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To think that Rachel Reeves really ought to practice what she preaches?

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Tryingtokeepgoing · 25/01/2025 19:37

AIBU reasonable to think that Reeves is being somewhat hypocritical in saying we can learn from Trump’s positivity, and is challenging people to be more positive on the UK’s strengths?

I say that not because she’s drawing on Trump as a positive role model, which is another debate all together, but because of the sheer gall involved in challenging others to be positive when she and the government have been relentlessly downbeat about the UK’s situation since they took power.

Are they beginning to learn what proper leadership is about…? Let’s hope so.

YABU: Reeves is not a hypocrite
YANBU: Reeves is a hypocrite

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rachel-reeves-trump-uk-chancellor-b2686094.html

Britain can learn from Trump’s positivity, says Rachel Reeves

Under-pressure chancellor says she is challenging people to be more positive on the UK’s strengths

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rachel-reeves-trump-uk-chancellor-b2686094.html

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Katypp · 25/01/2025 22:52

Scautish · 25/01/2025 22:47

Ah the Tory-bot response - report me for troll hunting rather than address the issues I’ve raised.

yeah …. It’s me that’s pathetic for sure……

Your 'issues' were an incoherent rant.
Blame the Tories for everything. There's nothing to address.

Tisthedamnseason · 25/01/2025 22:47

MooseAndSquirrelLoveFlannel · 25/01/2025 19:43

She's a nasty piece of work.

How the fuck can she consider anything Trump has done as positive? He is screwing the US economy and the price of eggs is not improving!

To be fair to her, she's not saying we should emulate his policies, just his positivity about his country being great.

She was asked if we could learn from trump, and replied "yes, we need more positivity" then went on to say:
“We are absolutely fantastic as a country, we’ve got four of the best universities in the world. We’ve got some of the most amazing entrepreneurs with fantastic ideas. In all the sectors that are growing globally – AI, tech, clean energy – Britain has got unbelievable strengths in those sectors.
“We shouldn’t apologise for it and we shouldn’t be all polite about it. We should be shouting from the rooftops.”
People who've been complaining that she should be more positive are now calling her hypocritical for doing exactly that.

Scautish · 25/01/2025 22:47

Katypp · 25/01/2025 22:43

For goodness sake. Can you not think of anything more sensible or original to say than accuse someone with a different opinion to you of being a 'Tory Bot'.
Silly and pathetic. Reported for trollhunting.

Ah the Tory-bot response - report me for troll hunting rather than address the issues I’ve raised.

yeah …. It’s me that’s pathetic for sure……

Katypp · 25/01/2025 22:43

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For goodness sake. Can you not think of anything more sensible or original to say than accuse someone with a different opinion to you of being a 'Tory Bot'.
Silly and pathetic. Reported for trollhunting.

Anniedash · 25/01/2025 22:22

Rachel from accounts stumbled into the job by accident. She’s incompetent and has tanked the economy.

Borrowing is through the roof, gilt yields have gone haywire, economic output is worse than ever, growth is non existent, the country is likely in recession when growth figures are revised, unemployment is up, taxes are higher than ever, inflation is going to start edging up. Just to pour some petrol on the bin fire this government has started, highest rate taxpayers are leaving the country in their tens of thousands.

All of this since Labour took over. They took a bad situation and make it unimaginably worse.

And now Two Tier, Rachel from
accounts and Lamey are dying to lick Trump’s boots, because they trashed him for years. He is in power, in charge of the country that makes 25% of global economy. This shower of idiot are now buzzing around him like flies, begging for forgiveness and trying to get in his good books. It would be funny if it were so tragic to watch Trump humiliate this government.

Scautish · 25/01/2025 22:13

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echt · 25/01/2025 22:08

Hey ho.

I suppose it makes a change from yet another fucking thread about Keir Starmer.

FrostyFig · 25/01/2025 22:05

She spent three months showering everyone with doom and gloom after they won the election! Remember the speach Keir Starmer gave from the rose garden? He was like the grim reaper. The economy was in reverse before they even delivered the disastrous budget in October.

Now all of a sudden Trump is lovely and we should all be more positive. She's an incompetent CF.

SunshinDay · 25/01/2025 20:10

Unbelievable.

I think they have been utterly shocked by the moving and shaking going on in the states.
Remeber that short lived burst of energy starmer had until he was hidden under the party coat pile of lord Ali, football, raynor raving etc.
We can argue about what trumps policies are however you can't argue he's shifting gear.

maxplanck · 25/01/2025 20:02

Yawn. People were moaning that Starmer and David Lammy had insulted Trump years ago which put us at the front of the queue for punishment.
Rachel Reeves has tried to turn a shit situation into a good one and now she’s a hypocrite. I think Kemi needs more help, maybe go and advise her OP.

FaeryQueen · 25/01/2025 19:44

I have nothing nice to say about her.

MooseAndSquirrelLoveFlannel · 25/01/2025 19:43

She's a nasty piece of work.

How the fuck can she consider anything Trump has done as positive? He is screwing the US economy and the price of eggs is not improving!

Neveranynamesleft · 25/01/2025 19:39

Am sick of hearing about her.

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