SO how much did you smoke on your summer vacation? Wait, let me guess.
Was it so much more than you bargained for that you wouldn’t dare open a credit card account without sitting down with a heavy shot of whiskey?
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Angela Rayner leaves her flat in Westminster with her dapper man at the time, then Labor MP Sam Tarry Credit: Ray Collins
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In many ways, her gluttony of gifts is worse than Free Gear Keiro’s because of who she presented herself in public lifeCredit: PA
That’s what I thought. That’s the thing about holidays. They cost a bomb.
Unless, of course, you happen to be Angela Rayner, the “I’m so bloody normal” Deputy Prime Minister.
Down-to-earth Ange isn’t too worried about how much her hair will cost because, well, someone else usually makes the investment.
You might remember that sickening video of her dancing behind the DJ booth at the fancy Hi Ibiza club that surfaced recently.
This was accompanied by some equally conspicuous outpourings from never-kissed Tory dudes, hyperventilating on Twitter/X about how great it is that we have a fun-loving senior member of the government.
“Go Ange, throw them shapes, baby,” they shouted, patting themselves on the back for voting for someone with that.
‘Avin’ it Ange hit back at all critics of her cheeky moves, declaring: “Yes, I’m working class. I love dancing.” It’s as if dancing is exclusively a working class activity.
Anyway, her “out out” night was paid for by someone else – her agent DJ friend, to be precise – for an £836 techno tune.
We know this because she was just forced to tell us through the interest register of parliamentarians.
This is the same register where she reported another free holiday over New Year’s last year, this time a five-night stay in a lavish £2m apartment in New York, which she estimated was worth just £1,250.
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That apartment, complete with a jacuzzi and a “breathtaking” view of the Empire State Building, was owned by . . . you guessed it, Labour’s favorite Lord Waheed Alli (currently under investigation for his interests by House of Lords watchdogs).
Feisty Ange, MP for Ashton-under-Lyne, who earns at least £91,346 a year plus a ministerial allowance of £31,600, also used the flat to entertain her posh man at the time, then Labor MP Sam Tarry.
Oh, and before you think it’s a little strange that an elected representative accepts such lavish gifts from people who might want a favor in return, she insisted that Lord Alli – who also donated £21,200 to her for “support” in her role as deputy Labor leader and “assuming parliamentary duties” — he did not ask for anything.
Oh no, it was just a friend helping a friend.
But Spongerla doesn’t like getting things from just her “friends” (she’s another one who likes her free clothes, too).
She doesn’t even mind putting her hands in our pockets.
Remember when she bought a bunch of fancy Apple gear, including an iPad and some £249 AirPods and sent us the taxpayers the bill?
She even tried to put another pair of £139 AirPods on the charge until The Sun exposed it and she got the money back.
Around this time she was on her soapbox criticizing the Tories – she calls them “scum”, our Ange – for their “catalogue of rubbish”, insisting that Labor introduce “high standards for all public spending”.
Well, now we know her high standards when it comes to filling boots.
With Free Ibiza now under the microscope, Spongerl’s throwing is finally — and deservedly — in the spotlight.
In many ways, her gluttony of gifts is worse than Free Gear Keiro’s because of how she presents herself in public life.
The damage is done
She would like us to believe that she is one of us, our representative on Planet Politician – a selfless working class woman from the people.
This is exactly the picture she would like her £68,000-a-year, taxpayer-funded photographer to take.
There are now demands that he pay back the £836 along with Sir Keir’s nonsensical list of freebies he is returning.
Honestly, I don’t care if they do or not. The damage is done.
Spongerla showed us that she can be just as graceful a “public servant” as the rest of them.
Meanwhile, the list of Labor faces looking for football tickets continues.
This week it was the turn of the enigmatic Sue Gray — because that’s who she is — to score another own goal for Labor after it emerged she had taken free tickets to Tottenham Hotspur matches.
No wonder we plebs are struggling to secure seats for the Prem – the stands are full of free “socialists”.
Stan is a real man – and Donald will hate him
This week I saw a fantastic movie – The Apprentice.
Charting the rise of the old great himself, Donald J. Trump, it’s a superbly executed study of megalomania.
