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It seems that Rachel may not have been entirely honest.
« on: November 16, 2024, 01:54:27 AM »
Its being alleged that the sainted Rachel may have been a tad creative with her CV. A post by a former senior manager at Lloyds and HBOS is casting doubt on her actual position while also commenting on a couple of incidents that happened while she was working at that institution including the one that apparently led to her resignation. 

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7257794402956251138/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14088975/Chancellor-economic-CV-Rachel-Reeves-edits-online-qualifications-having-experience-economist-say-retail-banking.html

Considering that the treasury has been unable to confirm the accuracy of the much touted £20b black hole when sent an FOIA request by the FT, not to mention the fact that Reeves changed her Linkedin information once this came out, I'm inclined to think that there may be something to this.  rubschin
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Re: It seems that Rachel may not have been entirely honest.
« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2024, 06:51:33 AM »
Quote from: Grumpmeister on November 16, 2024, 01:54:27 AM
Its being alleged that the sainted Rachel may have been a tad creative with her CV. A post by a former senior manager at Lloyds and HBOS is casting doubt on her actual position while also commenting on a couple of incidents that happened while she was working at that institution including the one that apparently led to her resignation. 

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7257794402956251138/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14088975/Chancellor-economic-CV-Rachel-Reeves-edits-online-qualifications-having-experience-economist-say-retail-banking.html

Considering that the treasury has been unable to confirm the accuracy of the much touted £20b black hole when sent an FOIA request by the FT, not to mention the fact that Reeves changed her Linkedin information once this came out, I'm inclined to think that there may be something to this.  rubschin

Good to see the MSM catching up with Guido...


No surprise with Thieves though, sh literally oozes a lack of talent!  lol:
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Re: It seems that Rachel may not have been entirely honest.
« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2024, 11:14:25 AM »
yes the grubby Paul Staines did this weeks ago on his Guido blog.  It wasn't any more true then than it is now.

As I posted elsewhere at the time

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She said she had worked as an 'economist' but there's no clear definition of what that means. She was working at HBOS, fact and she likely knew far more about economics than the man or woman in the street and that would make her an economist.


Best to always kick the tyres of the allegations of Paul Staines that started this 'lies' story in his Guido blog.

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Re: It seems that Rachel may not have been entirely honest.
« Reply #3 on: November 16, 2024, 11:44:31 AM »
And yet you have a former senior manager at LBG/HBOS stating specifically that she wasn't an economist but a complaints support manager.
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Re: It seems that Rachel may not have been entirely honest.
« Reply #4 on: November 16, 2024, 01:17:36 PM »
Quote from: Grumpmeister on November 16, 2024, 11:44:31 AM
And yet you have a former senior manager at LBG/HBOS stating specifically that she wasn't an economist but a complaints support manager.
We do?  Link please
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Re: It seems that Rachel may not have been entirely honest.
« Reply #5 on: November 16, 2024, 03:28:39 PM »
Quote from: Steve on November 16, 2024, 01:17:36 PM
Quote from: Grumpmeister on November 16, 2024, 11:44:31 AM
And yet you have a former senior manager at LBG/HBOS stating specifically that she wasn't an economist but a complaints support manager.
We do?  Link please

The link was in the OP. His profile also shows a comprehensive management career within LBS/HBOS

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7257794402956251138/

Given current libel laws in the UK if this was a false statement then Reeves has more then enough to win in court. Hence me being very careful to state that it was alleged.
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Re: It seems that Rachel may not have been entirely honest.
« Reply #6 on: November 16, 2024, 05:13:46 PM »
What that link shows is whoever he is he's someone that just hates Labour at a cellular level.  Not a reliable witness

And our libel laws are so weak now the lack of an action is meaningless
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Re: It seems that Rachel may not have been entirely honest.
« Reply #7 on: November 16, 2024, 05:26:14 PM »
Quote from: Steve on November 16, 2024, 05:13:46 PM
What that link shows is whoever he is he's someone that just hates Labour at a cellular level.  Not a reliable witness

And our libel laws are so weak now the lack of an action is meaningless

I'm sure it is just a coincidence that anybody that doesn't share your Lefty views on everything is 'grubby' or 'unreliable'...  rubschin:
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Re: It seems that Rachel may not have been entirely honest.
« Reply #8 on: November 16, 2024, 05:34:50 PM »
Quote from: Barman on November 16, 2024, 05:26:14 PM
Quote from: Steve on November 16, 2024, 05:13:46 PM
What that link shows is whoever he is he's someone that just hates Labour at a cellular level.  Not a reliable witness

And our libel laws are so weak now the lack of an action is meaningless

I'm sure it is just a coincidence that anybody that doesn't share your Lefty views on everything is 'grubby' or 'unreliable'...  rubschin:
Strange isn't it that I also get regularly accused of being right wing
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Re: It seems that Rachel may not have been entirely honest.
« Reply #9 on: November 17, 2024, 06:34:37 AM »
Quote from: Steve on November 16, 2024, 05:34:50 PM
Quote from: Barman on November 16, 2024, 05:26:14 PM
Quote from: Steve on November 16, 2024, 05:13:46 PM
What that link shows is whoever he is he's someone that just hates Labour at a cellular level.  Not a reliable witness

And our libel laws are so weak now the lack of an action is meaningless

I'm sure it is just a coincidence that anybody that doesn't share your Lefty views on everything is 'grubby' or 'unreliable'...  rubschin:
Strange isn't it that I also get regularly accused of being right wing

Not by anybody that reads your comments here I should think...  lol:
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Re: It seems that Rachel may not have been entirely honest.
« Reply #10 on: November 17, 2024, 08:52:52 AM »
More a contrarian (not that's a bad thing)
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Re: It seems that Rachel may not have been entirely honest.
« Reply #11 on: November 17, 2024, 09:39:58 AM »
Quote from: Uncle Mort on November 17, 2024, 08:52:52 AM
More a contrarian (not that's a bad thing)

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Re: It seems that Rachel may not have been entirely honest.
« Reply #12 on: November 17, 2024, 10:04:17 AM »
Quote from: Uncle Mort on November 17, 2024, 08:52:52 AM
More a contrarian (not that's a bad thing)
Probably true.   I detest the extremes of politics and the lies and distortions their adherents so often use.  I will defend anyone from attack by false instrument.

Reeves is a poor chancellor, hopelessly vain and delivered an awful budget.  Should she have called herself an economist?  Probably not but the term is so wide ranging it wasn't actually dishonest.

As for Kevin Gillett when you read his Linkedin comments he is (like Paul Staines) certainly very right wing and a lover of boasts.
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Re: It seems that Rachel may not have been entirely honest.
« Reply #13 on: November 18, 2024, 06:34:16 PM »
Gillett may lean towards the right but that wouldn't give him the power to change the employment history on Reeve's Linkedin profile once this came to light from Economist with the Bank of Scotland from Dec 2006 to Dec 2009 to Retail Banking with Halifax for the same period, both stated as being full time positions.
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Re: It seems that Rachel may not have been entirely honest.
« Reply #14 on: November 18, 2024, 08:05:18 PM »
Quote from: Grumpmeister on November 18, 2024, 06:34:16 PM
Gillett may lean towards the right but that wouldn't give him the power to change the employment history on Reeve's Linkedin profile once this came to light from Economist with the Bank of Scotland from Dec 2006 to Dec 2009 to Retail Banking with Halifax for the same period, both stated as being full time positions.
As the Times put it  link

'She was just 27 when she left the Bank, suggesting she was employed as an economist in relatively junior roles.'

But the core of that is 'employed as an economist'.   It's a very wide ranging term. 
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