Rachel Reeves utterly destroys Tory budget in powerful House of Commons response

[@brianperry]

This woman is articulate as hell

[@jamesbirnie5147]

@@phillipaj.5588 it’s the internet man… nothing here matters

[@davidedwards1336]

Thick as he'll more like.

[@DedLoko]

@@phillipaj.5588 Do you think that hell is not articulate?

[@RR-lh1qs]

Middle class wiped out. That has always been the plan!! Just tax the hard working middle class and screw them over Tories!!! I guess I'll have to get back to work in my twilight years. They only reward themselves.

[@silentwatch7643]

@Capri Yep. It takes one to know one.

[@ianworley8169]

A woman who studied Economics at Oxford and The London School of Economics; worked as an economist at the Bank of England and The British Embassy in Washington DC. Then worked as an economist at HBOS. She has served as Shadow Secretary of State at the Treasury and is now Shadow Chancellor. On the the other hand, there's Jeremy Hunt, who studied Philosophy and politics at Oxford and has never held any public office with a Treasury portfolio. A Charterhouse Blue Tory boy, with virtually no financial background. Taking care of the rich and privileged, the Non-Dom tax dodgers, tax free banker and hedge fund bonuses, tax avoidance corporations and bloated energy companies. Whilst screwing the ordinary working people of Britain through cuts in living standards and increasing taxes. Same old, same old Tory robber barons.

[@baronmeduse]

And yet all her policy has been the same neoliberalism that the Tories shit out. Just with talk about it not being that. The clue is when Labour talk about 'responsible finance' fiscal rectitude and 'reducing the deficit'. She's no less a monetarist.

[@hughzapretti-boyden9187]

The fact that they brought in Gideon Osborne the Bolivian marching powder & hooker banger specialist to advise shows the level of incompetence! Osborne only has an 'O' level maths!!

[@doppies2000]

@@baronmeduse 🤦🏻

[@baronmeduse]

@@doppies2000 I'm sure you were well entertained with all the comedy Dallas references, the fundamental underlying problems are not for people like you. You're also stuck in a monetarist's paradigm. Depending on your age you'll have grown up in it and know little different. Save your little emojis for tiktok.

[@apintofbeer1667]

Reeves conned you good style

[@tfl.8248]

Wow, that was almost enough to make me patriotic! Facts? Evidence? Experience? Expertise? Who ever thought we'd get such things in Parliament!

[@teostarmer3478]

Well said Rachael , thank you for speaking for us all.

[@RC-9]

She didn’t speak for me. She just rambled on about nothing in particular. What exactly did she say that made you think we would all be better off under her wise leadership..?

[@matthorner35]

@@RC-9 Literally by saying what most people are saying and thinking. Try listening again.

[@cleebe823]

@@matthorner35 that's not exactly a trolls stong point mate.

[@RC-9]

@@matthorner35 nope still don’t see it… enlighten me please 👍

[@BigWheezy69]

Hang on, did an MP actually just quote numbers and facts, gathered through logical and scientific means, in a speech and then use them as evidence to prove her points??!! There may be hope yet people...

[@Bl0ckHe1d]

Ian Blackford does that every week at PMQs 🙄

[@KevHCloud]

@@Bl0ckHe1d yeah but "SNP BAD!" 🤦

[@baronmeduse]

Not hugely. Her sources were the neoliberal Office for Budget Responsibility and the IMF.

[@BigWheezy69]

I'm just glad she used some stats and facts that somebody can corroborate and prove (or disprove). Better than when they use hyperbole and conjecture which literally means nothing. Governments should be ran on logic, facts and critical thinking and thats often hard to find when they are debating in the house of commons shouting over each other, not answering questions asked. Most of the comebacks are just attempts at digging into something the other side did, twisting the outcome to make it look bad.

[@naijaman6639]

@@mikeyacson9542 Tory paid bot...clap for yourself!!!

[@timetochange724]

This System has failed Us, Not just the Conservative Party but the Labour Party, Get this System gone!

[@markmiwurdz3992]

Just brilliant. No matter what you think of Starmer as a leader, he's put an incredible team of ladies together on the front bench, and Rachel Reeves is probably the best of them all.

[@davedunn42dunn33]

True

[@joevenables3393]

Maybe but I think Rayner is more of a breath of fresh air. It’s nice to see a ‘says it how it is’ figure on that side of the bench, and I think it’s fair to say her speeches are the most passionate

[@cyrus2728]

@@joevenables3393 ive always liked rayner but recently she troubles me.

[@pureplay7071]

This is also my argument, I'm not a great fan of him but he has some great MP's. I will be voting Labour next GE.

[@commandingjudgedredd1841]

@@pureplay7071 You might want to look up the Elitist NGO, the Trilateral Commission. Kier Starmer is a member. He's not on your side.

[@saragonmcenany6229]

this was a very strong performance and critique -flawless take down of Hunt and Sunak

[@matthewdickson7838]

Got to agree with her on this one i will never vote tory again totally no confidence anymore in them ...

[@andrewbaxter9395]

“We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle……”

[@dean8147]

Bravo

[@ynwa4147]

Up-up-up and worse-worse-worse were nowhere near strong enough to catch up GONE-GONE-GONE

[@joanneswift8074]

Finally a party to speak out for the working class but will anything change NOTHING 😢

[@glasshalfful6471]

The level of contempt that this Conservative Govt hold us all in is truly apparent - laughing throughout Rachel Reeves’ intelligent & en pointe assessment of the current U.K. Govt deceit & ineptitude. Total incompetence, never mind Truss & Kwarteng led economic destruction. Go Rachel 👏👏

[@donttrip8282]

I am no Reeves fan, but she absolutely savaged them there, everything accurate, but as ever, a bit undermined by trying to avoid the reality of Brexit fallout. Won't be any serious growth if politicians continue to pretend that isn't a major factor.

