Meet the Other Phone. Only the apps you allow.

Meet the Other Phone.
Only the apps you allow.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Rachel Reeves crying in PM questions

1000 replies

AnotherBrickIn · 02/07/2025 12:39

She’s visibly crying

OP posts:
Thread gallery
16
Jennps · 02/07/2025 14:56

lljkk · 02/07/2025 14:51

seeing as this is WOMENs.net, I'm surprised at PP for dissing a woman who shows vulnerable emotions.

Seems like a very 'male' standard of being tough = show no vulnerable emotions. Shame that PP aren't rallying to say showing you're upset during a tough week is ok. Bet nobody would be dissing her if said Fuck rather than cried from frustration.

I still like Starmer, Reeves, and fully supported the WFA terms last winter and original benefits eiligiblity proposals.

Maybe I should start voting Tory? <muse>

Awwww, us wee women should all join in and pat her on the back, should we.

Should we also let her borrow our lippy and mascara to powder her face after she’s had a cry.

Dwimmer · 02/07/2025 14:56

Clearinguptheclutter · 02/07/2025 13:22

Guardian says
A spokesperson for Reeves said: “It’s a personal matter, which – as you would expect – we are not going to get into. The chancellor will be working out of Downing Street this afternoon.”

Whether she gets to keep her job or not perhaps?

alexalisten · 02/07/2025 14:56

Araminta1003 · 02/07/2025 14:54

“Allies of Reeves later say Reeves was upset after an altercation with Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle - although no-one the BBC spoke to witnessed the interaction personally”

So she cried because she was told to say shorter answers which is fair as she waffles and then it makes it hard to understand what shes on about.

Mumble12 · 02/07/2025 14:57

alexalisten · 02/07/2025 14:39

Why would it be in dollars she English

Because the first article that comes up when you google what you say you did, refers to her wealth in dollars.

Reading is so good for you.

Rachel Reeves crying in PM questions
Araminta1003 · 02/07/2025 14:57

In any organisation though one would say she got bullied at work by a man.

Araminta1003 · 02/07/2025 14:58

So the toxicity here is not the press but her fellow politicians.

Jennps · 02/07/2025 14:58

littleblueenvelope · 02/07/2025 14:52

@raffegiraffetotally! Some weeeks I can take on the world, other weeks I’m a nervous wreck! It’s not a flaw! It’s called being a woman! We’ve been so conditioned by the patriarchy to see crying as weak! As many mumsnetters have stated, they wouldn’t expect a senior MP to show emotion at PMQ! Why is that? Because men have conditioned us to believing society should act a certain way!

being a woman means showing emotion. The fact woman showing emotion at PMQ says it all! The patriarchy always wins! And when farage gets his grubby little hands on the country, we’ll all feel it even worse!

No, being a woman means no such thing. This kind of dumbed down narrative is what causes the accusations of ‘diversity hire’ whenever a woman is promoted.

alexalisten · 02/07/2025 14:58

Mumble12 · 02/07/2025 14:57

Because the first article that comes up when you google what you say you did, refers to her wealth in dollars.

Reading is so good for you.

Try looking at English websites and not just random American sites

NoSuchBass · 02/07/2025 14:59

I don't really see the big fuss. She's a human, in a stressful job, having a shit day at work. I'd cry.

2dogsandabudgie · 02/07/2025 14:59

Jennps · 02/07/2025 14:32

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.

Exactly. She was known as the Iron Lady. I miss those days of strong politicians.

EasternStandard · 02/07/2025 14:59

JustASmallBear · 02/07/2025 14:53

I think deciding to go to PMQs when a personal matter has caused so much distress was a poor move on her part.

If it was that. I mean they’re not going to say she’s crying because she’s under pressure from her own party and is at a loss on how to cope.

askmenow · 02/07/2025 14:59

lilproblem · 02/07/2025 12:43

Was she crying? She looked more like she hadn’t slept all night. No news outlets reporting on this that I can see

Well, MSM wouldn’t would they!
Very selective in their “accurate” reporting don’t you know 😂

unsurewhattodoaboutit · 02/07/2025 14:59

I think everyone is getting their pants in a twist. Boris Johnson car was a squalid mess, he committed partygate, mislead the queen, told hillsborough fans they were to blame and yet no one blinked an eyelid! RR has swollen eyes and she’s the devil reincarnated!

BIossomtoes · 02/07/2025 15:00

2dogsandabudgie · 02/07/2025 14:59

Exactly. She was known as the Iron Lady. I miss those days of strong politicians.

I miss Thatcher as much as I miss my gallbladder.

alexalisten · 02/07/2025 15:01

unsurewhattodoaboutit · 02/07/2025 14:59

I think everyone is getting their pants in a twist. Boris Johnson car was a squalid mess, he committed partygate, mislead the queen, told hillsborough fans they were to blame and yet no one blinked an eyelid! RR has swollen eyes and she’s the devil reincarnated!

Well they did their was thread after thread slagging of boris johnson

PandoraSocks · 02/07/2025 15:01

askmenow · 02/07/2025 14:59

Well, MSM wouldn’t would they!
Very selective in their “accurate” reporting don’t you know 😂

Don't be silly. All the MSM are carrying the story.

Coolasfeck · 02/07/2025 15:01

She’s got a shit line manager in Starmer. There’s noway he didn’t know she was upset before PMQ but made her sit there. As much as I don’t believe she’s up to the job and said as much on here several months ago - she deserves wellbeing at work.

He should have let her to get her shit together outside before allowing her to slip in a bit later.

If I were her I’d have gone as far as feigning a heart attack and get carried out before I cried in front of that bunch of backstabbing cunts in the HoC on national tv. She’s finished now.

Dwimmer · 02/07/2025 15:01

I broke down at the hospital yesterday after a diagnosis long awaited. Is that everyone's business?

And were you making decisions that would affect millions of people at the time?

MyNameIsX · 02/07/2025 15:02

TwoFeralKids · 02/07/2025 14:49

Scraping together VAT for private school whilst I scrape together money to pay school dinner debt. 🫣

Envy is terribly unattractive, you know.

Iwillclasptheeagain · 02/07/2025 15:02

Guilt over the pensioners whose deaths were accelerated by the lack of the winter fuel payment last winter, perhaps?

ScratCat · 02/07/2025 15:02

I think she shouldn’t have been there. Imagine if a male MP cried at PMQs. It just wouldn’t happen and it sets women back as it is still seen as a sign of being weaker and reinforces the stereotype that women aren’t suited to that arena. Rightly or wrongly, the HoC is not a place for tears.

PandoraSocks · 02/07/2025 15:02

BIossomtoes · 02/07/2025 15:00

I miss Thatcher as much as I miss my gallbladder.

🤣

alexalisten · 02/07/2025 15:02

Dwimmer · 02/07/2025 15:01

I broke down at the hospital yesterday after a diagnosis long awaited. Is that everyone's business?

And were you making decisions that would affect millions of people at the time?

Well said 👏

Mumble12 · 02/07/2025 15:02

alexalisten · 02/07/2025 14:58

Try looking at English websites and not just random American sites

You were the one quoting it. There isn’t a single article on the first page of Google, which doesn’t quote her net worth in dollars. So where is the source for your £2million?

Gloriia · 02/07/2025 15:03

alexalisten · 02/07/2025 15:01

Well they did their was thread after thread slagging of boris johnson

Exactly! 'No one blinked an eyelid'

He only needed to open his mouth to unleash the mn fury Grin

Please create an account

To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.

This thread is not accepting new messages.