Rachel Reeves lied on her CV was not an “Economist”

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AIBU - it’s OK to lie to get ahead

AINBU - it’s bad RReeves very Publicly lied about her prior work. We are right to feel annoyed by this lie.

saw this headline and am feeling really disappointed. Think Rachel Reeves needs to tell public exactly her job title.
She changed job title from Economist, to “Retail Banking”
An Economist at a Bank, is a clear and specific job, it’s a economic research position. A good experience for her current position.

”Retail Banking” - is not a job title … she could have been doing anything in a branch from Bank Teller, to Branch manager, or working in back office operations putting bank notes in the plastic bags or in HR.

Which does not in any way, shape or form change the fact that more people voted for Labour than for any one other party, hence them winning the election. One would almost think that some people on Mumsnet don't like democracy.

You claimed I posted it was a bad idea! Poor attempt at gaslighting.

Reeves hasn't carried out the pension reforms yet anyway;

The government will now run a consultation on its proposals

Even if he did do this, I have no issues because that was the smart investment decision to make.

I do not belong to LinkedIn so cannot see what happened. According to @hooksbell RR’s profile has been updated to add the hob of Retail Banker without deleting the job of Economist. That is rather different from what the headline quoted by OP suggests

Edit : job, not hob

No, she hasn’t changed any pensions rules. It’s still only a proposal.

I think some posters need to watch (rewatch) Yes Minister to understand how government actually works ;)

Sounds like BREXIT all over again round here…

I'm not into these terms such "Gaslighting" to me thats a London street lighter from the Victorian era but i'm not aware i said you disagreed with these proposals.

Of course there has to be proper consultation.

You'd soon be complaining if there wasn't but Hunt et al had many years, at least Reeves is acting on them.

Not really.

If Labour fuck it all up, we can go back to the Tories or whoever, but Brexit is, to all intents and purposes, final, forever.

hooksbell was talking about two different entries - Bank of England and Bank of Scotland. Reeves changed the Bank of Scotland entry by replacing Economist - Bank of Scotland to Retail Banking - Halifax.

I know which entry seems more impressive.

That is rather different from what the headline quoted by OP suggests

I didn't quibble with your first AIBU vote option - I said I wasn't happy with your second option.

Well they are pretty clear not to accuse her directly aren’t they? I’ll take this seriously when the DM and DT accuse her of lying. Which they don’t.

Okay, @Clavinova. My hesitancy at this point is around the poor track record of Guido Fawkes and the tabloids. If The Times is willing to go with this I will certainly accept it.

But the larger point is that Boris lied through his teeth about much more serious things and you, personally, and I suspect many others down on the Chancellor here had no problem with that. Similarly I’ve been asking indignant PPs (who object to the use of the word Economist for RR) about Margaret Thatcher’s scientific credentials, and only one, who wasn’t rabid in the first place, replied - most thoughtfully.

Let’s have a discussion based on common standards

But Bank of Scotland is a retail bank and was at the time she worked at HBOS. Perhaps it has been reorganised after the takeover by Lloyds into the separate components and she worked on the Halifax side.

Absolutely nobody leaves a job as an economist at the BoE, to work in the HBOS Retail Bank. It’s a huge step back. Especially if it’s correct that she left the BoE to work in some sort of complaints role at HBOS. It makes no sense at all.

😦 infuriating and much much worse than expected for me. Angela Raymond was through to be unprepared but Reeves and Phillipson are not much better. Really scare for the U.K.

I guess this is all on KS.

I was talking about Hunt, not Sunak. Why did you edit out your comment about Sunak being great?

Well people were lied to. They have done a lot of things they said would not happen. They deceived the electorate.

RR’s position at HBOS is not specified on her LinkedIn. It is just called Retail Banking and could mean anything. It was PPs who have been putting her down who suggested that it may have been some sort of low level role. If they have any evidence they have not mentioned it.

Well, Sunak promised us professionalism, accountability and integrity and that didn't go so well, but I didn't see any of the Tory fangirls of Mumsnet complaining about that. Sauce, goose, gander.

They have done a lot of things that said would not do.
Such as?

Angela Raymond was through to be unprepared but Reeves and Phillipson are not much better. Really scare for the U.K

Could you write that again so it makes sense? Who is Angela Raymond?

What have they done that they pledged not to do?

What have they done that they said they wouldn’t?

Leave to one side the clear political right left divide in the thread - and yes most politicians lie - the facts are relevant, The uk economy is reported to have grown 1.2% in the first half of the year and 0.1% in Q3.

Let's judge Rachel Reeves on her economic performance. Early days and she has probably 4+ years but not the best start.

This!

Ha ha Cherry picking which announcements you want to criticise now are we?

Its very obvious that some Tory supporters would rather the UK goes to the dogs than Labour succeed, sad reall.