She was therefore threatening to them, because she authentically spoke for the same people they (erroneously) claim to speak for and could not be dismissed as a liberal elite- their favoured tactic with anyone they don’t like.
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She should be held up as a great British success instead they attacked her at every opportunity. If she had been American she would have been lauded.
sep 5, 2025, 6:47 pm • 0 0 • view
Given Reform’s rise I’d question how authentic her voice of the working class was. The working class is now seemingly “best” represented by posh racists ie Powell Johnson and Farage. Most seem happy to throw their lot in with those people rather than any who want to improve their lives.
sep 5, 2025, 2:23 pm • 1 0 • view
She spent most of the past year holding on to Labour's RW party lines 🤷🏼♀️ This week alone we've had a whole bunch of RW culture war bs coming from the cabinet, and she spoke up for none of their targets. They hate her for being Labour as to the RW, Labour is always LW, even when they go hard right.
sep 5, 2025, 1:07 pm • 2 0 • view
And YET despite that authenticity these very same people she actually did speak for have turned on her if vox pops are to be believed - and not because of some heightened moral standing but because of envy and bloodlust and because they are drunk on the prejuduice and fantasies of Reform.
sep 5, 2025, 12:01 pm • 7 0 • view
As soon as the media caught wind of the story they've been after her, and have made her front page news every step of the way. Not sure who they're next target will be now they've succeeded, probably Reeves, but they will have another target in mind.
sep 5, 2025, 12:31 pm • 4 0 • view
She’s therefore been the subject to endless snobbery and classism and extra scrutiny from day 1- another reason she was foolish not to be meticulous.
sep 5, 2025, 11:56 am • 403 38 • view
It's a sad reflection that even Sir Magnus was hinting in his letter that these were the rules you signed up to (but the Tory government didn't). Live by the sword die by the sword.
sep 5, 2025, 12:27 pm • 0 0 • view
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sep 5, 2025, 12:29 pm • 0 0 • view
Reform/Tory politicians will never be held to the same scrutiny as other parties - it's not an even playing field. The class system in this country is appalling and awesome, working class women working for equality, are perceived as a threat and must be taken down by any means.
sep 5, 2025, 12:17 pm • 4 1 • view
She will be a massive loss to the party and to ordinary people in the country who she did huge amounts in that first year. The right wing press have got her scalp after years of trying.
sep 5, 2025, 12:01 pm • 5 0 • view
What about Farage's Mortgage arrangements
sep 5, 2025, 12:03 pm • 0 0 • view
RW stochastic terrorism "they only have to get lucky once"
sep 5, 2025, 12:12 pm • 0 0 • view
Yes, she should have been more alert. They tried to nobble her in 2024 with some confected BS and failed. But they were never going to stop there, for all the reasons you list. So frustrating. bsky.app/profile/paul...
sep 5, 2025, 3:21 pm • 11 1 • view
How many conservative MPs would be sitting in jail?
sep 5, 2025, 7:45 pm • 1 0 • view
Sad to see her go but good Rayner has shown she has integrity & resigned. Pity Johnson, Sunak, Zahawi etc etc didn't also have the same integrity. Oh and that woman who crashed the UK economy.. Plus the guy who lobbied Congress against the UK this week. Didn't see the media circus questioning him.
sep 5, 2025, 5:44 pm • 10 4 • view
The lack of coverage on C4, BBC and Sky of Congressman Jamie Raskin holding Farage's hypocritical feet to the fire is bloody infuriating.
sep 5, 2025, 7:41 pm • 8 1 • view
Surely there is a genuine possibility that he has broken the law by working against the country. He is elected to serve. I keep hoping Ed Davey might say something about it, he hasn’t been slowing criticizing Farage.
sep 5, 2025, 7:46 pm • 5 0 • view
From the Libdems bsky.app/profile/huff...
sep 5, 2025, 9:15 pm • 3 1 • view
I've no idea what the laws are regarding treason but judging by the comments of those who know their political history, his actions are pretty much unprecedented. Certainly, for a sitting MP. Not to mention the leader of a political party.
