It’s Rachel Reeves’ big day at conference today. After 80 days of doom and gloom, the Starmer army have concluded that this might not be doing wonders for business confidence and party morale. So the Chancellor is seeking to strike a more optimistic note in her address to activists, declaring that her budget will have ‘real ambition’ and that there will ‘be no return to austerity.’
But with Reeves barely a third of the way through her speech this lunchtime, it seems not all in the audience were a fan of her style. The Chancellor was loudly interrupted by a pro-Palestine protester who shouted: ‘And we are still selling arms to Israel!’ before they were quickly bundled out of the room by a neck. Reeves declared in response: ‘This is a changed Labour party, a Labour party that represents working people, and not a party of protest.’
Talk about the greatest hits eh?
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