Rachel Reeves hit back at a heckler, who appeared to be a Reform UK supporter, at a petrol station after he repeatedly shouted at her while she tried to answer questions from the media on Wednesday (20 May). The chancellor gave a broadcast interview in Leeds after announcing that a planned increase in fuel duty would be scrapped to help consumers. Whilst speaking to journalists, Ms Reeves was interrupted by a man driving a truck with two St George’s flags on the roof. The heckler said, “Nigel Farage, go on Nigel”, later adding as he left the station: "Am I going to get arrested? We’ve got English flags on here, Rachel. Am I going to get arrested?" Ms Reeves then told him, "I love our country, and one of the things about our country is good manners. Not very British.”

The Chancellor was interrupted by a man driving a truck with two St George’s flags on the roof while giving a broadcast interview at petrol station in Leeds on Wednesday

The man had repeatedly shouted at the Chancellor while she was being interviewed

Rachel Reeves hit back at a heckler, who appeared to be a Reform UK supporter, at a petrol station after he repeatedly shouted at her while she tried to answer questions from the…

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