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Who was that woman with Rishi Sunak just now at the palace?!

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NewsJunki · 25/10/2022 11:14

Is anyone watching the live news of Sunak going to meet the King? I just wondered who that woman was who was travelling with him and shook the hand of the man at the palace?! It wasn't his wife! The woman who got out the car looked like she was off on her commute or something! Carrying loads of random bags and wearing a puffa jacket! Grin

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NewsJunki · 25/10/2022 13:06

Yep @picky. I started a lighthearted thread going who's that woman, and you jumped in with your picky comments. You can resume trolling someone else now.

WinkWink

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PickySlackTastic · 25/10/2022 13:06

It’s such a depressing thread

PickySlackTastic · 25/10/2022 13:06

Do you know what trolling is @NewsJunki ?

Pixiedust1234 · 25/10/2022 13:06

I think the original post is valid. A major news outlet says the woman is his wife, op says it isn't so is asking who it is.

I don't really read about him or his wife but even I know she's a very smart lady, both clothing wise and business wise. No way in hell would she be like that woman, but that is not to say the woman is doing anything wrong. They just have totally different styles.

NewsJunki · 25/10/2022 13:07

Pixiedust1234 · 25/10/2022 13:06

I think the original post is valid. A major news outlet says the woman is his wife, op says it isn't so is asking who it is.

I don't really read about him or his wife but even I know she's a very smart lady, both clothing wise and business wise. No way in hell would she be like that woman, but that is not to say the woman is doing anything wrong. They just have totally different styles.

Thanks

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NewsJunki · 25/10/2022 13:09

@DisgruntledApothecarist how is this extremely unkind?:

It wasn't his wife! The woman who got out the car looked like she was off on her commute or something! Carrying loads of random bags and wearing a puffa jacket!

I mean I was expecting Ms Murthy who is known to be extremely elegant. My post is not extremely unkind at all! Just baffled!!

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BitOutOfPractice · 25/10/2022 13:09

MomwasCasual · 25/10/2022 11:33

Well she's obviously there in a key role, do we have to be so shocked and aghast that she's wearing a coat and boots in October Grin

Not every woman wants to wear power suits or look 'glam'

Except it's 18 degrees!

Saucery · 25/10/2022 13:10

Maybe she’s an MNer and thought “oh fuck, those vipers will be all over this dress, better put a coat on”

Lalalolol · 25/10/2022 13:11

Tabbouleh · 25/10/2022 11:48

He will fit right into Westminster then. Presumably he is not screwing his alleged mistress on the Downing street couch like Boris was, or paying the Times to cover it up like Boris did.

And whats the evidence of this BS? Seems like something made up by Jazzandblues. So far, Rishi Sunak has a pretty spotless personal history unlike Bojo, Liz Truss.

SimonJones · 25/10/2022 13:12

KettrickenSmiled · 25/10/2022 12:06

Very sad for him to go in alone though without his family.

For crying out loud.
Did your spouse accompany you to your new job?
Were you all sad that he wasn't walking you to the door of your new office?

He's not without his family - he is AT WORK.
And his wife is not obliged to be his support human or camera fodder.

This is spot on!

NewsJunki · 25/10/2022 13:13

PickySlackTastic · 25/10/2022 13:06

Do you know what trolling is @NewsJunki ?

Ooh do I? I know how to deal with them. Ignore! 🙉🙉🙉

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BigBagOfPasta · 25/10/2022 13:13

NewsJunki · 25/10/2022 11:14

Is anyone watching the live news of Sunak going to meet the King? I just wondered who that woman was who was travelling with him and shook the hand of the man at the palace?! It wasn't his wife! The woman who got out the car looked like she was off on her commute or something! Carrying loads of random bags and wearing a puffa jacket! Grin

It's a shock after the polish of Boris whoever she is. Hmm

Tabbouleh · 25/10/2022 13:13

Lalalolol · 25/10/2022 13:11

And whats the evidence of this BS? Seems like something made up by Jazzandblues. So far, Rishi Sunak has a pretty spotless personal history unlike Bojo, Liz Truss.

No evidence at all. I was being sarcastic. But I don't think I expressed that well. Sorry.

BitOutOfPractice · 25/10/2022 13:14

Lalalolol · 25/10/2022 13:11

And whats the evidence of this BS? Seems like something made up by Jazzandblues. So far, Rishi Sunak has a pretty spotless personal history unlike Bojo, Liz Truss.

Apart from the tax avoiding wife you mean?

vera99 · 25/10/2022 13:14

She shows him how to be normal when going in shops and the like stopping him trying to scan his Amex card and whispers in his ear that a pint of milk is 85p Rishi - that's why she dresses down aka. Rishi's bag lady...

Stravaig · 25/10/2022 13:14

Here you are, from the link @Phrenologistsfinger posted. Another senior aide of Sunak's, in what is apparently his characteristic attire. Let the double standards fly.

Who was that woman with Rishi Sunak just now at the palace?!
vera99 · 25/10/2022 13:15

Lalalolol · 25/10/2022 13:11

And whats the evidence of this BS? Seems like something made up by Jazzandblues. So far, Rishi Sunak has a pretty spotless personal history unlike Bojo, Liz Truss.

He does coke though ...

antelopevalley · 25/10/2022 13:16

Pixiedust1234 · 25/10/2022 13:06

I think the original post is valid. A major news outlet says the woman is his wife, op says it isn't so is asking who it is.

I don't really read about him or his wife but even I know she's a very smart lady, both clothing wise and business wise. No way in hell would she be like that woman, but that is not to say the woman is doing anything wrong. They just have totally different styles.

I agree with this. I saw this on TV and wondered who she was. I read this thread because I thought someone would have been able to say oh that's x who is y.

It is a perfectly normal question to ask. If mumsnet was not so weird I would think the over the top responses means there is something strange going on.

Preeeettyprettygood · 25/10/2022 13:16

KettrickenSmiled · 25/10/2022 12:34

Probably prompted by OP's baffling lack of clarity in her OP & later drip feed that she was querying the BBC's mistake, & in fact NOT wondering why he was seen with A Woman Who Is Not His Wife@Preeeettyprettygood - but noted, ta.

Fair play and thanks for being a good sport 😀

NewsJunki · 25/10/2022 13:16

Apart from the tax avoiding wife you mean?

To be fair @BitOutOfPractice she never actually did anything wrong or broke the rules but the optics didn't look right so now she pays double the tax. Rightly so in my opinion! But she wasn't actually tax avoiding per se, as the non-domiciled residents tax on foreign income is set up that way. The whole system needs changing.

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vera99 · 25/10/2022 13:17

Stravaig · 25/10/2022 13:14

Here you are, from the link @Phrenologistsfinger posted. Another senior aide of Sunak's, in what is apparently his characteristic attire. Let the double standards fly.

obviously a bisexual coke addict then 😂

NewsJunki · 25/10/2022 13:17

Stravaig · 25/10/2022 13:14

Here you are, from the link @Phrenologistsfinger posted. Another senior aide of Sunak's, in what is apparently his characteristic attire. Let the double standards fly.

But the BBC aren't reporting that's his husband.

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bornonvalentines · 25/10/2022 13:17

Elizabeth Peralman

NewsJunki · 25/10/2022 13:18

@antelopevalley thank you for bringing some sanity. It's like a weird matrix in here isn't it.

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BitOutOfPractice · 25/10/2022 13:18

Yes the system is wrong and so are people who take advantage of it to avoid tax. Especially when they still have billions in the bank. It is NOT a good look for the (then) Chancellor's wife at all.