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.
00:00Frankly, it's been pretty obvious since day one that her CV was false and she's not up to the job.
00:05I think this has got nothing to do with that, Nigel. I just think that something happened.
00:10We have no idea what we have no idea why she was upset. And she was upset.
00:16I mean, she's sometimes things get away from us. Right.
00:20All I'm saying has got nothing to do with her.
00:23No, no, there's more going on. OK, there's more going on.
00:25She was supposed to have a welfare bill that was blown out of the water, frankly.
00:32She's got to find five more billion, five billion pounds more in the autumn budget.
00:38She'll probably have to raise taxes. There's been huge pressure.
00:41I mean, I've been there. 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.
00:47They'd have been ringing MPs every hour on the weekend saying, please, please, please vote for the government.
00:55That's stressful. You're on the call to close parliamentary colleagues.
00:59They're saying we're not going to vote for you. It's been a very stressful time.
01:02Yes, but what I'm trying to find out is what you two are saying, that the fact that the fact that she and it was only tears.
01:10She didn't make a fuss. Right. She just had a tear rolling down her face.
01:14And that means she's not up to the job. I mean, I just think this is crazy.
01:19I think this is crazy. Her record is dire.
01:22She lied about her CV. She's not qualified to do the job.
01:25Oh, come on. Nigel, she's slightly exaggerated something.
01:29Slightly? No, it was a wild exaggeration.
01:31There were some exaggerations, but I'm trying to be as compassionate and fair to her as possible.
01:36All I'm saying is, I don't say, of course it was stressful.
01:39What she's been through is incredibly difficult.
01:42And actually, most of her predecessors, all of her predecessors have been through similar moments.
01:47And you've got to keep it together.
01:49And the fact that she didn't says to me there's a wider problem within the government.
01:53And her relationship with the prime minister, particularly her relationship with the backbenchers.
01:57Is that unfair?
01:59It is unfair.
02:00Why?
02:00You have no idea. You have no idea.
02:03I mean, you have no idea what the stress is.
02:05I've been there.
02:05I have no idea about her.
02:06No, I know, quasi.
02:08And because you're a man, you didn't cry when she sacked you.
02:12Nobody sacked Rachel, right?
02:14No, exactly.
02:15But I know.
02:16She's still there.
02:16Just a minute.
02:16I know that there are times, it happens to be very rarely.
02:21It's nothing to be being a man.
02:22It's nothing to be being a man.
02:23No, but you're doing this.
02:24No, what I'm saying is the fact that she didn't make a fuss, the fact that a tear rolled down
02:31her cheek somehow makes her weak.
02:34I don't think it's a sign of weakness.
02:35I think it's a real shame.
02:37I think it shows that something was not happening.
02:40It's got nothing to do.
02:41It's got nothing to do with how she is as a Chancellor.
02:44Maybe it's a symptom of what has become a pretty dysfunctional government.
02:49I agree with that.
02:50I agree with that.
02:51What's going on in this U-turns, they would have had a very stressful week, but I can believe
02:54you.
02:54You talk to me about a dysfunctional government.
02:57You were in.
02:58You were the Chancellor.
02:59I didn't cry.
03:00I never cried.
03:02Great.
03:02Maybe it would have helped if you had.
03:04You were in about a dysfunctional government.
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