to believe Rachel Reeves was crying because

FFS.

It’s very much our business - many of us have suffered owing to her incompetence. The personal issue line is horse shit - we all know it.

The sooner she goes, and this abomination of a ‘government’ follow her, the better.

Look at the damage they have caused in 12 months.

I think Starmer has aged too.

If she hadn't had turned up the day after they just managed to quell a rebellion, I'm sure there would have been speculation about why as well?
So realistically she was stuck with a hard choice, as to go and try and save face or not and people speculate anyways.
The misogyny she's facing is horrible,we should be able to have sensible discussions about policies without misogyny. When Kwasi Kwarteng crashed the economy he didn't get anywhere near this amount of anger. I think it's likely it was a personal issue, she's had times when there's been speculation before and put up good performances in the commons as she did yesterday at Treasury questions.

Anyone ever noticed that when some MPs reach high office. Their health goes to hell, they age very fast.In this case Reeves, she looks bloated, pale, is it diet, lack of sleep . Whereas others in this case Starmer seem immune so far.

I'd much rather be a back bencher support my constituency, cut and run. Work/life balance.

Run Rachel, resign, check into a spa, have a good summer holiday eat healthily and relax.

It was a really hard watch and I don't support Labour. Very horrible position for her to be in with cameras trained on her. It's hard to stop yourself from crying if you really need to so I really felt for her. She's probably extremely tired too.

The government was elected with a mandate. They are trying to carry it out. Whatever you feel about whether it was right or wrong, they are in a horrible situation - not enough money for everything that needs to be done, people ground down by years of services being eroded so that needs are really high, but no one wants to pay more tax when cost of living is so high. Its an impossible situation.

because there is no way to keep current funding at this level.....

This. I can’t recall seeing any previous chancellors crying.

I am pretty pissed off with the government (but not Labour as a whole).

As the wife and carer of a disabled person we are both still glad the Tories aren't in charge.

The Tories wanted to issue vouchers for disabled people. Tory backbenchers would definitely not have fought tooth and nail to water down proposals. They'd have cheered everything through.

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There have been a couple when I've been near to tears in front of colleagues, but managed to escape to the loo before seen. To be viewed crying by millions must be devastating for her. I have sympathy even though I believe she's not up to the job.

The wooden man - Starmer - should be in the dock. I think he will/should go before she does.

I don’t think Rachel from accounts is misogynistic but I totally believe she has been made a scapegoat for the problems the government is having. Starmer, I believe, knows f&@k all about economics or finance and was relying on RR. Unfortunately things aren’t going to plan, so he has turned on her. Allegedly there was a argument between them before PMQs.

I've got fairly mixed thoughts on this.

Politicians need to be strong. They have to make the hardest decisions and put the country above their own personal feelings and emotions.

Someone should have offered her support to not be on camera. Worst optics for labour as a party that they let her sit there like that. If she was emotional in an uncontrollable then she should have stayed away.

It's not just Mumsnet that will be talking but the entire political world..

Ultimately she's chancellor and has to do the job or walk.

How insensitive. Perhaps spare a thought for what the disabled have been through recently before you get the party poppers out?

She did a lot of boasting in the beginning about how good she was going to be, she set herself up to make a fool of herself and this is her doing exactly that.

A load of boasting and crying, and crap in between and it's a barely a year, seriously cringe.

The jokes about a woman chancellor just write themselves now.

It's Independence Day this Friday. Long live the Labour party 🥳 🎉. One year on and loads to celebrate.

It’s really depressing how much politicians and ministers get hounded and attacked. Imagine if we lived in a world where people were able to debate policy without descending into these personal attacks. I think a lot of misogyny is at play here.

All the politicians seem inadequate and lightweight now. Don't know who on earth might replace her. All of them are out of their depth at a time when it's crucial we start to address the serious issues going on in the country.

And anyone shouting "Reform!" is in for a shock. They're either resigning or messing things up in their local government posts. Hopeless. It'll be the equivalent of Year 12s running the place.

RRs should never have been given the job. Holding an economics degree gives you no more ability to run the economy than a human biology degree means you can work as a physician or surgeon. If this is the calibre of people we have now, then the country is fkd and we'd better prepare for collapse into barbarism.

More grown up.

This, absolutely.

She's been in an impossible position from the start, as has Starmer tbf. The whole thing is a shit show, but at least this is a government trying to govern, rather than a Boris wank-fest, a Truss spinning eyed loon show, or Rishi Make Me Richer and Shove Me In A Helicopter again mayhem.

I see she is the same age as me, I’ve cried at work before (although admittedly in the toilets) due to the following:

Teenager misbehaving, playing truant and trying to cope with the stress.

Having hormonal issues.

Horrible, bullying behaviour by a male colleague.

Maybe it is a reason like this!! It makes politicians more relatable.

Alert to lots of men on this thread (and they're not even hiding it)

It's a personal reaction that the leader of the opposition Badenoch made political and as Leader of the Opposition, she should apologise. But Badenoch won't.

Exactly this.

Personal = none of your business