British politics, which often prides itself on Victorian decorum, has just gifted us a tax farce. Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, after weeks of denying any irregularity, finally admitted she saved £40,000 in stamp duty when buying an £800,000 flat in Hove, East Sussex.
The trick was simple: declaring her “main residence” by the sea rather than in her Greater Manchester constituency. A classic case of creative accounting Dickens himself might have envied.
Rayner explained she spoke with her family and ex-husband, who —she assures us— was “incredibly understanding.” Naturally, understanding comes easily when the taxman collects less. Even exes applaud such thrift.
Keir Starmer rushed to her defense, denouncing plots and slander. But the issue is not what others say, it’s what stands in black and white at the Treasury.
Rayner, with the air of a martyr, confessed she considered resigning… although resignation is rarely as attractive as pocketing £40,000 in tax relief.
Because in politics, as in life, it is not enough to seem honest. One must occasionally be.
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