[@7ookee]

To be fair to her, educating people on the real effects of Brexit has proven a lot harder than you would think. There are still a lot of brainwashed gullibles out there who unfortunately have the right to vote. She can only say so much without trampling on their fragile egos. Labour are depending on getting these peoples votes, traditionally they olyn vote for someone who tells them what they want to hear.

[@silversurfer640]

Don't Trip Well said. The Brexit disaster continually slips under the radar. The government delivered an absolutely useless and ineffective Brexit. That was all because the right wing nutters in the Tory party, wanted it that way.

[@naijaman6639]

@@7ookee Well said!

[@naijaman6639]

@@7ookee Sensible comments like yours give me hope.

[@joeseb8190]

You are spot on my friend....the B word is most certainly the elephant in the room...

[@EpicOsiris]

Why ain't this woman the Prime Minister? 🤔

[@guitarlover302]

Wonderful speech ! Clever articulate lady Need a change of government - they have messed up and we pick up the bill 😊

[@martincheeseman5809]

Keep going Rachel keep going!

[@daniwalmsley611]

The chancellor said that people would switch to state schools if they tax private education and it would cost the same as it raises but then that income would be spent elsewhere where it can also be taxed or used to generate growth

[@thingamejignobodyknows4346]

Reading writing arithmetic is a must

[@thomashealey5007]

Who is this lady? Finally after years of nonscence a Labour politician worth listening too

[@col4574]

Very true

[@marinapicard4714]

What an excellent politician she is!!

[@tomleahy8603]

The economy is swimming against the tide of Brexit and neither side can bring themselves to mention that nasty word.

[@peterrichard9769]

The lady is articulating real truth, Conservative party is a big No in the upcoming election

[@charlesmacgilchrist3648]

With labour everything was fine until the credit crunch in 2008, and they messed up. They bailed out the banks and sat back as the bankers used the money to pay themselves 8 or even 9 figure bonuses. So the Tories got in and inflation was pretty stable around the BOE target of 2%pa until the pandemic, then the Tories messed up. Despite the Tories have given inflationary rises for those on benefits, pensions and minimum wages today, they will be out in the next election no question it seems when a party is faced with a crisis it fails and is outed.

[@telegrxm]

im not fully sold on labour being the best replacement for the tories but honestly at this point i'd rather have a nursery running the country than that lot

[@jamesobrien4702]

Sunak and his plebs...are sitting there like naughty school boys...muppits

[@stephenwalker850]

Jeremy hunt looks like nookie bear

[@frogandspanner]

I loved Frankie Boyle's comment: "The chancellor says he will turn the economy around: presumably so he can fuck it from the other end".

[@Morefreebies]

Frankie Boyle was funny for a while 15 years ago. He is now a left eing tosser.

[@garymcmanus9946]

😂😂

[@freespiritk1952]

🤣🤣🤣

[@WhoAmEye_WhoAreEwe]

A man of taste, I see. 👍

[@mikeyoung7660]

Got that right

[@DecMurphy]

She absolutely crushed it, this ruthless austerity can't possibly go on any longer.

[@ScandalUK]

Yeah she’s good

[@ScandalUK]

@Simon John understood - but both sides agreed in 2008 on the bail outs that left the coffers empty (at the time, Tories said they would do the same if they were in power). Under austerity that debt has nearly trebled, it had more than doubled before the pandemic. Maybe first-past-the-post has reduced our options too much, but this MP is good at her job.

[@jesuschristensen4182]

Complains about austerity, complains about tax rises. Both or either are required to support the economy. Just the usual party political moaning about obvious required economic policy. Reduction to spending cuts would require higher tax hikes, hurting household income even further.

[@brianferguson7840]

@Simon John Why exactly ?

[@ScandalUK]

@@jesuschristensen4182 austerity simply reduces the state and public services. All the closed services including libraries were never intended to return one day. The debt is an imaginary problem when you run a debt-driven economy based on a fiat currency.

[@firebyrd437]

The fraud squad should be investigating the tories over their contracts during covid, if this had been an ordinary working man he's be in prison by now

[@misssocrates3442]

Exactly! Well bloody said!!!

[@pabo-qv3nx]

The Fraud squad are under their rule. And even if there was a investigation what would be the outcome? The CORRUPT PLOT TICIANS probably give a FAKE apology.

[@batmandestroys1978]

The fraud squad , are fraudsters themselves! They no what's going on, but wont do nothing, because they are being paid by these fraudsters!

[@batmandestroys1978]

The fraud squad, are fraudsters themselves! They no fraud has been going on, with every Government overs the years, but wont do nothing, because they are being paid handsomely, by these fraudsters!

[@saraswatkin9226]

All parties of the same "club" so nobody will investigate their own misdeeds.

[@illeatthat]

8:35 says it all. They don't under stand the concept of £600 being a lot of money for someone to earn, not in a week - but a month. That's why I'll never understand them, and they'll never understand me. To them, it's chump change. Liz Truss was paid £4,750 per day as PM. That's what I earn per quarter of annum.

[@milesfielding6584]

Full marks to Rachel Reeves. Brilliant speech and not holding back. This is what we want . The Tories need to be exposed for what they are.

