To think Farage surely has to go

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So Farage has some dodgy private company set up to avoid paying tax. Is he being pressured to resign as head of Reform? Of course not. Because he’s an entitled privileged man.

The double standards are incredible really. Here’s the story https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/05/nigel-farage-uses-private-company-to-pay-less-tax-on-gb-news-earnings

While I think Rayner had to resign, why are the same standards not being applied?

The main difference (apart from the evasion v avoidance aspect 🙄) is the hypocrisy of Rayner.

Oh what a shock… a socialist who doesn’t want to pay tax. Socialists think tax should be paid for by other people. They’re right wing when it comes to paying their own tax.

What if nobody offers you a job? I know someone who’s applied for over 100 jobs without a single offer.

It still still be alot cheaper than importing yet more low paid workers (as you should know workers have to earn £40k + to be a net contributor). And it's alot cheaper than paying people benefits rather than paying them a decent wage to do the jobs that need doing.

She doesn’t have a leg to stand on. She was advised to seek specialist advice and didn’t. Streeting and co can’t even lie on her behalf anymore.

When MPs can’t do that on the morning media rounds that person is out.

It’s a bit pathetic to see Rayner fans starting these threads. Farage will be the next PM. Get used to it.

You have to upskill, start a business or take jobs you think are beneath you. Or all three.

Yes, Labour are incredibly keen to inflict socialism on everyone but themselves.

That’s usually the way isn’t it

Well we had 14 years of Conservatism inflicted on us so it’s your turn now. Not that this is a remotely socialist government, it’s Tory lite.

Yes this is an example of the punitive undertone of socialism, dissent will be punished ( in the case of this Government, punished via your children).

No idea what that means. Could you speak English, please?

Yes, sorry.

Punitive :Inflicting or intended as punishment
Undertone: unspoken, implied meaning or emotion
Dissent:to publicly disagree with an official opinion or decision
Socialism: economic stagnation due to limited innovation and private enterprise, suppression of individual freedom and choice through central planning, and a tendency for wealth inequality between the ruling class and the governed.

Doesn’t help. I was thinking more of an intelligible sentence, not a definition of the odd word or two.

You didn’t have true Conservatism inflicted on you either.

At least we’ve only got another 4 years of this lot, at the very most.

They weren’t tax advisors. They said to get tax advice. She either didn’t bother (in which case she’s an idiot) or thought she’d chance it and pay the lower amount (which at least risks tax evasion). She’s bang to rights and to be fair to her, seems to have seen that herself. I doubt she’ll be lying in bed blaming anyone but herself.

She didn’t make a mistake she ignored advice.

Well despite all the vitriolic posts against your point of view OP, the polling on this thread means that the majority of us believe that you are not being unreasonable.Farage is a grifter who cares for no-one besides him and his rich "mates".

Rayner made a mistake.She was just trying to do the best she could for her family and has paid heavily for it.Hopefully she, and Louise Haigh (another female Labour minister unfairly hounded by our wonderful media) will be back in due course to hold the real dangers to account.

What is true Conservatism?

The last 14 years gave us austerity and brexit

She was just trying to do the best she could for her family

Wtf do you think people wanting to pass inheritance on, send their kids to independent schools, have some of their salary left after tax and pass on family farms are trying to do? Her arrogance and greed caused the issue and her vindictive self righteous hypocritical narcissism is why people are so happy karma caught up with her.

Go where exactly?

He’s the leader of a political party lecturing everyone else on how they should live while taking the piss.

She was literally the deputy leader of the entire country lecturing everyone else on how they should live while taking the piss! Massive difference.

No difference at all. If Farage were to become PM he’d be subject to the Ministerial Code. I don’t imagine he’d have a Damescene conversion. He’d still be a grifter.

Not quite the same as being ordered by court to set up a trust fund for your disabled child

Thank God for that if it would have been worse than what we did have to endure. It was quite bad enough as it was.

Well said @valeriekat,I agree entirely.

I’m so glad the sneering, cheating woman has gone. Good riddance.

I’m not a fan of Lammy either but hopefully they’ll all be gone at the soonest opportunity anyway.