I don't want to see any more of Andy Burnham in his t-shirt, singing, dancing, eating pork scratchings, going for a run, taking ยฃ30,000 internal flights and being all 'man of the people' in his Scouse accent.
I just want him to stop the bloody boats.
๐ฅ Angela Raynerโs HEATED CLASH with Rob Rinder on GMB exposes hypocrisy over the money.
Rinder put it to her straight:
โWhen Conservative ministers did that and you described them as having a staggering lack of shame. Youโre back as Housing Secretary and youโve kept the money so help me understand why that isnโt hypocritical?โ
Rayner claimed her case is different because those Tories were only in the job for weeks, while she was there for nearly a year:
โPeople were in government for a number of weeks in some cases and accepted sums of severances in the thousands, only to return to government weeks later.โ
Rinder wasnโt buying it:
โA number of people didnโt come back and they kept the money, you said they had a staggering lack of shame โ but in your case that doesnโt apply?โ
Her reply:
โIf youโve been in the job for a couple of weeks and accepted thousands of pounds, that is very different from the circumstances that I was in.โ
No, Angela. Itโs no different. You were in the job for under a year, had to resign over unpaid tax allegations, took the ยฃ16,876 severance, then returned to the exact same role and kept every penny.
You should hand that money back. You are a shameless money-grabbing hypocrite!
Whatโs worse is that youโve spent years lecturing others about their behaviour, yet the moment you step into government you do the very same thing. Disgraceful.
The Southport monster being transferred to a hospital instead of prison sums up broken Britain.
He butchered 3 little girls but now the state prioritises his โmental healthโ.
To add insult to injury, his cost to the taxpayer will almost TRIPLE to ยฃ270,000 per year.
Sickening.
Angela Rayner didnโt just underpay roughly ยฃ40,000 of stamp duty on her Hove flat and breach the ministerial code โ she then pocketed a ยฃ16,876 โgolden goodbyeโ for resigning over it, funded entirely by the taxpayers she short-changed.
Now Andy Burnham has simply reinstated her as Housing Secretary, same department, same brief, same salary, as if nothing happened โ while she keeps the cash for a job sheโs now doing again.
Ministers are supposed to get severance if they leave office โ Rayner turned it into a revolving-door bonus: resign in โdisgraceโ, bank 25% of your ministerial salary, then stroll back in with your mate in No10.
If this were any other workplace, it would be called what it is: taking money under false pretences. Why should families who pay every penny of their tax bill fund a redundancy payment for a minister who wasnโt actually made redundant?