She is under scrutiny for false claims yet again – so what do the Rachel Reeves scandals tell us about success?
The BBC is having a field day at the expense of the Chancellor of the Exchequer – and from all the information This Writer can see, that is an unusual reversal for her; usually she seems to have fun at the expense of others.
The examples are given in this BBC article, in which information seems to show that she misused her expense accounts as a complaints manager at Halifax Bank of Scotland, alongside the fact that she was found to have overclaimed £4,000 of expenses as an MP in 2015.
The BBC’s top politics story at the time of writing claims that she exaggerated (read: lied) on her curriculum vitae to claim she spent 10 years at the Bank of England when in fact she was only there for five and a half before moving on to (allegedly) diddle HBOS out of its expenses cash.
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A spokesperson for Reeves (not Reeves herself, notice – it seems she feels the need to be insulated from these questions) has said the inaccuracy was due to an error by her “team”.
But what are ordinary people supposed to think when they see evidence of persistent falsehood by a person in a senior position in the government?
Scroll back up to the italicised words complaints manager above. Until her real job was revealed, everybody had been led to believe she was an economist.
Until the “administrative error” on her LinkedIn cv was revealed, we thought she had been at the Bank of England for a decade.
Until whistleblowers came forward to reveal what they knew about her expenses claims, we might have thought she knew how to handle money responsibly.
Now it seems those were all mistakes. But she’s still the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
What conclusion are we supposed to draw?
Is it that cheating and lying is the best way to get on in life?
That is a bad look for the Labour Party.
If Keir Starmer continues to support his Chancellor on these scandals, he’ll fall under suspicion too. What will he do about this?
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What do the Rachel Reeves scandals tell us about success?
She is under scrutiny for false claims yet again – so what do the Rachel Reeves scandals tell us about success?
The BBC is having a field day at the expense of the Chancellor of the Exchequer – and from all the information This Writer can see, that is an unusual reversal for her; usually she seems to have fun at the expense of others.
The examples are given in this BBC article, in which information seems to show that she misused her expense accounts as a complaints manager at Halifax Bank of Scotland, alongside the fact that she was found to have overclaimed £4,000 of expenses as an MP in 2015.
The BBC’s top politics story at the time of writing claims that she exaggerated (read: lied) on her curriculum vitae to claim she spent 10 years at the Bank of England when in fact she was only there for five and a half before moving on to (allegedly) diddle HBOS out of its expenses cash.
Buy Cruel Britannia in print here. Buy the Cruel Britannia ebook here. Or just click on the image!
A spokesperson for Reeves (not Reeves herself, notice – it seems she feels the need to be insulated from these questions) has said the inaccuracy was due to an error by her “team”.
But what are ordinary people supposed to think when they see evidence of persistent falsehood by a person in a senior position in the government?
Scroll back up to the italicised words complaints manager above. Until her real job was revealed, everybody had been led to believe she was an economist.
Until the “administrative error” on her LinkedIn cv was revealed, we thought she had been at the Bank of England for a decade.
Until whistleblowers came forward to reveal what they knew about her expenses claims, we might have thought she knew how to handle money responsibly.
Now it seems those were all mistakes. But she’s still the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
What conclusion are we supposed to draw?
Is it that cheating and lying is the best way to get on in life?
That is a bad look for the Labour Party.
If Keir Starmer continues to support his Chancellor on these scandals, he’ll fall under suspicion too. What will he do about this?
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The Livingstone Presumption is available
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Health Warning: Government! is now available
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The first collection, Strong Words and Hard Times,
is still available in either print or eBook format here:
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