Jeremy Hunt responds to being called a 'liar' by Rachel Reeves

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00:00Are you saying that Jeremy Hunt is a liar?

00:04Jeremy Hunt covered up from the House of Commons and from the country

00:08the true state of the public finances.

00:10He did that knowingly and deliberately.

00:13So he's a liar?

00:14If he covered something up knowingly, he's a liar?

00:16He lied, and they lied during the election campaign

00:18about the state of the public finances.

00:21I think it's very disappointing that the new government

00:25is choosing to do politics this way.

00:27I think it actually discredits politics.

00:30When people call each other liars.

00:33And I thought more highly of Rachel Reeves.

00:36I actually praised her on election night

00:39as being a committed civil servant.

00:41I think she can do better than that.

00:43The reality is that we...

00:46Are you angry? Are you insulted by this?

00:48I mean, she called you a liar.

00:49Of course.

00:51And... But I'm disappointed more than anything else.