[@zenouxbeauty]

No Rachel is only good at accusing but if she was the chancellor now this would have been a disaster

[@milesfielding6584]

@@zenouxbeauty Reeves is a former economics graduate of both Oxford University and the London School of Economics and I think would have a fairly good idea what this country now needs to get itself back on line after the absolute disaster that this Tory Govt has been. Most thicko Tory voting Daily Mail readers would probably not be bright enough to understand what has been going on.

[@Scrunk194]

@@zenouxbeauty”It would be so much worse under Labour” cliché

[@kevinmallinson4170]

​@tobywalden7381 Toby my man , you know fuck all, thanks to your mates we've stagnated for 13 years,

[@Nikolai508]

The fact the Conservatives were laughing all the way through it shows not only do they not care, but they know their voting base are too loyal and will go along with whatever they say.

[@andrewclarke6916]

It's just a game to them. They don't really care about the problems most of us are having to face due to their economic incompetence. They're financially secure so they've nothing to worry about anyway.

[@firebyrd437]

The behaviour of those in the house of commons is awful, children behave better, it's a disgrace

[@jimbojohnson7360]

If you are Right wing, do what you want, never justify. If you are Left wing, you need to be 100%, uncompromisingly clean and ethical and justify every fart, or appointment or skirt you wear. And even when you are, like Corbyn, you get smeared. Awful world.

[@oliverkitkat6860]

Rich bufoons vote reform uk

[@paulwilson7234]

A front bench full of brass necks the shiniest in the G7.

[@paulroddy2323]

That's an honest assessment of the tory government. Making their mate's and their friends richer and very unashamedly laughing while they do it.

[@stevenclarke5606]

It’s what they have always done, I just don’t understand why working class people are voting for them, they won’t do anything for you , except cuts, poverty and being lied too, it’s always the working class who carry the financial burden !

[@johnogroats3318]

@@stevenclarke5606 Because they have been lied to and their elders remember selling their council houses to make money and that permeates down the generations. The class war.

[@willieodea83]

The Tory party.. sometimes called the nasty party.. should really be called the sneering party

[@margaretcunningham9092]

@@stevenclarke5606 Yes, that happens in both parties!

[@kadelu1137]

Spitting truth. It is disgusting how the British working class is getting treated. Silently rotting away.

[@peternyks4709]

not only working class, almost everyone except selected elite and criminal organisations

[@NoHeartAnthony]

Hopefully more of us vote and the stranglehold the right wing rags has had on the mouth breathers in this country will slip. Get out and vote in 2024 people

[@frenchonion8861]

@@peternyks4709 labour only care about benefit claimants. Either was working class get f-ked

[@sphinx1017]

The working classes now vote Tory though.

[@ukhan4546]

@sandpiper just about but many are not

[@solitary-sun]

I am a Sainsburys delivery driver and I will be surprised if the Tories remain. After Brexit people had high hopes even if remainers were upset. Recently I have seen customers crying, these are business owners and farmers and people who were really well off before. They are struggling now, I was struggling before so it hasn't effected me so much. But people are suffering who had it easy their whole lives. I'd be surprised if they stay.

[@user-zr6ee6lb9m]

Many farmers and business owners voted for brexit and these Tory ghouls. It's hard to have sympathy for them

[@quackquackbeep]

Well there you go - Brexit a total economic disaster but even Reeves not really allowed to tell it like it is.

[@finjay21fj]

They of course will remain. Who replaces them if successful? Labour or LibDem are ow right wing. No matter your vote, left or right, you are voting rightwing (/-_•)\

[@commandingjudgedredd1841]

They suffer because we have no politicians who are prepared to serve their people anymore (I doubt we ever had them to be honest). Our past few PM's and the current ar**e and his Chancellor, have links to an elitist NGO, called the World Economic Forum. And Starmer is a member of another one called the Trilateral Commission. Your troubles stem from there. That is one of the main reasons why things have never gone right. Before and after Brexit.

[@simonjohnson9055]

Anyone who had high hopes after brexit hadn't done their research.

[@joelhenderson4450]

Non-Brit here: non-dom status boggles the mind. Why would any country have it, let alone one so developed and desirable as the UK? The fact Sunak’s wife is non-dom leaves me speechless. Thieves all!

[@johnavery3941]

This is how it works. Any person can be resident in uk as a non-dom for tax purposes unless they are a UK citizen. . All income made in the UK has to be paid in full for all UK Citizens but not non doms. What the do is set up Trusts and Companies in offshore British Tax havens like the the Channel islands, IOM, Cayman Islands but if they are not dom dom and never remit the money into the UK it is tax free except for the money they pay the accountants and governments their to look after it which is next to nothing.

[@alancooper3331]

I think you should pay tax only in the country where the money is earned,why should you pay income tax twice?.

[@urbanimage]

@@johnavery3941 A UK passport does not automatically confer UK domicile. For example ; Zac Goldsmith was born in London and had non-dom status until it became public knowledge. The political embarrassment forced him into giving it up.

[@theguitarden6920]

Excellent speech. What a shame we have such a ridiculous and inadequate political system where it will go unanswered and amount to nothing.

[@mrtt7972]

Makes you sick to the pit of your stomach watching torry millionaire's row grining and smiling.

[@rabmcnair4488]

Here is an idea, instead of carrying out tax rises and reduced public spending, why don't we close tax loops and tax havens and recoup the 100+ billion of unpaid taxes by the super rich, hedge funds and global corporations. Doing this would mean no increases to tax, no reduction in spending. In fact we would have at least an extra 45 billion to invest in our country.

