Police dropped an investigation to Angela Rayner's living arrangements yesterday – but her former neighbours were left furious.
The deputy Labour leader will face no further action by officers over questions about where she was living when she sold her Right-to-Buy home.
Announcing their decision, Greater Manchester Police said it had also passed information on to Stockport Council and HMRC, but they too will be taking no further action against the Ashton-under-Lyne MP.
We've imported the equivalent population of a dodgy Third World corrupt kleptocracy, so why not go the whole hog and adopt their methods too?
Sylvia Hampson, 83, had claimed that Ms Rayner was living next door to her in a terraced home – owned by her then husband, Mark Rayner – in Lowndes Lane in Stockport for a good 'six or seven years', rather than in the ex-council house she later sold.
The mother-of-two, who gave evidence to the police investigation, said: 'It's bloody ridiculous. 'I know the truth and so does my son. She was definitely living next door to me and she knows she was.'I guess you won't be voting Labour then?
Chris Hinett, 64, who lives a few doors down from the house where Ms Rayner claimed she lived in Vicarage Road, Stockport, also reacted with anger.The car salesman said of her being cleared: 'It's disgusting. I co-operated with the police but when they knock on my door next time, I won't bother.
'It's the police's job to investigate election law. She is potentially going to the next deputy prime minister – it's not right.'
They've declined to do their job. Which shouldn't really come as a surprise to anyone.
"when they knock on my door next time, I won't bother. "
ReplyDeleteI'm trying to remember how many years ago it was when I said the same thing. More than ten...
She's dropped her estranged husband right in the sh*t. If her CGT PPR claim was totally legit then that makes his fraudulent, as a married couple are only allowed one PPR allowance, not two. I wonder if he's now going to have to pay for her actions?
ReplyDeleteDid anyone really expect any other outcome in Belsen Burnham's fiefdom?
ReplyDeleteI would suggest that there are quite a few senior Met Police officers hoping for honours and awards from the incoming Labour government, following their decision to take no further action. Likewise those with offices on the top floors of the local authority and HMRC. Perhaps our noses will really be rubbed in the dirt by having Rayner as the next housing minister?
ReplyDeletePenseivat
Just think folks, she will be one heartbeat away from the top job.
ReplyDelete"I'm trying to remember how many years ago it was when I said the same thing. More than ten..."
ReplyDeleteAnd who could blame you?
"She's dropped her estranged husband right in the sh*t. If her CGT PPR claim was totally legit then that makes his fraudulent, as a married couple are only allowed one PPR allowance, not two. I wonder if he's now going to have to pay for her actions?"
I suspect he'll benefit from the same leniency.
"Did anyone really expect any other outcome in Belsen Burnham's fiefdom?"
No, actually. It was as inevitable as Trump's guilty verdict.
"I would suggest that there are quite a few senior Met Police officers hoping for honours and awards from the incoming Labour government..."
And they are bound to get them too!
"Just think folks, she will be one heartbeat away from the top job."
*shudders*