Lee Anderson has drawn attention to a clip of Natalie Fleet showcasing her economic ignorance in response to her recent claims: “the grownups are in charge.”
The incident happened five weeks ago on Politics Live when host Geeta Pendse asked: “you talk about responsible government, you want to be the next party in government, what would you do differently? Where would you find this extra money?”
Fleet, Labour MP for Bolsover since July 2024, replied: “you know, the honest answer to that is, I don’t know.”
Anderson, the Reform MP for Ashfield and party Chief Whip, published the clip in response to Fleet posting a clip of herself speaking on Politics Live this weekend in which she said: “People said to me ‘it’s not about you, you’re all the same and I don’t trust any of the main parties so I’m going to vote Reform.’
“I said to them ‘we’re not all the same, send one of your own to Westminster and let me be part of a Labour government that actually delivers for you.’
“When they see this is serious government that is being honest about the challenges but optimistic about the future, they will see what we can deliver.
“We will deliver in this decade of national renewal, and they don’t have to have a protest vote because the grownups are in charge, and we are delivering for working people.”
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Labour has been widely accused of sanctimonious virtue signalling in recent weeks as they portray themselves as “different” and “grownup” compared to the Tories.
Yet within weeks of the election the party was engulfed in cronyism and sleaze scandals thanks to the appointment of donors to the ’impartial’ civil service and Sir Keir’s acceptance of £100,000 worth of freebies, more than any leader in modern times.
The rows have seen Starmer’s approval rating fall spectacularly quickly. One poll showed he is now less popular than Rishi Sunak, while another revealed the public think more positively of Reform than they do of Labour.
In Wales, where the Conservatives failed to win a single seat in the general election, Reform are polling as the third biggest party beating the Tories into fourth.
