The freebie scandal has burst back into the news thanks to our hapless Chancellor. Red Rachel desperately tried to justify her latest freebie in an interview with the Beeb's Laura Kuenssberg on Sunday. The controversy surrounds free VIP tickets enjoyed by Reeves earlier this month, in which she enjoyed a concert by US country star Sabrina Carpenter at the O2 Arena. The corporate box seats are reportedly worth £600 a pop, but Reeves bizarrely claimed that these were 'seats that you can't pay for'.
Last year Chairman Starmer allayed the Lord Alli scandal by declaring that he and his Cabinet would no longer be accepting free clothes. This prompted Kuenssberg to ask Reeves: "Why are free clothes a no-no, but free concert tickets is a yes please?"
While Kuenssberg didn't press Reeves too hard, she did enough to make the Chancellor squirm and stutter, with the use of 'er' and 'erm' deployed 15 times during her very uncomfortable answer. Watch the excruciating clip below.
What utter BS. So if members of the public are given items in kind, can they also use that pathetic excuse for a answer.
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