to believe Rachel Reeves was crying because

I agree.
Have you seen Yvette Cooper lately?
She used to have a cute elfin face framed by a pixie-cut. Now her face looks pinched and puffy, with eyebags.
Being in the cabinet doesn't agree with some...

I have no sympathy for some one who can smile while putting disabled ppl into poverty. These so called concessions to protect the existing ppl, will stop in 2028. So when the existing ppl have to renew their claims, they may end up losing money. How are they supposed to buy food and pay bills?

Was he ever the leader of the Conservatives?
Edited: he was Lib Dem anyway.

I can't remember the last Tory party leader who was actually voted in during a GE to become PM, was it Clegg?

I really feel for her.

It does, however, show she is not cut from the same mettle as other politicians. They are resilience super heroes. I am constantly amazed at how everything can be going to crap around a politician, everyone hates them, blasted from all sides, terribly hard decisions to be made, and they just get up each morning, carry on and battle through, talk normally and show no sign of a impending nervous breakdown. And then after they are publicly and humiliatingly ( for any normal person) kicked out of politics, they go on worldwide public speaking tours. Astonishing levels of self belief and resilience.

I could never be a politician. I’m just not cut like that.

She is the living embodiment, of utter barrel scraping scum.

👏👏

Sneering “she” won’t be in her job from Starmer. It’s lucky KB doesn’t get provoked by all his jeering.

If you can’t control your emotions in public then government isn’t the job for you.

I am still gobsmacked that a labour government targeted disabled people in the way which was attempted.

It was cruel and dishonest.

Not only was this enormous departure from what people expect of labour it was not in their manifesto and they would never have won the election had they been upfront about any such possibility.

They spun their proposed PIP cuts as a way to stop young people who claimed to have anxiety from sitting in their bedrooms gaming instead of getting a job thus using a modern stereotype they felt everyone could get behind.

The truth was that an enormous number of seriously physically and mentally disabled people of all ages, many of whom either work or have worked until prevented by disability, would lose the essential benefit which enables them to live.

It remains to be seen how this situation will unfold after the forced grudging agreement to limit cuts to future claimants and of a review in partnership with disabled people but even if ultimately no cuts are made (unlikely) this government has shown it is not to be trusted to behave in line with labour principles.

I honestly don’t know what they stand for at all.

I understand that the country was run into the ground by numerous tory governments so something needs to change to get us out of the hole but it is disgusting to use the most vulnerable in society as a ladder.

Therefore it will be a cold day in hell before I have any sympathy for the people responsible for this travesty.

Whatever Rachel Reeves is crying about at least she doesn’t have to worry that she can’t afford to pay her carers, or leave her house, or choose whether to heat or eat all whilst living with chronic pain and life limiting illness.

And you can’t read a question.

I’ve not criticised Kemi anywhere 😂 I’m calling out your double standards like you’re trying to. But failing since you can’t even read what you’re replying to.

Looking at the timings it looks like RR hadn't started crying the first time Kemi said she looked miserable. Then Keir sparked her tears off when he said that "she" won't be in her job (meaning KB but that seemed to start RR off crying). Then Kemi just said that RR looked miserable again but less emphatically. I suspect she was fairly nonplussed and didn't believe what she was seeing and didn't know quite how to react. Who knows. Unfortunate though.

Badenoch went for someone clearly in distress...

Starmer and Badenoch give as good as they get.. cut n thrust of politics as they say...

Do you not see the difference?

Stephen Flynn SNP clearly does and offered support to Reeves, Badenoch did the opposite, she showed herself for what she is.

Tears are ok? Of course he’s personal, some are just ok because it’s not a Labour politician.

Rayners face while this was going on.

It’s lucky KB doesn’t react emotionally when Starmer sneers about her lasting.

Reeves cried after her question not before. It was when Starmer didn’t answer correctly which caused the market jump.

It’s PMQs where that’s the name of the game. His attacks aren’t personal. She usually comes in completely unprepared.

I just wish Labour would increase taxes on higher earners. I’d be happy to pay more to get better public services especially the NHS.

Clearly it wasn’t KB who kicked her off, but she had lots of fun kicking her when she was down. Basic kindness and dignity has nothing to do with race.

Do you mean the independent pay review body pay rises that Hunt himself committed too? but didn't set aside any money for?

Or do you imagine that Hunts 18billion in NI cuts, unfunded, somehow is free money???

Year on year, these NI cuts cost the GOvt, thats you and i, £10billion per year in lost take tax.... all free money in the eyes of the Tories.....

Bollocks.

Everyone cries but there are lots of jobs where you can’t cry in front of customers/clients/an audience without them questioning your fitness to do the job.

So you excuse Starmer’s bullying but do you criticise Kemi as others have?

What the same sneering and attacking Sunak, Johnson, etc. did every week? That’s politics.

Do you notice Starmer attacking, jeering every week? The condescension and arrogance. It’s ridiculous.