[@stefanward7838]

Because the Prime Minister and his Non-Dom wife are using those loopholes

[@margaretcunningham9092]

Yes, then we can invest in dingy divers! Both parties are responsible for not getting taxes from the super-rich!

[@davidmcintyre998]

The super rich own the Government we all know it, perhaps hiding behind mock patriotism may no longer work hence plans to stop a lot of people being able to vote or protest.

[@haleyryan3946]

They will never do that because that's how they stay rich. Just look at how many politicians have earned their money through hedge funds and global corporations and it is blatantly obvious. And don't get me started on the money that they made thanks to Brexit and Covid decisions that were made (I guess insider trading is allowed for politicians). They will never do anything that makes sense for the greater good of this country because all they care about is their own greed. Honestly, in my opinion, the whole political system needs burned to the ground and rebuilt from scratch.

[@rabmcnair4488]

@@margaretcunningham9092 As far as I am concerned Labour sold out long time ago and the Tories have been finished in my eyes since Thatcher. We need new politics and new parties, ones who are not in the back pocket of the super rich and corporations.

[@out-side-in]

Rachel u are formidable with the actual FACTS. Thank you for your enduring love of our country and the immense efforts you put in on our behalf. We need more like you to get things done.

[@edwardbernthal160]

you are so incredibly right, couldn't put it any better. Thank you.

[@misssocrates3442]

@Capri how fcking deluded can you be. We were far better off under labour.. doesn't take a genius to see that.

[@lyndawatson5211]

Yes, because you have what it takes. Truth, facts and the willingness to get things done as you have prepared this factual information and delivered it straight and so we the people understand.

[@undinia]

It’s time Labour got tough. Trickle down economics is a myth. Rachel Reeves is a proper politician. Excellent choice.

[@wellyman2008]

'Trickle-down' economics is a myth - would welcome any evidence on where anyone has ever recommended it?

[@rogerhudson2814]

Hunt has left Reeves with no way out except for even more pain for us. She would borrow to steady 2024 but leave a huge national debt.

[@Matt-kq3ks]

I agree sadly. And you can bet that the Tory opposition will try to stir up outrage about it. Seemingly forgetting that borrowing will be to fill the black hole they left. I just hope the public don't forget in a few years that the Tories caused this mess

[@superbananas7792]

Tell me your fucking joking? Time for Labour got tough? You're blind if you actually think electoral politics will do anything.

[@teddypicker8799]

She's a good public speaker but I hope she never becomes leader as she's quite right wing

[@kb4432]

A Passionate defence of working families She did not miss a thing.

[@brendanmorrison5546]

Well done Rachel. Articulate, passionate and honest.

[@paulcaswell2813]

One year on: Reeves is now the first true Parliamentarian this country has seen for decades. Speaking apolitically, the last was Major, and Douglas Hurd also was in that league. Although in the Upper House, Lord Carrington did fine work also. After all these years, we finally have found a true Statesman: welcome Rachel, I believe we're seeing the birth of a political giant.

[@Sentien]

'Drop the mic' moment for Rachel Reeves - Exceptional response to a crap budget.

[@mrcassette]

She speaks so well, it's great. I just hate how Tories hear truth and just laugh it off.

[@comparecards5688]

@@mrcassette because they know ppl will be voting for them again

[@royboy565]

@@comparecards5688 Tories have like Labour a rock solid base. Tory base is probably around 30%.labour about 25%.Its the floaters who decide elections. Let's hope they are sensible next time.

[@unknown-zf3jl]

Tories coming in power baffled me 2019, but if they remain in the next election will be bloody outrageous

[@margaretcunningham9092]

Labour would do exactly what they Tories have done, flood our country with immigrants! Their both as bad as one another!

[@TheValeyard92]

Well the election will be fixed in 2024, so they will. Or postponed indefinitely for spurious reasons.

[@valerieminster1626]

I think part of it is entrenched in the class structure system. With working class looking up to these people because they believe the tories are their betters. The Tories know this so they smile away while doing nothing to help the people who put them in power to lord over them. Its a pyschological thing.

[@nickxcore74]

@@valerieminster1626 Nope. I’m from a very working class part of Nottingham, and the reality is many folk just feel that Labour aren’t much better either and don’t feel like they can relate to them anymore. I hate the Tories and was a staunch Labour voter, but I can’t say that I’m a fan of Starmer and his shadow cabinet.

[@doppies2000]

or fixed ! 😉 the Boundaries of the Wards are being redrawn as we speak creating another 20 Wards ie 20 more MPs !

[@johnamcclintock1]

Their smug, smiling faces of denial when she is just laying out facts are utterly disgusting. The jeering and laughing when she is describing how tough life is for most of us made me absolutely furious. This Tory Government is a joke and has been failing this country for 12 years and they have to go. Sunak has missed the opportunity to make changes and to restore some dignity and reputation to the Tories and if you've not had enough then I really don't understand what it would take.

[@mtlewis973]

people don’t care, they won’t see the smugness. they know that it doesn’t matter what labour do. the only way labour will win is by adopting tory polices. it’s done. the country’s finished.

[@margaretcunningham9092]

Vote for Reform!

[@normanchristie4524]

@@margaretcunningham9092 Better..get out and campaign for reform.

[@davidedwards1336]

I agree John, but Labour would be just as bad, iff not worse.

[@garyspruce7736]

She forgot to mention inflation through out Europe. She forgot to mention Europe going into recession. Tories caused that as well?

[@Fioravanti.80]

She is a force to be reckoned with - much respect to Reeves. Brava!

[@rgw5991]

haha. and now she's destroying the çountry. You humans never learn.

