possible conduct as envisaged by the code, Therefore I inform you that in these circumstances the code has been breached."
Not hounded, investigated and found wanting.
And (some) people think this woman is a possibility for Prime Minister.