Conservatives share clip of Rachel Reeves interview with technical issues to make it look like she struggled to answer question

25 June 2024

A video shared by the Conservatives on X appears to show shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves pause for several seconds on BBC Breakfast as if she was struggling to respond after being asked about public spending under a future Labour government. 

It was posted with the caption: “Cat got your tongue, Rachel?”, and shared by several Conservative candidates.

But the full video of the interview shows there were technical issues on the line and Ms Reeves went on to respond to the question after the interviewer put it to her a second time. 

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