sep 5, 2025, 7:53 pm • 6 0 • view
I don’t think I’ve discounted somebody actually complaining. I just think they would want the evidence maybe first. You need to double check what it was that he said under oath and then have the evidence of the journalists that he banned, and then of course his threat of tariffs
sep 5, 2025, 7:55 pm • 3 0 • view
It certainly is infuriating. BBC showed a short carefully edited extract so viewers received a distorted report of his bluster and being ahem, economical with the truth under oath at Congress.
sep 5, 2025, 8:34 pm • 1 0 • view
Inexplicably, Channel 4 news did the same. ☹️
sep 5, 2025, 8:35 pm • 1 0 • view
Yes I’m disappointed in Ch4. They’re usually in-depth with their questioning but for some reason they’re giving Farage an easy ride.
sep 5, 2025, 8:48 pm • 0 0 • view
And also misogyny. The combination really poisoned some people's minds.
sep 5, 2025, 11:59 am • 36 0 • view
When I often talk about US politics, when female politicians of a certain political persuasion are brought up, I always see them described as "that woman." See also Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris.
sep 5, 2025, 12:00 pm • 19 0 • view
Exactly this.
sep 5, 2025, 12:01 pm • 7 0 • view
💯 this. Put far more eloquently than I could manage.
sep 5, 2025, 11:57 am • 3 0 • view
Agree with you completely but in the end she was brought down by her own greed. But while she remains an MP, and if enough time passes between now and Starmer resigning/being forced out, I still think she's favourite to be next Labour leader.
sep 5, 2025, 12:04 pm • 1 0 • view
I thought AR was fabulous and I think the resignation was a mistake. I loved to watch the posh boys squirm when faced with a fiesty working class woman. She was proper Labour.
sep 5, 2025, 12:03 pm • 2 1 • view
100% on this Lewis and Labour generally. What I cannot understand is why she just did not pay full stamp duty and take no chances. She was on a Cabinet salary of £140k, expenses on top and will never need to look for another job given her connections/profile.
sep 5, 2025, 12:00 pm • 3 0 • view
You’re assuming she tried to avoid tax. Maybe it was an honest mistake?
sep 5, 2025, 12:58 pm • 1 0 • view
Well, we can only hope that Tory and Reform MPs will be held to the same scrutiny and act accordingly. Not something they have ever done in the past!
sep 5, 2025, 11:59 am • 6 0 • view
Very true Lewis. I feel sorry for Rayner but it was naive to imagine the press wouldn’t uncover the issues surrounding the purchase of the Brighton flat.
sep 5, 2025, 12:01 pm • 1 0 • view
What utter tripe. Not a single member of the last government would have resigned over this.
sep 5, 2025, 12:37 pm • 3 0 • view
The difference is the member of the last govt wouldn’t have had such a level of attack from the media. The media have been salivating over this. Different treatment for Zahawi and Hunt methinks.
sep 5, 2025, 12:48 pm • 1 0 • view
One has to work twice as hard when coming from a subordinate or marginalised position.
sep 5, 2025, 8:36 pm • 1 0 • view
I hope she gets advice from Mandelson on speedy return route
sep 5, 2025, 12:00 pm • 0 0 • view
I've annoyed some mates by saying similar. She was careless and I can't for the life of me understand why as an experienced politician she let that happen. A little hubristic maybe?
sep 5, 2025, 5:57 pm • 1 0 • view
How about she did what most buyers would have done in the same circumstance?
sep 5, 2025, 6:51 pm • 1 0 • view
True but most buyers are not relentlessly critiqued by a right wing press. She did make a mistake but in politics that's not allowed...
sep 5, 2025, 6:57 pm • 0 0 • view
Spot on! The lack of rigour is baffling
sep 5, 2025, 8:06 pm • 0 0 • view
Very true. The media landscape we inhabit means any big complex purchase or investment she would ever make would have to be absolutely meticulous. Why doesn't the Labour party have a legal and compliance officer that can help with these things for their senior politicians?
sep 5, 2025, 6:52 pm • 0 0 • view
It's incredible to me that she wasn't more careful with her financial affairs precisely because of that heightened scrutiny.
sep 5, 2025, 12:08 pm • 2 0 • view