Die stellvertretende Premierministerin Angela Rayner tritt zurück, nachdem sie zugegeben hat, dass sie nicht genug Steuern bezahlt hat | Politiknachrichten

Canadian Parliament would be empty if they started owning up to this.

Imagine the American Presidents tax evasion!

Wait ain’t this the lady always saying she was poor or something. And always bitching about the rich avoiding the taxes.

Someone has dirt on her and this is just an excuse to avoid the real reason she is leaving.

Confused by the wording so I seek britbong advice for once.

How can she pay „not enough“? Is this just a word for fraud or did she literally just not pay her dues? If it’s the latter – is there something fraudulent in itself missing a payment? This article makes it sound like something you can forget or unable to pay, which doesn’t sound that bad per se

It was inevitable as you can’t continue in that role after dodging tax.

You can tell she deliberately did it because she tried to throw her conveyancing solicitor under the bus for it. For those that don’t know your solicitor doesn’t advise on tax issues. That’s not their job.

I wish the US had this standard.

I think this is what politics looks like with the grown-ups back in charge.

We had 14 years of conservatives, and the last few years were just scandal after scandal with no real consequences.

Really, it’s not something that should be quite as shocking as it is for a politician to step back after a scandal like this. This is just how it should be.

These people are not alm the same. Conservatives survived much worse scandals, we have guys who have been hiding money in offshore accounts.

These people are not all the same because the decent politicians take the hit, take the punishment, and, in this case, resign

At least she resigns. Here in Spain our governments never do it, I would be a wet dream to see it

I think the main takeaway here is that the tax code should be simplified. Here’s an MP who got tripped up by it while trying to comply with the law.

This happens to loads of people – most don’t lose their jobs and honestly Revenue in Ireland is pretty forgiving about these things. But it would be better if the rules were made less confusing for everyone.

She should have blamed AI.

I had very high expectations for Angela Rayner, not only for her profile and background, but work in opposition in the previous governments. Quite disappointed that once again, the politicians you get to trust and expect to do better will also be corrupt.

No wonder no one trusts politicians anymore, and this will only give strength to the openly dishonest ones.

They are all as bad as each other.

So she’s resigned; a meaningless gesture. She can earn more in the private sector, and if she so desires will find her way back into the upper levels of politics at some point. No real consequences for her.