It’s honestly gross that the Tories have twice successfully put political pressure on the police to investigate innocent Labour MPs.
Reminder: all this incorrect fuss about a potential couple of thousands of tax is just to distract from the former actual Conservative Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi having to settle an unpaid tax dispute from HMRC of how much now? An estimated £5,000,000. Yes, five million pounds.
And he breached the ministerial code three times that I know of: he didn’t declare to officials that he was under investigation by HMRC when he was appointed Chancellor by Conservative Chancer-in-Chief Boris Johnson, he didn’t declare that he’d paid a settlement for tax avoidance when he was appointed to cabinet by Conservative Economy-Crasher-in-Chief Liz Truss, nor when appointed again by Conservative Chaos-and-Non-Chief Rishi Sunak.
£5,000,000. When ordinary folk don’t pay their taxes, it’s called tax evasion, it’s a crime, and you go to prison. When rich people don’t pay tax, it’s called tax avoidance, and if they’re found out as breaking the rules, they pay a bit more than they would have done and no-one goes to prison.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/29/nadhim-zahawi-sacked-tory-party-chair-tax-affairs-rishi-sunak https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/15/nadhim-zahawi-to-pay-millions-in-tax-after-dispute-over-family-finances
Labour have to be held to a higher standard for some reason. Probably like you say, to distract from the awful stuff Conservatives do.
Good, she’s one of the best things about Labour and her, plus a few others like Jess Phillips, worry the Tories because they connect with ordinary voters in a way Starmer and the rest can’t. Hence, such a concerted effort to try and take her out of the equation.
We all know that well-funded Tory wonks will have been doggedly scouring for any sign of wrongdoing by Labour politicians & activists, so it is notable that the most they’ve been able to dig up after all that effort is this possible error which turned out to not even be that.
it might have done its job anyway, incoming labour gov will be shit up about reform let alone abolition of right to buy even if any of them ever might have considered it in the first place
Cleared by HMRC now as well and the council.
Looks like the Tories using the police to smear an opponent. Again.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Angela Rayner has been cleared of any potential criminal wrongdoing over claims she avoided tax over the sale of a home, with Greater Manchester police saying it would take no action against the Labour deputy leader.
“Following allegations about Angela Rayner MP, Greater Manchester police has completed a thorough, carefully considered and proportionate investigation,” a spokesperson for the force said.
“The investigation originated from complaints made by Mr James Daly MP directly to GMP.
Subsequent further contact with GMP by members of the public, and claims made by individuals featured in media reporting, indicated a strong public interest in the need for allegations to be investigated.
GMP has liaised with Stockport council and information about our investigation has been shared with them.
Details of our investigation have also been shared with His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.”
The original article contains 166 words, the summary contains 136 words. Saved 18%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!
I hope James Daly loses his seat in Parliament. Permanently.
He lost his seat! Let’s hope it’s forever.
