Rachel Reeves in tears at PMQs as Keir Starmer refuses to confirm she'll remain Chancellor after benefits cuts chaos
Rachel Reeves was seen with a tear rolling down her cheek in the Commons as the Prime Minister refused to guarantee she would remain in her job until the next election.
The Chancellor appeared visibly upset while sat next to Sir Keir Starmer as he faced a grilling over the chaos of Tuesday night’s benefits cuts vote.
Following Prime Minister’s Questions, Downing Street insisted that Ms Reeves “is going nowhere” and has Sir Keir’s "full backing".
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When I think of Starmer I am reminded of the fictional Hyacinth Bucket (BBC sitcom Keeping Up Appearances in the early nineties). Hyacinth was born of common stock, puts on airs and graces to ingratiate herself with the upper classes, and is completely oblivious to other peoples’ feelings or concerns.
I can’t imagine that Keir Bucket (“Bouquet”) would have noticed or cared about someone else’s tears.
Just saw a picture of their front bench. Exuded competence. Not.
DJ - I like "Keir Bucket", he is completely oblivious to other peoples’ feelings or concerns. It's a fatal weakness of course, just as it was for Hyacinth.
James - ghastly aren't they? No ability whatever.
What an appalling wee creep. His colleague is in tears and instead of saying "Excuse me, Mr Speaker, may I have a moment to accompany my colleague out of the chamber?" he just bores on and on while the bloody woman weeps. Actually "creep" is too mild: he's what my father's generation might have called a shitbag. Not the first hint of chivalry.
Come on Ange. Surkier is worthy of Two Tears.
But remember TT, FG , Not Here, Kier, Hell bath no fury.............
And your total is increasing. If they ever get together.......
dearieme - those who have said he's on the spectrum may be right, he doesn't seem to have been aware that this might happen even though he says how close they are as colleagues.
Doonhamer - getting together could be the problem, the party seems to thrive on divisive spats and gossip suggests there is a degree of loathing within the senior ranks.
Who or what sat the chancellor next to Sir Kier Starmer? Was it the hands of destiny?
In a previous exchange here, I mentioned Starmer’s resemblance to Maillardet’s Automaton but, following his baffling display of indifference to the Chancellor’s obvious emotional state, another comparison springs to mind.
It finally struck me yesterday that I was effectively looking at the shark from Jaws; not a real live great white shark - even those have some character - but the dead-eyed rubber simulacrum created to Spielberg’s specifications and photographed as an inanimate prop on set (I think it’s the recently overdone Botox which really hammers it home).
Tammly - maybe it was Nemesis having a little joke.
Macheath - perhaps he is a dead-eyed rubber simulacrum. Botox?
According to a relative who is a long-term avid observer of political news coverage and a professional portrait painter, so pretty good at spotting facial anomalies.
Macheath - that's interesting, I wonder if Lord Alli paid for it?
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