Angela Rayner Hires £68,000 “Vanity” Photographer
Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner is under fire after it emerged she has hired a £68,000 “vanity” photographer to follow her around. The Telegraph has the story.
Angela Rayner, grinning from ear to ear, stares into the camera as she slurps a whisky cocktail through a straw.
The snap, from a trip to the Johnnie Walker Experience in Edinburgh last month, was taken by the Deputy Prime Minister’s new “vanity” photographer.
It is one of more than a dozen public moments that have been captured by Simon Walker since she hired him on a reported salary of £68,000.
Ms. Rayner faces accusations of hypocrisy over the appointment, given her fierce criticism of Tory ministers’ use of Government photographers.
She has been quick to put Mr. Walker to work, taking him with her as she has travelled the length and breadth of the country on official trips.
One photo captures her clutching her departmental red folder and grinning into the camera as she leaves a meeting on workers’ rights.
In another she is more earnest, looking away from the lens as she talks to firefighters at the scene of a residential fire in Dagenham, east London, last month.
He has also captured the Deputy Prime Minister’s diplomatic efforts, snapping her meeting her Pakistani counterpart earlier this month.
Ms. Rayner left herself open to criticism after a 2021 tweet resurfaced in which she attacked Boris Johnson for spending on Government photographers.
“Instead of spending more taxpayers’ money on more photographers for the sake of his own vanity, the Prime Minister should prioritise feeding the children who will go hungry in half term next week and families facing £1,000 cuts to Universal Credit,” she wrote.
It has become normal in recent years for No. 10 to hire a photographer to record the Prime Minister’s movements. However, Ms. Rayner is said to be the first deputy to have her own.
A Government spokesman insisted Mr. Walker was part of the department’s wider communications team rather than a “personal” hire for Ms. Rayner.” …
On his LinkedIn profile, his job description is listed as “Chief Photographer to the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government”. He had previously worked in No. 10 as Chief Photographer to Rishi Sunak.
I’m sure pensioners will be pleased to know that their deprivations this winter are not in vain as they fund crucial spending by the Labour Government.
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Even 68,000 won’t make the Ginger Growler look any better.
That was my immediate thought too.
She still looks… hmm, how can we put it politely…? Unrefined, perhaps?
Shaggable after a few whisky cocktails.
Maybe.
I don’t judge people on their looks as that is neither here nor there. It’s their personality and predominantly their performance in their role which I deem fair game for scrutiny and criticism. However, having said that, she does have some seriously minging outfits in her wardrobe that have made a public appearance. 😮
There is a reference there she-herself supplied a few years back. So I’m not really commenting on her looks, as such.
Well whenever I see the word ”growler” I’m always reminded of one of my fave TV shows ever, which is Bo Selecta. I’d PMSL when I watched this, figuratively speaking, of course;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X73BNKS04xw&ab_channel=cheesysie
😂😂😂
I think the point is that she’s ugly inside as well and it shows.
She thought Boris fancied her, the way she sat opposite, apparently.
I don’t even think she’s ugly on the outside. Not saying she’s a particularly nice or likeable person but I think taking aim at somebody’s looks is a bit below the belt and makes a person come across as equally unpleasant and bitchy, to be honest. If she were one of the ‘good guys’ nobody would be banging on about her looks would they? But because she’s a ‘baddie’ all bets are off.
People can have the face of a Greek god but if they’re a nasty piece of work it will show.
Dear DS team, please find a picture of her wearing a face nappy from the “covid” era so we do not forget that she, like most politicians, was a devout promoter of the folly and evil.
Yes I remember her Talk TV interview with JHB. A permanent smirk on her face the bit@h.
This is the sort of news that gets people immersed in the “world of politics” super excited. It’s the kind of “gotcha” that titilates them. Especially if they see themselves as Conservatives.
But in the context of £2.7 trillion in public debt, self mutilating net zero policies, crumbling infrastructure, deliberate attempts to escalate the war with Russia, this seems somewhat trivial.
All part of the Punch & Judy show. That’s why I posted the other day that I am not overly bothered by or interested in all this “bung” stuff. Cheap shots that distract from the real issues. DS should be better than that.
But not “trivial” when they are the opposition.
If you want to live by the rule book, you have to die by it as well…
Muslims in control of the Police. Comments are off, well well!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr3LjvK3Juw
Sickening clip of that girl being arrested I think it behoves us all as active members of the DS baseball and free speech society to go and watch her and try to help her do what we should be doing ie standing up for Christian values.
I think it will be nice for her to have some happy photographs to look back on, once the honeymoon period’s well and truly over. (If it isn’t already.)
This scrubber would need 4 Plastic Surgeons, 3 Leonardo da Vinci’s, and 10 tubs of Nivea to look presentable, either that or she just becomes a Muslim and wears a burqa.
Do these people not have mobile phones?