Reform's new offer: swear at a woman, get a peerage

When a truck driver hurled foul-mouthed abuse at Rachel Reeves as she recorded an interview in a petrol station forecourt, Reform was quick to promise the man first a pint, then a peerage.

The chancellor was answering questions from the media about the scrapping of a planned increase in fuel duty when the hi-vis-clad man approached, shouting “Get Keir Starmer fucking out” and voicing his support for Reform leader Nigel Farage.

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As the man continued to yell abuse, questioning whether his flying of the Cross of St George would land him in prison, Reeves kept her cool, telling him: “I love our country and one of the things about our country is good manners. Not very British.”

The man, outside a Morrison’s petrol station in Leeds, had shouted at Reeves: “Get Keir Starmer fucking out. Get Labour out. Get Keir Starmer out. Nigel Farage – come on Farage.”

Then as he drove away in his truck with two St George’s flags flying, he added: “Am I gonna get arrested? We’ve got English flags on here, Rachel, are we going to be arrested? You’re ruining the country. Get Keir Starmer out. Look, England flags. You are useless. Labour Party is useless.” He then gave the one-fingered salute.

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Reacting to the foul-mouthed tirade, Farage immediately posted on social media asking whether anybody knew him, as he wanted to buy him a pint. Reform’s head of policy, Zia Yusuf, went one step further, though, offering him a seat in Parliament for life under a Reform government as a reward for swearing at a woman he had never met at a petrol station.

“Could this legendary gentleman please get in touch,” he wrote on social media. “A future Reform government would like to give him a peerage for this outstanding public service. He can do similar to all the crooks currently sitting in the House of Lords.”

Yusuf may be joking – although he has not previously hinted at having a sense of humour. But Reform must be pretty confident this so-far unnamed man, who drives around hollering “fuck” at women, must be a pretty straight-up fellow if they wish to be so strongly associated with him!