Nigel Farage offers to buy man who shouted at Rachel Reeves in Leeds a pint
Rachel Reeves was heckled at a petrol station in Leeds as she announced the fuel duty cut would be extended for the rest of 2026.
Nigel Farage said he would buy a pint for a man who shouted at Rachel Reeves as she announced the fuel duty cut would be extended in Leeds.
The Chancellor was in her home city for UKREiiF, the country’s largest real estate, investment and infrastructure conference, and announced she was extending the fuel duty freeze.
Ms Reeves said the 5p per litre fuel duty cut introduced by the Conservative government in March 2022 would be extended for the rest of the year. That means the rate will remain nearly 53p per litre.
Rates were previously planned to increase by 1p per litre on September 1, with a pair of 2p per litre rises on December 1 this year and March 1 next year.
As she was making the fuel duty announcement at a forecourt in Leeds, a man, believed to be Lee Morrison, shouted at her.
With England flags on his truck, he swore about Sir Keir Starmer and chanted about Nigel Farage.
Ms Reeves, who is the MP for Leeds West and Pudsey, retorted: “I love our country and one of the things about our country is good manners. Not very British.”
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Afterwards, Mr Morrison posted on his Facebook: “Ad to tell her.”
And Mr Farage said: “I’d like to buy this man a pint. Does anyone know how I can find him?”
On X, the Reform leader was criticised for this. Labour MP Jonathan Hinder said: “Politician encouraging people to shout at another politician in the street? And this guy wants to be Prime Minister? Dear me.”
Former Lib Dem leader Tim Farron added: “People who ‘want our country back’ and then celebrate people being rude and unpleasant, clearly hanker after a land that isn’t Britain.”
Ms Reeves also announced that farmers and other red diesel users will see their fuel duty cut by more than a third until the end of the year.
The rate will be cut from 10.18p to 6.48p per litre from June 15 until the end of the year. The Treasury said this is the lowest rate in over 20 years.
Hauliers are also set to benefit from a 12-month tax holiday due to the war in Iran, the Chancellor said.