Video: Reeves claims she resigned from Corbyn’s Shadow Cabinet – she was never in it

Reeves adds she’s never been compared to Jeremy Corbyn before – many agreed there’s no comparison…

Right-wing Chancellor Rachel Reeves has told Sky News presenter Beth Rigby, in a post-budget interview, that she has never been compared to Jeremy Corbyn before – and that she resigned from Corbyn’s Shadow Cabinet because she disagreed with him on everything:

Reeves was never in Corbyn’s Shadow Cabinet. Instead, she resigned her position as Shadow DWP Secretary, to which she had been appointed by Ed Miliband where she told the nation she wanted to be tougher on benefit claimants than the Tories, the moment Corbyn was elected as Labour leader. It’s unlikely Corbyn would have allowed her anywhere near a significant role.

But Reeves is right that there’s no comparison between her – with her Winter Fuel Allowance cut that will kill pensioners, her joy in keeping poor children hungry, her eagerness to please billionaires and huge corporations, her 50% increase on bus fares that will hammer those with least, her ‘Austerity 2’ slashing of many public service budgets that are already bare bones and her delight and opacity in accepting freebies from multimillionaires – and the humane former Labour leader. And many were happy to point this out in response to Sky’s video, as shown in the small selection below:

Keir Starmer’s faction can’t get away from Jeremy Corbyn and how he outshines them politically and personally. As a result, he continues to ‘live rent free’ in their heads and in the minds of ‘mainstream’ political hacks.

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