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Rachel Reeves defended by Scarlett Mccgwire after crying during PMQs: 'It has nothing to do with the job!'
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Jul 2, 2025
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has sparked a fiery sexism row on GB News, as ex-Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng claimed Reeves's tears during PMQ's meant she was "stressed" about her job.Reeves sparked concern after appearing to shed tears during her appearance in the House of Commons on Wednesday.FULL STORY HERE.
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Frankly, it's been pretty obvious since day one that her CV was false and she's not up to the job
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I think this has got nothing to do with that, Nigel. I just think that something happened
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We have no idea what. We have no idea why she was upset
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And she was upset. I mean, sometimes things get away from us, right
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That's all I'm saying. It's got nothing to do with her being Chancellor
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No, no, but there's more going on. OK, there's more going on. She was supposed to have a welfare bill
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that was blown out of the water, frankly. She's got to find £5 billion more in the autumn budget
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She'll probably have to raise taxes. There's been huge pressure. I mean, I've been there
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I haven't been a whip, but I've been involved in the kind of whipping operation when I was what's called a parliamentary private secretary
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They'd have been ringing MPs every hour on the weekend saying, please, please, please vote for the government
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That's stressful. on the call to close parliamentary colleagues, they're saying we're not going to vote for you
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It's been a very stressful time. Yes, but what I'm trying to find out is what you two are saying. The fact
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that she and it was only tears, she didn't make a fuss, right? She just had a tear
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rolling down her face. She looked terrible. And that means she's not up to
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the job? I mean, I just think this is crazy. I think this is crazy
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Her record is dire. She lied about her CV. She's not qualified
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to do the job. Come on. No, I mean that. Nigel, she's slightly exaggerated something
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Slightly? No, it was a wild exaggeration. There were some exaggerations But I trying to be as compassionate and fair to her as possible All I saying is I don say of course it was stressful What she been through is incredibly difficult
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And actually most of her predecessors, all of her predecessors, have been through similar moments
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And you've got to keep it together. And the fact that she didn't says to me there's a wider problem within the government
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Her relationship with the Prime Minister, particularly her relationship with the Bank of England. Is that unfair
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It is unfair. Why? You have no idea. You have no idea
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I mean... Well, you're saying you have no idea what the stress is. I've been there. I have no idea about her. No, I know, quasi
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And because you're a man, you didn't cry when she sacked you
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Nobody sacked Rachel, right? No, exactly. But I know... She's still there. Just a minute
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I know that there are times, it happens to be very rarely..
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It's nothing to do with being a man. It's nothing to do with being a man. No, but you're doing this
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No, what I'm saying is the fact that she didn't make a fuss
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The fact that a tear rolled down her cheek somehow makes her weak
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I don't think it's a sign of weakness. I think it's a real shame. I think it shows that something was not happening
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It's got nothing to do with how she is as a Chancellor
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Maybe it's a symptom of what has become a pretty dysfunctional government
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I agree with that. I agree with that. In this U-turns, they would have had a very stressful weekend
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You talked to me about a dysfunctional government. You were in. You were the Chancellor
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I didn't cry. I never cried. Great. Maybe it would have helped if you had
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You were in the most dysfunctional government. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
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These guys, right. You were just... I never cried. Maybe I should have done
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You're right
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