[@goharikjones7387]

Absolutely...if you make your home in Britain then you pay your full taxes!!! Well said !!. She's brilliant !!

[@elizabethbrown8833]

Agreed. No such thing as being a little bit pregnant.🇬🇧💔🙏🏻

[@chrislaurenceleo]

I would go further and say and money made in this country should be taxed in this country

[@yetidodger6650]

a front bench of millionaires smirking as the poverty of the ordinary people is discussed.

[@Eurodave.]

Yep the party of , " I am alright jack" not one will suffer any sort of hardship, even when sacked or when eventually booted out of power. Instead tens of millions of people with continue to pay for Tory mismanagement and corruption for years, if not decades to come....

[@sandramurray5879]

Rachels speech is brilliant. So good to see a woman putting Hunt in his place and speaking the truth.

[@Anonymous13448]

what's her gender got to do with it? stop being sexist

[@Visual_Ghoul]

Hunt with a C

[@djdoolittle1315]

@@Anonymous13448 stop being Enoch 😊if you can

[@sandramurray5879]

@@Anonymous13448 I am a woman and I am not sexist. The arrogance of the Conservative males is astounding and I will speak my truth. Stop being so aggressive!

[@sandramurray5879]

@@Anonymous13448 Also stop being a big coward and using 'anonymous' rather than your real name.

[@awjelfs5034]

We got rid of our conservative government in Australia and wow what a change it was and now Australia is powering on.

[@commandingjudgedredd1841]

Going downhill from what I see.

[@LadyJ82NI]

Australia doesn't look so good from over here in the UK right now and I'm the second person to say this to you.

[@richardisaacs567]

@@LadyJ82NI sorry bud, that's where you are falling foul of the corrupt British and foreign media. No outlet will ever admit a Labor government is positive or productive. The Morrison government has been persistently exposed as corrupt, self serving, incompetent and irrelevant in a modern World. They were unceremoniously dumped by Australian voters because people eventually woke up to the ridiculous neoliberal agenda and disgusting abuse of power, RIP the Australian liberal leeches. Australia is a much more positive place now. We are not perfect but 10 years of conservative dogma takes a while to wash off. We are healing thankfully but it takes time. Hopefully Britain will come out the other side and understand it never had to be the way it was during the years of Tory mistreatment.

[@awjelfs5034]

@@commandingjudgedredd1841 Well if thats what you see you are a big part of the problem.

[@awjelfs5034]

@@LadyJ82NI If Australia does not look good your own backyard must look like a shit heap.

[@Steve-bo6ht]

She's excellent and wiped the floor with them today.

[@thaskoobz]

If you don’t want Tory’s out, you’ve had the wool pulled over your eyes or a millionaire. Simple.

[@kanedNunable]

a cunty millionaire too. even if i had a billion i wouldnt vote tory, i have a conscience.

[@Jay_Johnson]

at this rate of inflation we might all be millionaires soon....

[@MatthewChapmanYT]

Sadly it’s very difficult to convince stupid people they’ve already been fooled

[@BillyTheKid-l5j]

Which category do you come under the first one ?🤣

[@craigchristian344]

Not a truth a lot of people want to face but ultimately a LOT of people are simply a bit thick.

[@clivesmith9377]

Even if the tories press the red button and nuclearbomb the entire country, they'll blame the Butterfly in Australia flapping her wings.

[@Tuhoeterra]

no they'll blame the member for Islington North.🤣

[@YouWhatMate28]

They always have to blame someone or something for the problems they have caused. First it was people on benefits that lasted for many years.then it was Brexit that they let people vote for so wtf. Then it was COVID and Coybin now it's Russia putin and electric and gas companies. What next bird flu and pigeons 🤧 😂 They make me sick just admit you can't do the job lol

[@bonemarrow1000]

@@Tuhoeterra don’t forget the lefty lawyers and wokearati lol

[@minnie4218]

Haha! But unfortunately so true

[@TheMerryPrangster]

nuclearbomb the entire country - ?? Poorly worded

[@thegoodolddayz6183]

I hope Rishi will wipe that silly little grin off his face when he gets voted off. Sick of this government now and looking after the rich people more than the poor people. We are struggling here with energy bills, what good is a tax increase going to do?

[@davidmcintyre998]

The Conservatives are incompetent and always have been, i run a small business not one that can fill brown envelopes and people often say you will vote Conservative then,no not at all Rishi took £20 of those at the bottom of the pile money that was going around the system like a blood transfusion then they imposed two clowns on us who tanked the economy even further and then just got up and walked away,you do not have to attend Eton and Oxbridge to understand economics Poor customers=poor business =closed business as simple a thing as that and common knowledge for many years.

[@moonfrog9878]

He’s gonna smile all the way to the bank with his 115k a year for life… cos fucking being PM is just a game now

[@cliveswabs9365]

Hes going to destroy the UK for Shwob!

[@MrBoombastic1]

we need boris johnson back on top

[@JrKengu]

@@moonfrog9878 why would he care about 115k for life? HE is a millionaire, and his wife is a billionaire. He coulnd't care less about the money but he definitely won't be happy about losing power, he is there for power not money. What could a billionaire do with a couple more hundred thousand? thats pocket change.

[@stannats2637]

One of the best speeches I’ve heard in parliament

[@stannats2637]

Tell you one thing.. Robin Cooks speech re: Iraq is the one that will remain the most sincere and powerful speeches in parliament. Rachel’s speech was a cut above anything Boris, May have delivered. Sunek is robotic. Truss well… cheese anyone?

