(Very) modern manners

WHEN is it socially acceptable to plead poverty? The Tory leadership contender Dominic Raab has publicly complained that he’s ‘feeling the pinch’, even though he’s paid £79,468 per year — plus very generous expenses. The Esher and Walton MP, who lives in Surrey with his wife and two children, wails to his local newspaper: ‘This is a lovely area in which to bring up a family ... but it can be an expensive place to settle and, like everyone, I feel the pinch these days.’ Raab resigned as Brexit Secretary last year, losing his £33,630 extra pay. But if the karate black belt does manage to fight his way into 10 Downing Street, he can look forward to a £70,000 pay rise.