Rachel Reeves made a serious speech about a serious subject in Rochdale today, vowing to to pour money into local public transport and revealing she will U-turn on cuts to winter fuel payments.
But staff at Mellor Bus didn't appear to be gripped by her lengthy address.
Lined up behind the Chancellor of the Exchequer at their site in in Rochdale, Greater Manchester they appeared pretty disinterested in proceedings.
Ms Reeves spoke and took questions for almost an hour, during which it was the staff's display of ennui that caught the eye of people watching.
Some remained totally passive as she blamed the Tories for looming spending curbs and talked up £15.6billion of capital investment for mayoral authorities in the North and Midlands.
