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[Andy_Faber]

Assuming you mean Rayner, then only time will tell.

Her statement does seem reasonable and the suggestion is she has made a mistake rather than break any laws.

Of course Badenoch is all over it calling for her to quit. Ed Daveys response seems more considered.

If it comes out it was a deliberate act and proves to be unlawful then calls for her to quit might be valid.

I agree with that, my comment related to double standards amongst our forum members

[ramAnag]

I agree with that, my comment related to double standards amongst our forum members

You must have missed post #4035.

[swaledale]

I agree with that, my comment related to double standards amongst our forum members

Double standards? Mm perhaps you mean I haven't reacted to the latest Daily Fail attack on Rayner, following on from the numerous inconsequential stories about her holidays, what she wears, her socialising etc. etc.

At this moment in time the story appears to be a divorced woman buys a flat, but because she has an interest (in that she sometimes lives there with her children from her previous marriage she co-parents) in that property (she doesn't own it but benefits by living there0) it still counts a residence, which means the advice she was given re stamp duty wasn't correct. Shock horror.

I see no evidence of corruption here, bad advice perhaps? I mean there was also a lot of guff about her ministerial "grace and favour" apartment which goes with the job.

As far as I can see at the moment its an honest mistake based on advice she was given, I suspect many people aren't aware that even if you don't own a property, if you have a beneficial interest in one and you buy another that property counts as a second home for stamp duty purposes.

Yes if politically minded one could insinuate that Rayner as trying to avoid paying the additional stamp duty, neither you nor I or indeed the media know that.

Compared to say Jenrick doing a favour on planning for a Tory donor, Zahawi issuing legal threats over his tax affairs or others who own a stream of investment properties I'm really not sure how its that much of an issue, unless of course the enquiry demonstrates that she acted dishonestly, rather than under mistaken advice.

The fact that you have assumed corruption, kind of demonstrates that your personal bias is overriding, your claimed equable and even handed approach to life. Or that you believe everything that is in reported the media or internet which confirms your views which is perhaps an example of a blinkered thinking that you accuse me of.