[@stannats2637]

Tell you one thing.. Robin Cooks speech re: Iraq is the one that will remain the most sincere and powerful speeches in parliament. Rachel’s speech was a cut above anything Boris, May have delivered. Sunek is robotic. Truss well… cheese anyone?

[@1972hermanoben]

Good to see. And she can perform like this because everything she is saying she knows can be backed up by indisputable facts and figures. She’s angry. We should be too.

[@lyndawatson5211]

Way above anyone else for years! To the point and with ideas how to put it right. I don't agree with a lot the Labour party leader stand's for but this lady,has got it right and accurate.

[@bobmurphy9380]

Do we really have to wait two years or is there a quicker way we can get rid of the tory gov.

[@Junior-tq8hv]

I must say, I love Reeves's style of advocacy. She uses facts and figures to bolster her point, and it's also evident that she has learnt a lot from Starmer's speaking style.

[@johnowen1677]

But not his intelligence!

[@steppernapp1]

Conservatives literally laughing on the front bench whilst people are struggling to pay their bills and feed their families.

[@frenchonion8861]

@SpamMullet labour are no better my friend, worse in fact. So what is your solution?

[@Jim-ke3vj]

@@frenchonion8861 What's yours?

[@suzannebouse8747]

They don’t care they’re alright Jack and making money out of all this chaos

[@mattsorrell9386]

Hunt cut the Nursing bursary now we have no nurses 😂👏👏👏

[@Aghoas17]

I love her so much, she is the representative we need

[@jakethistle9071]

Rachel Reeves has the killer instinct which Starmer lacks. She keeps hitting the opposition again and again, whilst Starmer just gets in the occasional blow and then backs off. I think we're looking at the next leader of the Labour Party here and hopefully our future PM,

[@cherylsalmon8429]

Blimey! Eviscerating in her choice of language and clarity, so many valid points brilliantly emphasised - Hunt must be wetting himself about facing her as his opposite number. Keir smiles benignly, supporting her fire and delighting in his excellent choice for the Exchequer. Is this the speech which heralds Labour's first female PM?

[@gerardhampson9089]

I am not a lover of keir starmer , but this lady is spot on,

[@jeanlambert342]

It, s the system why the Conservative, s are still in power, found delivery speech by Mr. Hunt dull and boring, but I came alive with ms Reeves delivery, remind me of Thatcher and Blair, as a Conservative I am very impressed with this Labour exciting shadow chancellor. Brilliant. Let, s hope the general public, helps her to achieve her ambition.

[@rishidharreddy6692]

Still not taxing NomDom's and saying tough decisions need to be made feels like a joke:)

[@kevinharrison5009]

rishidar reddy The Tories made a very simple decision. No tax for the nondoms and corporate giants.

[@youarewhatyouare]

1st things 1st hunts package was easy to pick fault with however her response was just jawdropingly wonderful to hear .she couldve gone on and on

[@davidpearn2484]

Blooming hec that was some speech, Rachel Reeves 👏.

[@jakethistle9071]

She certainly caught the mood of the nation. Well done, Rachel Reeves!

[@jayparmar2322]

Sorry but I disagree with you and Racheal

[@anonymousthanks4718]

@@jayparmar2322 Okay Tory

[@petyrkowalski9887]

I agree, she did

[@petyrkowalski9887]

@@jayparmar2322 and you are wrong…like all tories

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

@@jayparmar2322 typical Tory voter , a village idiot who cannot even spell simple names. 😂

[@josiesmalling8460]

brilliant......... Rachel thank you for speaking up for the working man this has to be the most heartless gov we have ever had thought thatcher was bad grew up under her but this lot cop it

[@silversurfer640]

Josie Smalling Dead right, the eighties was a cake walk in some ways, compared to what this lot have put us through.

[@johnnypatterson7512]

Like watching a group of people trying to build a house for 12 years and each year it falls down. How many chances do they need before you get another group to build it?

[@habsom1406]

Wouldn't mind if they were earnest in their endeavours to build the house, but they're the ones stealing the bricks and watering down the cement!

[@London1064]

I voted Tory but this Lady is certainly a reason why I should not have. Ms Reeves speaks complete sense and destroyed the Tories today.

[@HuplesCat]

Please never waste your vote again. Compassionate conservativism is dead

[@silversurfer640]

London 64 You're honest, I'll give you that.

[@silversurfer640]

@@HuplesCat It was never alive or real. Compassionate conservatism, trickle down economics. Both are pure fantasies , etched into the Tory psyche.

[@HuplesCat]

@@silversurfer640 oh it was there. Back in the 60s

[@douglasbarr3319]

@@HuplesCat compassion and conservatism no don't belong in the same sentence

[@shiftystylin]

I'm in my mid 30's. In my lifetime, the best period of living that I can recall was in the early 2000's when Labour was in charge. Since 2010, it's been awful - Britain is divided and constantly looking for scapegoats rather than addressing it's own problems. I honestly just see Tories blaming everything and anyone, and people falling in line. That's what they want... It's tiresome and I'm now ashamed to be British whilst the rich get richer and the poor die in their droves. Say what you like about an illegal war by Blair (Bush technically...) - 300,000 of our own people killed by 10 unjustified years of austerity, For what!? For private water companies, transport companies, energy companies, bankers, millionaires and billionaires can rinse Britain as though it were a cash cow is utterly utterly disgusting. These people are filth. Get them out.

[@kinggeoffrey3801]

Have to agree. I earned 21.5k at 19 in 2003 as a research assistant at the University of Oxford. You would be lucky to get a chemist job above 23k now. Put it this way you can earn more cleaning these days.

