Politics Angela Rayner Isabel Oakeshott
Isabel Oakeshott criticised Angela Rayner for ‘deliberately’ avoiding tax and people said it was the very definition of ‘a bit rich’
As deputy PM Angela Rayner finds herself in a bit of bother over her alleged underpayment of stamp duty, the criticism from the right is raging.
A certain Isabel Oakeshott, political journalist and commentator who also happens to be the partner of Richard Tice, the deputy leader of Reform UK, was particularly scathing.
Let’s have a look.
Angela Rayner did not “make an error”. She very deliberately set out to avoid stamp duty on what she now acknowledges is a second home. If her own govt was not so hell bent on taxing everyone else to smithereens she might get away with it.
— Isabel Oakeshott (@IsabelOakeshott) September 3, 2025
Strong stuff. But hang on… isn’t this the same Isabel Oakeshott who recently moved to Dubai to avoid the VAT increase on private education? And where the level of income tax is … precisely zero?
Indeed. And people were quick to remind her.
1.
You’re literally living in Dubai to avoid tax.
— Martyn Johnstone (@MartynJohn50532) September 3, 2025
2.
You’re an absolute hypocrite
— Joe (@jofus02) September 3, 2025
3.
She should buy a house and operate from Dubai, Izzy.
She can avoid paying as much U.K. tax as she likes then, right?
— The Fukaa (@the_fukaa) September 3, 2025
4.
Say someone that lives in a tax haven
— Pacey (Adrian) (@paceman76) September 3, 2025
5.
Didn’t you move to Dubai to avoid paying taxes in the UK?
— The Doctor. (@Beerdri01118796) September 3, 2025
6.
Don’t judge others by your actions. Dubai is a tax haven.
— David Henry (@DavidDhenry) September 3, 2025
7.
You deliberately moved to a tax haven to avoid UK tax but here we are … You blabbing on
— Jamie H STARMER a Labour of Love PM (@Jamie_Harte71) September 3, 2025
8.
From ….. er ……. https://t.co/ECa1m0YUMR pic.twitter.com/d6oqzM28YV
— Simon Gosden. Esq. #fbpe 3.5% ☠️ (@g_gosden) September 3, 2025
9.
Sit down, you moved to Dubai to avoid all Uk tax, in fact should you be allowed to earn from the Uk without paying tax?? Seems wrong
— TheSecretTravelAgent (@japers_1984) September 3, 2025
10.
You have proof this was deliberate and not an error? Please share it was intentional
Did she stick in in a trust in jersey like your other half?
— craig houli (@craighouli) September 3, 2025
11.
You’re a migrant. Do you even pay U.K. tax?
— Northernwindbag (@Northernwindbag) September 3, 2025
And just in the interests of balance and all that, here is what she had to say in response to just one of the comments (but it’ll do for nearly all of them).
I’m literally not the DPM running a ruinously high tax government
— Isabel Oakeshott (@IsabelOakeshott) September 3, 2025
And on the accusation of hypocrisy …
I have never advocated for more tax
— Isabel Oakeshott (@IsabelOakeshott) September 3, 2025
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