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.

I can read the whole thing. It does not say the government has admitted that. It talks about a postcode lottery.The only quote from thr government I can see is,:

A government spokesman said: “Based on need in their area, Local Authorities in England will take different approaches to allocating their funding to support struggling households this winter - including those with pensioners – with essentials like food, energy and housing.

“Alongside the Warm Home Discount, over a million pensioners will still receive the winter fuel payment and millions more could see their state pension rise by up to £1,700 this Parliament thanks to the triple lock.”

Perhaps @EverythingAllatOnceAllTheTime could post a screenshot of the part she/he is referring to.

But what does professional OAP Kev think?

Screenshots of headline and quote

Echo?

Maybe he reads the Echo?

IDK doesn't he live in Portugal now - tho' guess he could still read it online?

Wonder why no-one has mentioned his Reform UK credentials

Ok, look.

Zelensky knows that Trump will be inaugurated in Jan. He knows that Trump will probably try to force him to sue for peace. He obviously doesn’t want that so by using Atacms now, he may provoke Putin - which means it will make it difficult for Trump to de-escalate.

Why do you think Biden is allowing Zelensky to use Atacms now?

The question is whether Putin bites, or bides his time for Trump. My guess is the latter.

Edit above - wrong thread.

You can ask MN to remove the wrong post

‘Sir Keir Starmer has refused to publicly condemn the sentencing of 45 pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong for up to a decade in prison, as the UK prime minister seeks to forge a “closer economic partnership” with China.‘
FT.

What an odious clown Starmer is. Lefties always have a soft spot for communist dictators. However, this one has ripped up the Joint Declaration and rounded up the democratic opposition based on the restrospective application of draconian laws.

Wrong thread again?

We leave it on record as another example of Labour’s duplicity.

We?

Yes. Never mind, it will end soon. Bit fed up of the fiction thrown in as fact and then disproved.

I have found the actual story behind this, which pp's link didn't show.

"Cuts to the winter fuel allowance could force 100,000 pensioners in England and Wales into relative fuel poverty, government analysis has shown, as ministers come under mounting pressure over measures in last month’s budget"

It is obviously not good news, and IMHO the government needs to think again about the WFA and raise the threshold,

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/nov/19/winter-fuel-payment-cuts-may-force-100000-pensioners-below-poverty-line

Thread has become pretty redundant really since slurs about Reeves have been swamped by Farming/Clarkson stuff - hence all the other random/off topic stuff

Can't imagine a second thread will be needed - it's just old news now like the Starmers gay/bisexual has a lovechild/second secret family confected dramas

Only 85 posts to go now

To add to her woes, I've just read that Rachel Reeves has misspelled Angela Rayner's name in the prologue to her book (Women of Westminster) - and also Layla Moran's name.

That is definitely a resignable offence!

The horror, the horror

Wil it ever end

82 now

Resigning and then joining a closed convent at least

Proof reader was obviously asleep at the helm!

Posters on MN struggle with spelling Rayner's name, and Keir

Yes. all that stuff died a death. I wonder what we will get in the run up to Christmas? Maybe something to do with Starmer banning the word "Christmas"?

I bet Starmer nabbed the last decent time slot on the Sainsbury's Christmas delivery page.

Bastard.

I hear Ange has been putting her baubles on expenses.