[@moistman6930]

The worst thing is, that Blair DID find WMDs, he found biological and chemical weapons sold to Iraq from the CIA (woah, THEM doing something morally wrong, who'd of thought it?), and the civillian cost of the war was half that killed by Hussain, who was deposed as a result.

[@richardtuxford1812]

I left the UK after a year of the Tories in 2011, I still struggle to understand how people can't see that the UK is viscerally worse off after 12 years of this shit. It was worse after 1, I could only see it heading one way.

[@richardisaacs567]

@@richardtuxford1812 I was luckily able to leave in 2002. I knew the Torys were a shameful mess full of liars and Eaton snots and I knew they would return to power at some point and lead the country in to a black hole. I could tell then they'd strip the UK of its assets because that's what vultures do. It was the best move I made but watching my family have to suffer unnecessarily has been heartbreaking.

[@andrewbrowning9755]

I am in my mid 50,s I remember when labour was were in power in the 1970,s high unemployment the energy crisis the strikes the food mountains the mountains of rubbish pilling up in the streets people have short memories. Perhaps we should let Nigel have a go see what he can do.If Labour is in people complain if the Torries are in people complain

[@jeffatkins6890]

I afraid she’s telling the truth

[@jayparmar2322]

I’m afraid I disagree Labour are no better just full of fairytale promises

[@madelinespiers4216]

Such an insightful speech.

[@onaraggatip961]

Great speech. Although I will say that if you think this bunch are going to be any better…….you’re wrong. I’m no Tory fan but labour have seriously lost their way. Voting will not get us out of this mess, they’re all as bad as each other.

[@Stuark54]

We’re going to have to drag them out… What are they going to do when the nurses strike? When everyone starts striking? Why even work if doing so doesn’t even allow you to feed your family? The tories are just leading us to bloodshed and needless loss of lives and livelihoods.

[@grahammaguire404]

They don't care a shit about nurses striking... They've all got private health care for example " BUPA".. just rings true for us mere mortals, I'm not a religious person but If I'm correct and remember a quote from the holy Bible ... "The meek shall inherit the earth", quite possibly the most potent words I can think of off to repel those who govern and unfortunately think they are celestial and clandestine thus we should be in their debt for every ungodly action they bestow upon us hoping to silence us as worthless and celebrate their false and degrading rules to crush us into fine granules of dust to be blown away and never surface again and let them live their lives of luxury, sin and debauchery and so forth.

[@saikoujikan]

Nurses striking will allow the tories to continue to push the narrative that the NHS model simply does not work, and that privatising nursing is the only way forwards. How successful that is will depend on how awake the people are

[@purenkool2024]

Hunt forced Junior Doctors to accept unfair contracts. In 2016 NHS had 6 strikes. He ignored them all. He called doctors “militant”. 🤬

[@purenkool2024]

Killed the disabled too.

[@ryanejm1201]

Yet there are clowns that will still vote for them, come another general election. This country is doomed.

[@andrewclarke6916]

Hopefully, not so many clowns will vote for them the next time around. Some of them will have learnt their lesson by now, especially when they review their financial situation.

[@seanroocroft1684]

@@andrewclarke6916 I hope you are right. I don't think I've ever come across such a dishonest, self-centred, bunch of incompetents as the disgrace that is the Conservatives. If anyone actually votes for them at the next election, then this country is seriously doomed.

[@naijaman6639]

@@andrewclarke6916 You are over-optimistic. I don't think so because there are too many thickos and clowns on this island.

[@andrewclarke6916]

@@naijaman6639 There are indeed but when they get hit hard in the pocket my hope is that some of them will realise the error of their ways.

[@naijaman6639]

@@andrewclarke6916 I hope you are right. I loathe to say this, but I think a period of hardship is needed to reset the skulls of many people in this country, let alone their brains.

[@tonyclarke9269]

It’s going to be hard for the next couple of years , I can see real unrest coming

[@karlmylnere5712]

Tony Clarke , yes indeed, a very worrying prospect , I can also forecast a huge surge of unrest which, however justified , would open the floodgates of criminality, the country is in the grip of fraudsters from the top down , the prospective is frightening.

[@user-zr6ee6lb9m]

We're not allowed unrest following the policing bill.

[@salk.156]

The mini-budget caused the UK to get downgraded to -AA, meaning this country is negative for investment. (This rating was AAA+ before the mini-budget)

[@alfonsohorcajada4399]

Well done Rachel. Excellent performance!

[@agett12]

I see a future prime minister speaking

[@martinpugh1008]

Me too

[@laverdajota8089]

Absolutely,

[@michaeldyas769]

The trouble with these corrupt tories is the brown envelopes they receive from the likes of Shell etc

[@razor1uk610]

..and the creepier parts of organised crime voting & lobbying for reduced Policing numbers, standards and selling off laboratories...

[@purenkool2024]

Russian oligarchs too!

[@michaelpower4372]

Were is Truss (who caused this mess.) since she was booted out of No 10

[@colinthompson3111]

More Rachel please.😀

[@echanelle5926]

She is absolutely amazing

[@ravd8082]

I'm not a labour supporter but I actually agree with what rachel reeves said

[@stevelee9924]

Same here and I have to agree.

[@Soulspark811]

Time you became a supporter

[@ep1929]

@@Soulspark811 Labour would scoop up a lot of support if they only admitted & apologised over the cover up of grooming gangs. The fact that Labour won't even talk about what they did is the very reason some people won't vote for them.

[@kimgrattage6049]

@@Soulspark811 No way would I vote for these woke idiots. I vote for no one. like I've always done, don't get blamed then when the crackpots of either party balls things up.

