to believe Rachel Reeves was crying because

It is unprofessional and completely strips the crier of authority. They appear weak and unable to cope, so confidence is lost. It shows a lack of personal judgment and clarity. It’s completely unacceptable given the ructions it can cause in the financial markets,, and will end up costing the country dearly.

i fully expect her to resign today. As she should.

The issue now isn’t Reeves resigning but who on earth will replace her? The Labour Party have no intellectual heavy weights or anyone obvious that can take on such an important role. I have never seen a party so lacking. The markets are more worried about this issue. We can’t afford to have another dud at the wheel.

It is absolutely our business, given she is running the finances of our country and appears to be incapable of doing the job.

Yes. I mean how dare she be human and cry? We don't know why she cried. IMO someone crying (even at work 9 doesn't stop them being professional.

she Was having a bad hair day literally

RR crying?

Big deal, boo hoo..... She's a serial liar - lied on her CV, lied about her jobs, lied about her work history and hasnt a clue how the economy works. And now its all coming undone - on HER watch. Incompetence in full display for all to see.

Quicker she is sacked off the better. Not that any replacement would be an improvement.

Out of her depth, out of tricks and out of time. Like all politicians, she can get to fuck.

Fuck her.

I thought Kemi was rather good today. Reeves misrepresented herself on her CV and went on to tank the economy. She made herself into a target for Badenoch.

Yours are the nineteenth and twentieth comments. That's not a lot of men, not a lot of women, not even a lot of men plus women.

I feel for RR, a bit out of her depth and exposed to all kinds of misogyny, I wouldn't wish it on any one but trying to shoehorn that comment into the thread before it has even got started is barking

@Bluebellwood129 as you are so well informed, please share how CofEs in the last government (which was several years-so loads of opportunities) really boosted the UK economy?

Old enough to know better. You? Keep up the vitriol, just another 1460 days to go.

We could give Reeves decades and she would still be utterly clueless. the woman is economically incompetent.

Not a chance. She'll be gone well before that. Let's sit back and enjoy the show. It's hilarious. Not sure what you mean by losing side - do you think I'm a Tory voter or on benefits by any chance? I'm actually one of the top 2% of earners Reeves is desperate to retain in the UK.

We are all on the losing side. It’s not a football match FFS. How old are you?

@Bluebellwood129 of course we want a competent CofE. We have not seen this for years. Maybe rather than wait for her to produce a magic wand, we could allow some time to correct several years of shite.

That was Liz Truss that spooked the markets. Are you allowed out on your own?

Reeves is a competent politician. She had a brief to drive through and stood by it.

Sneer all you want from the bleachers of a losing side. FOUR MORE YEARS 🎈

Badenoch knew. She reads the papers. She's like a smarmy male comedian on steroids.

What's left of it.

Our shower in Wales are running around like headless chickens because of next year's elections. They've moved boundaries to get themselves elected. They've threatened dire consequences to dissenters they've spread rumours that plaid and the conservatives have done a dirty deal with reform to oust them.

Starmer came to their conference on Saturday and slunk out of the staff entrance at the back of the building to avoid the protesters and the tractors.

A huge sense of entitlement to other people’s money and no idea how money is made. Both the populace and our government. Doomed.

Politician shedding a few tears during retirement/resignation/seat loss speech = fine.
Politician crying at a vigil or event for disaster victims or terror attack victims or a deceased colleague = fine.
Politician becoming emotional while speaking about a tragedy that befell a constituent = fine.
Politician fighting tears as they tell an interviewer about a personal loss = fine.

Things being so bad that the Chancellor of the Exchequer is weeping on the front bench as the Prime Minister delivers PMQs = really, really not fine. Does anything say 'we are truly fucked' more than this?

(Although let's not forget the glorious Frack Night of Liz Truss's mad, brief PM fling, when Thérèse Coffey was allegedly shanghaiing recalcitrant MPs through the voting lobby, others were weeping in corners, while some were having meltdowns live on BBC News.)

I’d be delighted if we all paid the same amount of tax

Quite. The poor don't pay their fair share. They don't pay anything.

Id rather not the building is an eyesore

People who think Westminster is bad should take a look at the Scottish Parliament…

People want competence. I don't see anyone calling for Reeves to be replaced by someone with 'personality'. She deserves the criticism she has received in her time as chancellor because she has made multiple, catastrophic errors of judgement. From what you've written, it sounds as though her level is on the backbenches working for her constituency. Let's hope she's finally realised that herself.