Tory Shadow Ministers have demanded Rachel Reeves come clean following accusations the Chancellor lied on her CV, as No.10 refuses to say if she broke the ministerial code. The Sun has more.
It came as Downing Street refused to say Ms. Reeves has followed ministerial integrity rules after her LinkedIn page was quietly edited last week.
The Chancellor’s claim that she worked as an economist at the Bank of Scotland between 2006 and 2009 was changed to state that she held a role in “retail banking” for Halifax.
When asked on Monday whether lying on a CV is a “breach of the ministerial code”, Sir Keir Starmer’s spokesperson responded: “I think with regards to the Chancellor, the Prime Minister is very clear that the Chancellor has restored fiscal stability.
“This is someone who, on coming into office, looked under the bonnet and exposed a £22 billion [sic] black hole in the public finances and has been honest with the public.”
No. 10 also dodged questions over whether Ms. Reeves has been “straight with the public” about her past employment. …
In a stinging letter delivered last night, Shadow Paymaster General Richard Holden implored the Chancellor to directly respond to “incredibly serious” allegations surrounding her CV.
Starmer still repeating the £22 billion claim even though the OBR only said it found a £9.5 billion shortfall. Not exactly a good look when trying to defend the Chancellor’s integrity.
Worth reading in full.
It further emerged yesterday that in a post from 2012 Reeves was candid about how junior her Bank of England role was, in contrast to how she has portrayed it since then. From the Telegraph:
In one of a series of posts highlighting her credentials on X, formerly Twitter, last year, she said: “As a former Bank of England economist, I know what it will take to get Britain’s economy back on track.”
Other posts on the platform said her time at the Bank taught her “how important stability is for our economy”, “what it takes to run a successful economy” and “the value of independent economic institutions”.
But a separate post, which dates from 2012 but did not surface until November 18th this year, said in response to a deleted tweet: “Indeed – I first met him when I was the very junior Japan analyst at the Bank of England 12 years ago!”
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What credibility she once possessed, is now shot.
She served at the front counter at two banks!
How does that become economist?
One of which – HBOS – went bankrupt in 2008. Reeves was at HBOS from 2006 to 2009
I struggle to care about the “ministerial code”. The Tories wrecked the country with Nut Zero, Woke and “Covid”, Labour are doing the same only worse. I would happily pay the cabinet tens of millions a year each if they’d only leave us the bloody hell alone.
It is telling that probity in public office had to be codified.
Indeed, though I would prefer them to be “on the take” to them wrecking the country by following a dogmatic globalist agenda.
Exactly, at least that has become the expected norm. It comes with the territory.
Just leave the rest of us the f*** alone.
Hold the front page, this news just in:
POLITICIAN LIES
Also on page 2, *, page 4, page 5 ….
The asterisk is because I can’t imagine any politician featuring as a page 3 model.
Not even Angela?
I usually have a soft spot for gingers but I would not touch her with a dead lepers doodah.
In Reeves’s Wikipedia pages we read about how Rachel Reeves was a junior chess champion: “In February 1993, in a FIDE officiated Britih Womens Chess Association (BWCA) tournament consisting of 112 competitors between the ages of 12 and 21 Rachel Reeves finished in joint 1st place among the under-14s”
I have checked the original results of this competition and she was actually 26=, not first:
http://www.snouts-in-the-trough.com/archives/36954
Has she ever told the truth about anything?
Also in the news:
Former janitor who worked at CERN says: “an someone who worked close to the cutting edge of particle physics, I have the skills and experience to run Britain’s nuclear industry.”
Ridiculous lying woman.
Tells you all you need to know about her, and about 2tk sir kneel the tool.
God what a mess.
Let’s all calm down. I am not more a fan of Reeves than anyone else on here but this is just a lot of trivia. Who cares? We all know the inflation in job titles, responsibilities, CVs and linked-in profiles.
I disagree, for two reasons:
1.) This woman is not just some noname job candidate who slightly sexed up her CV. This is arguably the second most important job.
2.) Labour has a “holier-than-thou” attitude. So for them to be caught lying is akin to the Bible-basing preacher being caught in a public toilet trying to buy a goat from two Arabs, using a stolen credit card.
Embellished CVs, and those that are economical with the details, are common; ask anyone with experience in HR departments. Trouble is, Gov Ministers are not like normal employees.
And when caught they are dismissed instantly!
I have to agree, the latest from Guido is that she listed her occupation as economist when she became a company director … but what would you have put if you were a manager at Halifax?
This is going to end up as a nothing burger, as it did with Rayner.
I sort-of agree this is trivial, it’s the sort of rubbish that the MSM love, when the underlying policies are storing up huge disasters for the future. A bit like Johnson and the cake. But at the same time, it does give the lie to Labour’s claim to be different from the Tories. That was always only marketing guff anyway.
A ban for life from holding public office is the correct response to lying by a Chancellor of the Exchequer. Wouldn’t it be great if a whistle blower from the Bank of England exposed what Thieves actually did there. Word is that those that knew her at HBOS said she was effing useless – no change there then.
They smell blood in the water she’s toast.
As a female, I find it a bit disappointing that the first woman Chancellor turns out to be at worst a serial and blatant liar, and at best a fantasist.
Are we sure she’s not a “special woman” with a penis or a man in drag?
It might help all those women and girls, who were so impressed with Labour having the first woman Chancellor, to rebuild their trust in female politicians 🙂
Surely lying on a CV is a case of misinformation? Strange, I thought the Starmer regime was keen to stamp this sort of thing out. Maybe Reeves belongs in the ‘other’ tier.
For a supposed former “economist” she appears to be mentally challenged about basic concepts in finance. If we applied her rule to other industries, and demanded they hand over 20% of their equipment or factory floor to fund the the diversity managers in the NHS, how does she seriously think these industries could continue? Can you seriously chop off and sell 20% of your factory or equipment and continue as before? Most sensible people would think not, but you could have a diversity hire who thinks they know better.
She is then just the same as 2TK. Lies, lies, and more lies. Actually these lies amount to malfeasance in Public office. Both should be jailed, preferably forever.
Has anyone seen any graduation photographs of this woman from her time at Oxford University or the LSE – or better still, degree certificates? Gaining significant professional advantage from false declarations is fraud.