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Angela Rayner has been blasted for buying Sam Tarry a suit for Christmas when they were dating by Times newspaper journalist, Tom Witherow.
The Deputy Labour leader, who has been in the headlines for declaring a visit to a DJ booth in Ibiza, is now being flogged for displaying too much festive cheer after it was found she purchased clothes for her fella using her own money.
Witherow snared Rayner for buying a suit from Redwood & Feller, who make ‘made-to-measure suits’ in a lucrative profession known as… tailoring.
It is understood that Rayner bought Tarry’s suit as a Christmas present with her own money, the Times notes, adding that Tarry bought an additional pair of trousers, which he paid for.
“The present was not disclosed on his parliamentary register of interests”, they add. Oh, the shame!
The bottom-of-the-barrel investigation has ruffled a few feathers on social media, with Sarah Murphy describing the piece as “Tory propaganda”.
Here’s a round-up of the reaction:
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