Watch Rachel Reeves hit again at petrol station heckler with ‘not very British’ jibe
The Chancellor was interrupted by a man driving a truck with two St George’s flags on the roof while giving a broadcast interview at petrol station in Leeds on Wednesday
Rachel Reeves has branded a heckler “not very British” after he repeatedly shouted at her while she was taking questions from the media.
The Chancellor was interrupted by a man driving a truck with two St George’s flags on the roof while giving a broadcast interview at petrol station in Leeds on Wednesday.
The heckler, who appeared to back Reform UK, was heard shouting “Nigel Farage, go on Nigel”, before adding: “You’re ruining the country. Get Keir Starmer out.”
As he left the station he said out of the window: “I’ve got British flags on. Am I going to get arrested? We’ve got English flags on here, Rachel, am I going to get arrested? Look at Rachel Reeves there, with a smile on her face.”
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In a wry response, Ms Reeves told him “I love our country. I love our country, and one of the things about our country is good manners. Not very British.” Turning to hacks, she joked “so he didn’t near the news about fuel duty”.
It comes as the PM announced the 5p per litre fuel duty cut introduced by the Tories in March 2022 would be extended for the rest of the year. That means the rate will remain nearly 53p per litre. In total, by the end of this year the cut will have saved the average driver £120 since 2025, the Treasury said.
A 12-month road tax holiday will save drivers £600 for a typical heavy lorry and £912 for the biggest vehicles on the road, it added. Farmers, rail freight, and other red diesel users will also see their fuel duty cut by over a third until the end of the year. This is the lowest rate in over 20 years, ministers said.
Ms Reeves said: “Given what’s happening in the Middle East, it is important that we now provide certainty. This war is not a war that we started, it’s not a war that we joined, but it is having an impact on people here in the UK, and despite the decline in inflation that we’ve seen in the numbers that have just come out, I obviously recognise the challenges that families and businesses are facing, and so we’re keeping that freeze in place until the end of this year.”
