to believe Rachel Reeves was crying because

Why would you wish for this?

Why is her assumed menopause even relevant? Not sorry, at her level of experience, expertise and position … quiver chin sobbing in front of public and colleague is a huge error in judgement. If she doesn’t know how to excuse herself before the face crumbles and tears fall, she has got big problems and not fit for office.

Walking in, sitting then excusing self, with poker face & dignity, to exit & then cry in that cupboard outside commons - that would have been the right choice for an experienced professional.

Very poor judgement Rachel.

Indeed. Britain is now a welfare system with a country attached to it with minority of self dependent people. For an increasing majority, handout culture is truly ingrained in their way of life. Anything that reduces the handouts will not be welcome.

What these people don’t realize that there is no money left. Those paying into the system, the golden goose as it were, has flown. They are leaving the country in their hundreds of thousands. Wonder how long this sham of a system can continue and what the consequences will be.

Ive just watched the footage, and my heart hurts for her. She looks totally lost and bereft.

As said in other threads however, this has confirned to me that she is simply not cut out for a career in politics, and moreso not in high office. She is simply out of her depth.

That is not an insult, and if i spoke to her human to human id implore her to leave her post now, for her own mental health and for our economic one.

I presumed you are on disability?

I disagree.

The sooner Rayner is in play, the better. Why? Because she will take the UK down so rapidly, that a snap election, or an IMF bail-out etc is a nailed on certainty. She will make the brief Truss mini-budget look like a vicar’s tea party.
Rayner is that toxic combination - vicious and thick.

The sooner we can lance the pus-filled boil that is this government, the sooner we can begin to repair the damage.

Personal business that affects her ability to do her role as Chancellor is our business in so far as if it affects her ability to do her job then she should resign. If it only had a short-term affect then she should step back until she has recovered herself.

I agree and I worry for her mental health at the moment. It was inappropriate for KB to lay into her considering how broken she looked.

The facts are that benefits bill had never been higher than it was under the Tories. That’s just what it is.

Far left.

That’s the polar opposite of the ‘far right’, correct?

The biggest cut was the two child cap!

She orchestrated this whole debacle. She’s been plotting against Starmer for months now, trying to strong arm Reeves to raise taxes and leaking to the press. She is actively sabotaging Starmer and Reeves to make them look weak.

If things are bad under Starmer, imagine if Rayner takes over. The country is cooked.

So am I imagining them lowering how much you can earn for certain things? I don't think so. They did it sneaky though.

’You genuinely dont want them back in power if you depend on benefits’

Boom - there’s the money shot, as they say.

There we go.

She was crying because she has realised that the objective of the far left of her party is incompatible with a healthy economy, making her job impossible.

I just said I was pissed off with the goverment.

To be clear. The Welfare Bill is a disgrace and should fail at its third reading or be pulled. The changes to UC for disabled people are unfair and create a two tier system. The continuing uncertainty over the future of PIP is causing awful anxiety.

I am still glad the Tories are not in charge. I want the Labour leadership to change tack though or I won't vote for them again in their current iteration.

What would you have done? Seriously. I saw someone on the last thread talk about deregulating the markets - the Cameron did that and that caused unsafe cladding. Why can’t we learn from mistakes. The right wing public talk utter utter shite constantly.

Are you serious? The benefits bill was at record highs under the Tories. This myth about cuts just doesn’t wash when you look at actual numbers.

Could you please explain how you've arrived at those assumptions about me?

What’s pathetic is the lack of acknowledgement that crying on the job caused damage to UK debt interest. Perhaps look up what it means to spook the markets when you are the chancellor.

Do you realise how many benefit cuts the Tories did? Do you know they lowered the thresholds for many things including free school meals so barely anyone qualifies? You genuinely don't want them back in power if you depend on benefits.

Everyone doesn’t end up causing gilt yields to jump and UK debt interest to go up.

If it is one of those I nearly cried in Tesco because I couldn't have more pain relief!

Truss? Proven right???

Lost me on that one!

the main reason we pay 108 billion per year on debt interest & in the shite, is down solely to her, she trebled gilt yields... and wrecked a great deal of DC pensions.

This is such a pathetic post, I actually feel embarrassed for you.

She was barely sobbing uncontrollably was she?!

I'm not a fan of hers but I strongly believe shedding a tear does not stop someone doing their job. In any of your examples a moment to compose oneself would allow them to continue and if you engage your brain you'll know that.

Do you think people in these jobs never have a bad day? Never cry, or get distracted, or make mistakes? They are all human too, you know.