I’m Not Taking My Own Selfies!

LBC- Angela Rayner under fire over taxpayer-funded £68k photographer

It is normal for a prime minister to have a personal photographer, but she is understood to be the first deputy PM to have their own .

The government says Simon Walker, the photographer, is part of her communications team, rather than a ‘personal’ hire for Ms Rayner.

Mr Walker’s job description on LinkedIn says he is the “chief photographer to the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. He was previously Rishi Sunak’s chief photographer.

9 Replies to “I’m Not Taking My Own Selfies!”

  1. Oh she’s not even in the competition with our #Librano PM

    Recall the photo of a photographer taking a photo of Trudeau’s official photographer taking Trudeau’s photo of him at his desk, signing a book of photographs of Trudeau, with a photo of Trudeau in the background.

    I know, it’s a mouthful. And best of all, “we’ve all paid for it”
    If Sophia had a private photographer I’d be fine with that, I still think she’s kinda hot as long as she’s not actually speaking her mind.

    Also, is Angela Rayner a cousin to Jacinda of New Zealand? they have that common horse feature and no amount of million dollar photographers are going to be able to make it go away.
    Note: No women folk from the UK (especially Scotland) has ever won a Miss Universe, Miss World, etc contest. In fact for a decade Scotland stopped sending a representative because well, “they know”.

  2. When did it become “normal” for a Prime Minister to have their own pocket photographer at public expense, and how to we go about denormalizing such a vanity project?

    If they want one, the party can pay for it…

  3. If that photographer is part of Rayner’s communication team, then the message that she’s communicating with that photographer is coming through loud and clear.

    “How dare you question your betters. I’ll do as I damn well please. Get back in your hovel and eat your bugs, serfs. And don’t forget to tug your forelocks and bow when you are in my presence.”

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