Our 15 favourite reactions to Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi’s taxes being ‘investigated by HMRC’

9.

From my experience this always ends well https://t.co/zjLzg3pYbD

— Chris Atkins (@scatatkins) July 9, 2022

10.

Tory Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi 'under investigation by HMRC' over tax affairs https://t.co/dQnH7M50rP Raises several issues for all Political parties not just the Tories. Is there an effective independent screening and vetting process in place for all politicians?

— Doctor Arthur (@doctorarthuruk) July 9, 2022

11.

People are being very unkind about @nadhimzahawi accepting the role of Chancellor when it was clear Johnson would fall. But to be fair if your tax affairs were being investigated by HMRC & you got offered the keys for a few days you'd jump at it no?

— Gyll King Post Skip Diplomacy (@GyllKing) July 9, 2022

12.

I think we can safely assume this will be a brutal unforgiving Tory leadership contest https://t.co/WFooJBNzBu

— Robert Peston (@Peston) July 9, 2022

13.

Boris Johnson watched on as one dodgy Chancellor walked out on him, but it appears he’s appointed another .

There are already serious questions for Nadhim Zahawi to answer about his tax affairs. He must come clean.https://t.co/YZfv78jhT8

— Angela Rayner (@AngelaRayner) July 9, 2022

14.

Something of a coup for Zahawi to get the whole of a newspaper front page to himself. That's bound to help his Tory leadership chan-

Oh. As you were. pic.twitter.com/AurXJZTn1j

— Edwin Hayward (@edwinhayward) July 9, 2022

15.

Based on the last few years, this makes him very prime ministerial https://t.co/7q0x2YvGbh

— Tiernan Douieb (@TiernanDouieb) July 9, 2022

Adam Bienkov reported Nadhim Zahawi’s comment when asked about making his taxes public.

Nadhim Zahawi says he will publish his own tax returns annually if he becomes Prime Minister.

Asked if he will also publish his backdated tax returns for the past ten years, he replies: "I will publish them going forward. I don't think being retrospective is right." pic.twitter.com/YFbPMNvtV3

— Adam Bienkov (@AdamBienkov) July 11, 2022

He’s just a normal man. Just an innocent man.

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Nadhim Zahawi is the new chancellor and these 16 reactions are on the money

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