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Sebastian Stan as Trump, pictured with Marija Bakalova as Ivana in The ApprenticeCredit: AP
Trump will privately hate it, not least because it shows him raping his own wife, Ivana, moments after he humiliated her by coldly telling her he was no longer attracted to her.
(Ivana, who died in 2022, once suggested that he raped her, but he denied it and was never charged with it or any rape.)
With the film released on October 18 in the UK – just weeks before the US election – Trump’s haters will be hoping to damage his bid to become president again. I doubt it.
Don will dismiss it in his signature style: “Very bad movie, maybe the worst movie ever made, the guy who plays me is a loser,” etc.
But while it may not hurt him, it should do wonders for the career of the brilliant actor who plays him, Sebastian Stan, pictured with Maria Bakalova as Ivana, whose portrayal of Trump’s rise from hapless suburban landowner to maniacal Manhattan magnate is pitch-perfect.
He deserves at least an Oscar nod.
And if that happens, I bet Trump will think it’s actually for him.
I CAN see how wily Oasis fans are hoping to sneak their drugs into the band’s summer shows at Manchester’s Heaton Park by burying them beforehand.
This probably sounded like a great ruse during a mirror and razor night, but that tactic might not prove so smart today.
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Crafty Oasis fans are hoping to sneak their drugs into the band’s summer shows at Manchester’s Heaton Park by burying them beforehandCredit: PA
All the security guards have to do is watch out for anyone wandering around staring at Google Maps with a confused expression on their faces. . . while holding a shovel.
Poison song shame
I’m glad Spurs are attacking their fans for the homophobic chants at the Man United game last weekend.
It wasn’t just on the terraces that these guys decided to indulge in one of the worst low IQ behaviors – it was also on the tram on the way to the ground.
I was traveling to the game with my teenage son and we were used to the lairy bantz on the short journey from Piccadilly to Old Trafford – we even used to join in (don’t tell his mum).
But those chants were on another level – targeting mostly Arsenal players and managers over the decade with taunts about being gay and/or pedophiles.
They were childish, desperately unfun, and delivered with a sickening kind of malice.
In moments like these, you realize that, of course, gay football players stay in the closet.
The game is still too pathetically toxic to deal with them.
United front
HELPED an old man with directions to a Japanese restaurant after the Man Utd game on Sunday.
He was born and raised in Manchester but moved to Oz and hasn’t been back for 50 years.
We joked that there weren’t many Japanese restaurants the last time he was here.
But one thing remains the same – United were crap even then.
The 74/75 season saw them run in the Second Division, after being relegated from the First Division for the first time in four decades.
Boris missus point
BORIS JOHNSON finally publishes his memoir about, er, how brilliant Boris Johnson is, next week.
Place your order now if you want to hear how he thinks he coped as Mayor of London and running the country during Covid.
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Boris Johnson finally publishes his memoir about how brilliant Boris Johnson is, next weekCredit: PA
Boris is a witty guy who, having swallowed both English and Latin dictionaries, has a great way with words.
So his 784-page beast of an epic is told in Billy Bunter’s usual banter.
But it won’t be for everyone, especially if, like me, you have no desire to relive the misery of being locked out.
Most importantly, some of the juicier ingredients of BoJo’s life are missing – perhaps because they don’t portray him in such a heroic light.
But this is a book I’d like to read – a warts-and-all account of how this legendary swordsman and father of eight behaves when the eyes of the world aren’t on him (Boris Johnson Unsheathed?).
I can’t help feeling that the newspapers that published the excerpts from his new book would rather have that too.
On the fourth day of serialization, Boris’s character graced the cover again.
And right above that was a headline that screamed: Here’s why I left my wife for a mistress.
Alas, despite the clear symmetry with their thrice-married author, it was for an unrelated story.
Grim in the north
FAIR play to Baby Reindeer star Richard Gadd rumbling around in a beat up old Skoda.
He lives in North London, where I live and drive around in my battered old Nissan.
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Fair play to Baby Reindeer star Richard Gadd ranting around in an old battered SkodaCredit: Ed Miller/Netflix
The reason my car is covered in dents and scratches is probably the same reason Richard’s is – thanks to other careless drivers.
Every time I see a brand new car parked on my street, I wonder how long it will be before it breaks down.
In crowded cities, owning a fancy new car is a breeze.
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