Nrft - but doom saying "is all mouth and no substance, with a narcissistic arrogance and a narrow mind. And I use the term "mind" loosely" is, imvoho a tautology - she's a politician. Most are like that, chasing promotion and changing their minds over
claiming expenses as an employee - ie providing receipts - no
getting redundancy pay - dressed up as "resettlement grant" - yes
paying capital gains tax on profits on sale of second home - depends which 'home' has increased in value most - that's the main one on the day, else it's the other one.....
With very few exceptions, and over 50 years of talking about politics, off the top of my head, 2 that don't fit that, not in any order, and from both sides
Frank Field
Enoch Powell
Both dared to think the unthinkable, and say it.
Frank Field wanted to overhaul the benefits system, make it fairer, and Blair sacked him, as it would have cost him votes. The tax and benefit systems aren't fit for purpose and need to be integrated. It's a nonsense to have a system where people earning £15k a year pay tax so that someone else can get £50k in benefits that are free of tax. No government will ever have the political will to do it. Well, unless the IMF forces them to do so the next time UK Plc is going bust.
Enoch Powell warned about uncontrolled immigration involving the lack of assimilation, making a classical reference that few really understood. He was, to an extent, sadly proved right by events in Germany over the New Year.