[@royboy565]

@@ep1929 Voters don't give a shit about grooming gangs, read what is main reasons for voting for parties. Economy, NHS, immigration, education etc. Stopping grooming gangs nowhere.

[@davidpearn2484]

Hunt doesn't realise the house is laughing at him.

[@youejtube7692]

He just keeps his permasmirk on and lets it all wash over him. Doesn't give a toss. Doesn't affect him or his mates.

[@johnogroats3318]

@@youejtube7692 he’s a psycho.

[@nicholasgerrish6022]

Austerity beckons with thin, hard, fingers, so there isn’t really much to laugh about. Looking at the Labour Front Bench, they appeared for the most part, grim faced and resigned for a long wait.

[@idio-syncrasy]

Indeed. Most of the country is laughing at him or crying because of him.

[@nicholasgerrish6022]

@@idio-syncrasy Yes, that is just about it!

[@mpfromdaov]

The metaphor comparing the Conservatives to Bobby Ewing and “Dallas” was both apt and clever.

[@laurachiar6086]

👍🤣

[@kieranclark5192]

Go on girl!! Go on!! 🙌🙌

[@robertfmorton]

Well said, Rachel Reeves. I am well impressed with the Labour women. Very important that Labour keeps up the message on the tory crimes during covid. And while I understand that rich amoral individuals would want to support the tories, what on earth are working class tory voters thinking of!!!???

[@frenchonion8861]

That it would easily be much worse under labour. Fact

[@minnie4218]

@@frenchonion8861 330,000 people died due to austerity measures of Cameron and Osborn and the Torys are at it again. They just help themselves punishing the workers or poor for Tory choices to funnel our money to the idle rich

[@joevenables3393]

@@frenchonion8861 I genuinely don’t understand how people can believe this. Is this just what the Mail prints? Can you not see how incompetent the conservatives are? Have you ever sat down and read up on Labours policies or do you just hear it second hand from tory backing news outlets?

[@johnowen1677]

Including Dianne Abbott?

[@robertfmorton]

I REALLY don't understand the mentality of those who say things would be worse under Labour! I certainly have my criticisms of Labour and Starmer, but FOR GOD'S SAKE how on earth could they be worse that this criminal mafioso government. To be fair, ANY party to the left of this shower would be far better. I have my preferences but realistically, it is Labour who are in the best position to oust this shambles.

[@anthonyclegg1511]

What are the tories going to blame, when the war in Ukraine is over. And were is Truss and Gove and Boris Johnson,?. In the Caribbean. We all know were Hancock is, but he should be in Broadmoor.

[@HuplesCat]

Corbyn and the destruction of everything by Gordon Brown. They need removing forever

[@anthonyclegg1511]

@@HuplesCat have you seen all the toffs at Royal Ascot, no chance, we are stuck with them.

[@HuplesCat]

@@anthonyclegg1511 it is sad to see Britain so poorly led

[@kimgrattage6049]

@@HuplesCat I'm 64 in the New Year and every single PM we have had as been as useless as the last, a bunch of w*****s.

[@mooronful]

Rachel Reeves I think is the star of the Labour Party who will go a long way. Articulate and so able to deliver the message ❤

[@garymcmanus9946]

Future PM right there

[@tonymiller2169]

She absolutely smashed this!! All they want is for us to go private, to libe their and their friends pockets down with the Conservative Party!!

[@briancole7120]

She needs to be prime minister what a strong lady

[@garyowen4112]

no she doesnt,with her background we need her as chancellor

[@yinyatto9911]

@@dalebenton3354 if we get another full tory term, heck if this tory term lasts the full term the UK will split

[@dudleydyer9224]

@@dalebenton3354 from your spelling I would assume you did not go to Eaton and therefore must be taking the piss

[@tristinkirby]

Her speech was amazing

[@LoveProWrestling]

Your vote should be recorded in a secure confidential database. And when the government wants to put up taxes, only the people that voted for them should get the bill.

[@davidmcintyre998]

They are only to well aware of who voted for who nothing secret about your vote, the current project is to see how many they can stop exercising their right to vote.

[@neilg6675]

"We need to be completely self sufficient on energy so no one can blackmail us"......."I'm giving the contract for Sizewell c to (edf) the French government". National security didn't make it past the next sentence. Corruption is absolute

[@MBosworth87]

exactly - why not give it to Rolls Royce instead EDF!

[@kanedNunable]

the french own half of our electric supply.

[@bryansmith1920]

I know exactly of that of what you speak

[@tjcarr70]

Anything including Food, Water, Post, Trains, Energy should be public owned. No more plane ticket prices for a train ticket. That is where privatisation gets you. Competition and cheaper prices we were promised back then :( Always voted tory since 18 now 52. Never ever again.

[@rabmcnair4488]

Let's not forget that they also nearly gave it to China along with the rights to our 5G network. The Tories were only stopped when the US slapped them on the wrists for being utter idiots for contemplating these sales.

[@LoyalUK]

Spoken like a true prime minister. She's exactly what we need. #starmerOUT

[@lesleywright2823]

Sunak and Raab so fucking smug, they are laughing at us all

[@kev247365]

She nailed it. We just need a early general election now

[@unconventionalideas5683]

If the scandals keep coming that might just happen…

[@rameshn4968]

No use of general election, whoever comes next has to bear the music, the culprit is Mr Boris Johnson, easy going person who has misused the funds during pandemic lavishly spent and distributed the funds among the tory MPs without any economic plan. The UK public habituated for easy money and forgot the hardworking.