Rachel Reeves is a dreadful chancellor.

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Having inherited the highest tax burden since the Second World War, she’s raised it further. The UK’s long-term borrowing costs have hit a near-30-year high. And to cap it all, she’s now reportedly considering the mad idea of 1970s-style price controls in supermarkets. As such, Rachel Reeves deserves all the criticism that comes her way. What she does not deserve is abuse.

Which brings us to her encounter with a heckler in Leeds yesterday. While being interviewed for TV at a petrol station, the chancellor was interrupted by a man driving a van with two St George’s flags on the roof. He shouted “Nigel Farage, go on Nigel”, before telling Reeves: “You’re ruining the country. Get Keir Starmer out.”

As he pulled out of the petrol........

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