UK Politicians

Rhianon Passmore Welsh Labour MP

Portrait of Rhianon Passmore



Date: 2015-07-01

Headline:

Refused to give Police a Breath Specimen after stopped for Suspected Drink Driving



Corruption Level: 20

Content:

Passmore was arrested by South Wales Police after failing to provide a breath test. As a result she was banned from driving for 20 months, fined £1,000, £100 victim surcharge and £620 in costs.

She was also suspended from the National Assembly for a fortnight and was suspended by the Labour Group from 10 July 2018 until 1 October 2018.



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Date: 2021-02-18

Headline:

Hypocrite: Labour Politician Who Accused Boris Of Breaking Lock-down Is Caught Joining Parliament Zoom Call From Lover's Pad In Another County



Corruption Level: 10

Content:

As the Labour Party in Wales rained down criticism on Boris Johnson for travelling to carry out his job, one of their own was busy breaking lockdown rules by frequently travelling almost 100 miles from Wales to England for a bit of cross-border loving.

Rising star Rhianon Passmore was caught taking part in a Welsh Parliament session from the £1m Swindon home of her lover, nearly 100 miles away from her constituency of Newport, South Wales.

It's now understood that Passmore had been making regular lockdown visits from South Wales to Wiltshire – despite openly accusing the PM of breaking lockdown for travelling to a vaccination site while on Official Government Business.

Passmore, the Assembly Member for Islwyn, also posted and retweeted a series of 'stay at home' messages through her social media accounts. Her law-breaking was spotted when viewers of the Welsh Assembly spotted that the politician was zooming from a location different to that of her home in South Wales.

She also posted clips from the garden room of her lover's plush home, with a local resident saying "She was broadcasting from the property and thought nobody would notice."

"Everyone had been doing their best to help keep the virus at bay and what she was doing is certainly not in the spirit of the lockdown. If you're going to tell everybody else what they've got to do you should at least uphold the spirit. And it's been quite a regular thing for some time. What makes me angry is that she's one of these are people who has been completely slating Boris and undermining what he's been trying to achieve."

Passmore had tried to claim that her partner is 'in her bubble' – yet official guidelines stated that bubbles must be kept as local as possible, certainly not almost 100 miles away in a different county.



Outcome:

Labour said that despite crossing the border Passmore had not been breaking the rules as she was in a support bubble with Mr Hartley.




Average Crime Score: 15.00 - Total Recorded Crimes: 2