At £995 a pair, May was wearing wrong trousers, says Morgan
after falling out with Mrs May over the question of schools being required to report on the migration status of pupils – would not go down well with her voters. “My barometer is always ‘How am I going to explain this in Loughborough market?” said Mrs Morgan. She boasts that she doesn’t have a similar item in her wardrobe, never mind spending as much as Mrs May did on them. “I don’t have leather trousers. I don’t think I’ve ever spent that much on anything apart from my wedding dress,” she said. Those of an uncharitable disposition may point out that Mrs Morgan’s reputation is not built on her choice of tailoring. Her appearance in Downing Street for last year’s Cabinet reshuffle was characterised by the rather shapeless black trouser suit she wore. Now these are problems only female politicians have to contend with. After all, who comments on the fact that the male half of the Cabinet wear the same dull suits, day after day? But in truth Mrs May can be said to have invited comment on her wardrobe choices. After all, she has never hidden the fact she enjoys dressing up and being photographed in her latest outfits. When she appeared on in November 2014, the then home secretary was happy to confess that she “enjoys” Theresa May’s expensive trousers she wore in a photo shoot last week caused a stir, but she has always admitted she enjoys clothes clothes, and even chose a lifetime’s subscription to as her luxury item.
She told Radio 4 listeners she manages without a personal shopper, but said her favourite shop rings her up when “there’s something really nice” for her in stock.
During the recent photo shoot, for which she also wore a £495 coffeecoloured cashmere jumper by Wakeley – a favourite designer of the Duchess of Cambridge – along with a £295 pair of Burberry trainers, Mrs May talked about her fashion sense, and revealed that she often takes her she does take her appearance seriously.
She said: “At night, I’ll think through my outfit for the next day, and I go into certain shops where they know me.”
But Mrs Morgan appears to be suggesting the Prime Minister ought to start visiting shops where they don’t know her and where the price tags are a little more within reach of ordinary voters.
It can, she said, be hard for a senior politician to keep a “connection with the outside world” and perhaps a more simple pair of trousers might be a good place to start. from the European Investigative Collaborations consortium. It said the documents included photographs, spreadsheets and emails. It added that allegations arising from the leak would be published in the coming weeks.
A firm representing Mr Mourinho and the footballer Cristiano Ronaldo has denied designing ways to help clients evade millions in taxes.
Ronaldo, who plays for Spanish club Real Madrid, is alleged by one of the publications, Dutch website NRC, to have moved €63.5million to a tax haven in the Virgin Islands in 2014.
Gestifute, which provides “career management” for sporting professionals, has rejected an allegation of facilitating tax evasion.
In a statement the firm, founded by agent Jorge Mendes, said: “Both Cristiano Ronaldo and José Mourinho are fully compliant with their tax obligations with the Spanish and British tax authorities. Any insinuation or accusation made to Cristiano Ronaldo or José Mourinho over the commission of a tax offence will be reported to the legal authorities and prosecuted.”