Reeves In Spat With Van Driver On Petrol Station Forecourt

Rachel Reeves was confronted by an angry van driver as she tried to highlight the government’s decision not to put up fuel duty.

Keir Starmer announced at prime minister’s questions that the ongoing duty freeze, which had been due to end in September, will continue until the end of the year.

Reeves visited a petrol station in Leeds to publicise the policy – but it did not go well.

As she tried to speak to the media, a workman shouted: “Get Keir Starmer fucking out. Get Labour out. Get Keir Starmer out. Nigel Farage. Come on Nigel.”

The man, who was flying England flags from his van, continued his tirade as he drove off the forecourt.

He said: “Am I gonna get arrested? We’ve got English flags on here, Rachel, are we gonna get arrested?”

The man then leaned out of his van window and told the chancellor: “You’re ruining the country. Get Keir Starmer out. Look, England flags. You are useless, the Labour Party’s useless.”

As he drove away, Reeves shouted at him: “I love our country, and one of things about our country is good manners.”

She said the man’s behaviour was “not very British” and joked: “So he didn’t hear the news about freezing fuel duty?”

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