Another day, another Rachel Reeves-related drama. The Chancellor is facing fresh claims that she has exaggerated her CV – with the Labour politician now accused of falsely claiming to have academic work published in one of the world’s leading economics journals. It raises yet another question mark over the Reeves’ work record, after the Chancellor had to make multiple edits to dates and job titles on her LinkedIn. You couldn’t make it up – or maybe you could…
The Chancellor’s Who’s Who entry states that Reeves has contributed to the Journal of Political Economy, one of the top 5 economics journals globally. Yet it transpires that Reeves actually had a paper published in the European Journal of Political Economy – which, while having a similar name to the former, has a lower impact factor and is much less prestigious. As the Times notes, experts liken the comparison to Oxford University versus Oxford Brookes. Indeed serious academics – and economists – would be well aware of the difference. How very interesting.
For their part, Reeves’ team say they have no clue how the assertion came to be made – despite the claim featuring consistently in her Who’s Who entry since she became an MP. Mr S would point out, however, that those with Who’s Who entries to review and update them on a yearly basis. Is Reeves’ inaccuracy down to oversight, ignorance or something more deliberate? Stay tuned…
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