Has Reeves hit a new low- saying it's misogyny?

No need for the personal attack. I was genuinely asking a question.

It wasn’t a cv though was it?

She didn't because it never happened.

Of course i reported it, plus called it out. So no need for passive aggressive remark

Yes good point, of course women in their 50s have absolutely no physiological reason to cry do they.....

& why is it even relevant?

That is a really serious accusation. Do you have evidence to back this up? Presumably you reported those racist slurs to MNHQ?

Eta: I am assuming you mean posters on this thread. If you don't mean posters on this thread, then apologies for getting the wrong end of the stick.

This briefing is likely to being on the ropes. The same as Starmer doing I will be leader article after the Streeting briefing mistake. Feeling under strain from potential ousting.

The threat to oust is coming from their own colleagues though. We don’t need to see all this.

Urgh I know it wasn’t in the Commons but no one accused Matt Hancock of doing the entire male sex a disservice when he cried over the Covid vaccines.

Why can't you see the context of the crying episode?

She's the Chancellor, in charge of the nation'd finances, she cries in the commons during a time welfare reforms are said to be needed to balance the books but are not acceptable to some backbenchers. She cries in front of the world's media. It sends a message about the state of the economy and the state of the government. There are consequences for the whole country.

It might have been personal, of course, but she should have recognised how awful the timing was.

Had she cried in different circumstances, at a funeral, or Remembrance Sunday then that's again different.

So yes, anyone with half a brain would recognise it.

You are right. Sunak was criticised for doing the same thing. It isn't new.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/oct/25/lindsay-hoyle-berates-rishi-sunak-leaking-budget-details

She was a BOE economist for 6 years, confirmed by the BoE and was thanked for her contribution in a BoE speech in 2001.

You re just making things up and reporting stuff that isn't true.

There is a huge amount of misogyny around her.

"Rachel from accounts" is hugely sexist, and would not be used for a man.

When the last disastrous budget took place, it was Liz Truss' fault, not the chancellor. And now this is about to happen it will be Rachel Reeve's fault, not the PM.

I hate what Rachel Reeves and the Labour Gov have done to my family as we are thousands of pounds down a month, but even I can see that how she is treated, is predominantly down to being a woman, despite thinking she is a terrible and incompetent person.

Ironically some commenting on misogyny against Reeves have no problem making rascist slurs against Kemi Badenoch.

If in doubt, blame men. That is the way. I don't agree with it, but that's how it's done these days.

Genuinely, why is that misogynistic?

It's an alternative framing of her work record after she was found to be telling porkies about her role.

How is it worse than free-gear Keir or similar rude nicknames?

Previous chancellors:
Flash Gordon
Dishy Rishi
Squiffy (Asquith)

And PMs
Sunny Jim
Grocer Heath
The grocer's daughter
Attilla the hen
The gray man
Bliar
Theresa Maybe
The clown prince (bozza)

Yes this. All these actuations of U turns etc, we know nothing yet. She's been criticised for things she hasn't done. That will stick even if the budget is a dream come true. No one's ever done that to a man.

I think she is not up to the job, but there is no doubt about the misogyny that has been aimed at her. Also Angela Rayner. Those photos of her on holiday were pulled to bits on MN.

Some posters on MN despise RR so much they will never be able to bring themselves to recognise she has experienced misogyny.

Not so, the press have been reporting rumours in the budget for a few years now but historically that wasn't the case. I think RR is possibly the first one to try and get out ahead of these rumours, but I may be recalling incorrectly.

Yeah apart from she was a BOE economist, she joined their graduate program in 2000 and stayed their until 2006.
The CV thing was because she claimed a slightly longer period, she said in speeches it was the best part of a decade, which dependent on exact dates could have been 7 years...

The Rachel from Accounts was a right wing slur, designed to put her down.

Has she messed up, yes and i don't agree with much she has done either but this thread isn't about policy.

It is absolutely misogyny, the whole Rachel from accounts thing is insulting to someone in such an important role.

Of course it’s misogyny. Male politicians are given so much slack, that is not accorded to their female counterparts.

Yes, historically there has been a bit of a gentleman's agreement in the media that you don't speculate about the budget. That has been slowly disappearing but does seem to have ramped up recently.

Personally I don't think the speculation helps anyone and does nothing to calm or reassure the public.

I'm a tax advisor. The last two months have been atrocious thanks to completely unfounded and unhelpful rumours. Regardless of what we see tomorrow I'll just be glad it's done.