Rachel Reeves crying in PM questions

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She’s visibly crying

I agree!

You should start a new thread if you want the answer to that!

Hence why im still alive. Because nothing has happened yet but that doesnt take away the uncertainty and the fear especially at the start so no i will not feel sorry for someone who was a large part of that just because they cried once what about all the times I cried

Cataract surgery maybe warranted @nomas

@alexalisten , how specifically would the changes have led that to happen to you? Which particular aspects would have done that?

@CherriesOnTheTopthats what I find so hilarious! Be careful what you wish for! There isn’t a ‘benefits for all party’ coming to save anyone! As I said previously, PIP aside, the welfare system is a farce! I have seen first hand people abuse this system, with meticulous planning! Sadly, those that genuinely need the help are still left struggling whilst those that abuse the system lead a pretty ‘comfortable’ life! Something needs to change!

That would be the most boring thread ever.

Why did you change you post from "agreed" to this. You can clearly see the tears in that clip. Anyway, if you don't want to see what's there, fine!

What could a PM taking over from the Tories have done to improve the economy and UK society.

The lucrative world of public speaking.

Or did anyone ever see Thatcher ever crying in parliament. The woman dealt with some of the most difficult circumstances in modern British history and was knifed in back by her colleagues. Sure, she got emotional when she left Downing street but could you ever imagine her crying in parliament.

And that must've been awful, a really scary time and a good lesson for policy making that it's real human beings waiting on clarification after an announcement is made.

But your comment about Reeves trying to kill you and millions of others is emotive rather than factual.

@nomaswhat a question, perhaps glasses would be handy

Thing is, if the country and its balance sheet had been in a decent(ish) state to begin with, RR may well have been the person for the job.

She should not have been the person to try and sort the financial mess we are in. It seems it’s way above her head.

Some of that financial mess was down to the Tories but also events such as Covid, Brexit etc.

Ive seen people calling for a snap election - that can’t work either - as much as Labour are a shit show at the minute we cannot keep going through all this instability! We need Labour to pull their act together, make hard decisions across the board on savings, stand firm in those decisions and stop looking like they’re floundering. RR needs to go. If not just to allow Labour to save some face!

Well if I lost my whole income I wouldn't be able to pay for my care needs and would lose my house and be living on a park bench

Thank you for the suggestion. I've tried that too, but it didn't help me. At the moment I'm going with warning people & asking them just to ignore the tears, because I cannot stop them but stil want/need to discuss the issue at hand.

I was bad enough before, but I had a ' medical event' this year that us well known for causing this too.

apart from being embarrassing, it's fucking annoying too because it makes it difficult to have conversations & I'm actually a strong person and not even necessarily upset. It's just like a broken tsp!!

I'm not sure where you're finding the published figures for MPs private wealth. Some (Rishi Sunak) are disgustingly rich, but certainly not all. The PM salary is around £172,000 a year, a lot of money sure, but nowhere near enough for the responsibility involved. MPs earn much, much less.

Google is free...and your friend. If you don't know something, find out. Don't just make baseless accusations.

But it is factual how long do you think disabled people last on the streets. How long do you think people live with bo income.

@nomas, you can see it happen for yourself on Parliament TV at 13 minutes past 1200.

It doesn't work like that.

I googled what is Rachel reeves net worth and it came up 2 million in 2025

@alexalistenbut that wasn’t going to happen?

Eh this is true

Absolutely this, as a country we have such a powerful right wing press and lots of people pushing that agenda on social media that voters have fell for, many have no intellectual agency and their opinions are based on whims and self interest, not substantive issues. The manifestation of this intellectual abandonment and cultural neuroses over non issues e.g. a person in the public eye crying, is that living in the UK does seem to be a bit shit at the moment. Worse is yet to come for some of us if Reform Britain is a prospect!

Oh so you do know how to use Google! Perfect. I have no idea of her personal wealth, seems unlikely she’d publish that anywhere. But I do know her salary, because that is a matter of public record.