RE: Budget..27 Oct 2024 11:10
“Now Ms Reeves how economically experienced is she ? Some doubt on this.”
There's a lot of doubt on this Gunsup. How far do you want to go? I've already posted about her fictitious chess abilities.
Rachel Reeves makes a lot of her time working as an economist. After serving in a trio of JUNIOR positions at the Bank of England, Rachel says that in 2006 she moved to the Bank of Scotland to work as an “economist,” before leaving in 2009 to serve as MP.
Speaking to colleagues of Reeves’ from her Bank of England days – one described her as having a reputation for being “f***ing useless”
Reeves ‘boilerplate’ biography, given to event organisers for her speaking events, says: “Previously, she worked as an economist at the Bank of England, the British Embassy in Washington DC and latterly at Halifax Bank of Scotland.” She is constantly praised for having an “economist brain.” She speaks of her time at HBOS in the midst of the financial crisis: “When economies tumble, it is those on the lowest incomes who suffer most. Some people lost their jobs but also their sense of pride” (the font of all knowledge).
Former colleagues of Reeves got in touch to raise questions over her CV, wonder why?
The Chancellor states on her LinkedIn that she was working as an “economist” at HBOS. This is not true. Reeves worked in a mundane support department at the bank, according to multiple former colleagues. Within the Halifax/HBOS Complaints team there was a small support unit which managed administration processes, IT matters, and small projects and planning. It was a team of three people far from the Economics Department. Reeves held a mid-level position.
HBOS was acquired by Lloyds in 2009 and the Chancellor left in December of that year to pursue a career in politics
She's not a good orator, just like her boss, even when reading a prepared statement. When questioned without notes she's sunk, again just like her boss.
I know what I believe, make your own mind up.
Now I'm a great believer that if you've got a flair for the job you'll be successful, she doesn't instil that in me.
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