RACHEL Reeves is throwing a tantrum.

The Chancellor demands respect. She is deeply displeased when it is not forthcoming.

Take her recent trip to Scotland. This August, Reeves came to visit the St Fergus Gas Terminal in Aberdeenshire, where she had the misfortune to encounter some impertinent locals .

After some robust criticism from one Scottish businessperson, she barked at them: “Talk to me with respect. I’m the Chancellor of the Exchequer.”

Can I offer the Chancellor of the Exchequer a piece of wisdom? Invoking your grand title seldom indicates that you are worthy of respect.

A recent trip to a school in Leeds, documented by leading Labour stenographer Tom Baldwin in The Times, saw her ask the children: “Do you know who I am?”

I don’t think she meant it like but with Reeves you

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