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Richard Wheeler

Rachel Reeves faces questions over future in Hamlet-inspired Tory attack

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves addressed the House of Commons (House of Commons/UK Parliament) - (PA Wire)

Rachel Reeves’ handling of the economy was compared to a Shakespearean tragedy, as the Tories questioned her future by claiming: “To go, or not to go, that is now a question.”

Shadow chancellor Mel Stride attempted to summon the spirit of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet during a House of Commons attack in which he accused the Government of making promises to voters while “pouring the poison into their ear”.

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