Guardian Deployed on Emergency Reeves Spin as LinkedIn Edits Scandal Deepens
The press is piling pressure on Reeves over the LinkedIn CV fiddling Guido exposed last week. Who else to come to Reeves’ rescue than… The Guardian…
The Guardian is in full spin mode over the story. They say Downing Street has defended Reeves “as someone who’s been ‘straight with the public’ in response to claims she embellished her CV.” That is quite the interpretation of the actual quote from the PM’s spokesman, which is diversionary and unrelated to the CV claims:
“This is someone who on coming into office looked under the bonnet and exposed a £22 billion black hole in the public finances, and has been straight with the public about what is necessary to balance the books and restore financial stability in the face of that.”
In reality Downing Street refused to say if Reeves had broken the ministerial code or not and referred hacks to the Treasury’s line from last Friday. Hilariously the Guardian then goes on to wax lyrical over Reeves’ qualifications: “To get a job at the Bank of England as a graduate requires considerable ability, and Reeves has said she turned down a job offer from Goldman Sachs around the same time. Before the general election Mark Carney, a former Bank of England governor, said Reeves was the right person to be next chancellor.” If you’re explaining, you’re losing…
Hilariously the Guardian also claims “Mervyn King, Carney’s predecessor, has also spoken positively about working with Reeves at the Bank when he was in charge.” Its own article proves that to be false – it was Reeves said she had a good time at the bank: “I remember your telling me one day that the reason you enjoyed working at the Bank of England was the opportunity to work with other very bright young people.” Smacking of desperation here…
The paper also claims that “there is no evidence that Reeves has gained any career advantage by people thinking she was working as an economist at HBOS when she was there in a different role.” It’s not like she’s ever mentioned the economist thing before…
