SIR Jacob Rees-Mogg has accused Rachel Reeves of being “extraordinarily dishonest” about the country’s finances and accused the Labour Party of being “so crooked it can’t sleep straight”.
The former Business Secretary said on GB News: “[Rachel Reeves] won’t get away with it, because what she said…is extraordinarily dishonest. She herself was aware of the figures. She said herself that she knew what the figures were because of the OBR.
“Various other people said there may be £20 billion that needs to be found during the election campaign. This is not news, and to pretend it is and to blame the Tories is simply dishonest.
“It’s also a rounding error in terms of economic growth. If economic growth is a little bit higher, the government has extra money to spend. If it’s a little bit lower, it has less.
“The forecasts are not accurate to £20 billion so what she’s saying is fake news.
“It’s fascinating that they are paying the fee to their mates, aren’t they? So the doctors’ union, a hard left-wing union, goes on strike, tries to disrupt a Conservative government, and they get paid off by their socialist friends.
“This is the Labour Party in action for you.
“Of course, you expect mean spirited things from the Labour Party. That’s par for the course. But to take it away without having said so in the election campaign is dishonesty.
“That’s what’s so wrong with British politics: you can’t trust politicians and people are fed up with that.
“Labour got a small share of the vote. It needed to show it could be trusted, and it’s now showing that it’s so crooked it can’t sleep straight