GB News host speechless as Labour minister humiliates Rachel Reeves live on air

Labour MP Graham Stringer left GB News host Nana Akua stunned after launching a scathing takedown on-air during Monday night's edition as he slammed his own party's economic strategy as he directly accused Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves of "blaming Brexit" to cover for her policy failures. In a fiery exchange that momentarily rendered the host silent, Stringer said he "deeply resents" Reeves' latest claim that Brexit is behind the strain facing the upcoming Budget.

"We took the decision to leave the European Union nearly ten years ago. We actually left five years ago," he said. "And now, with four weeks before the Budget, she's saying Brexit is the problem. It isn't." Stringer argued the real issue lies with Reeves' previous financial package, which he said collapsed because it "never made sense" and had "no chance" of passing the Commons.

"A chancellor who doesn't get her Budget through is in severe difficulty," he warned. "We're playing catch-up. She presented something that was never going to get through - not because Labour MPs don't realise there's a problem, but because the detail didn't make sense to most people."

The veteran MP went further, accusing Reeves of shifting blame to mask her own misjudgements. "She failed on that, and now she's blaming Brexit," he added. Stringer then laid out what he called "obvious solutions" to ease pressures on public spending, including cutting the soaring bill for illegal immigration and reducing the UK's sky-high industrial and domestic fuel costs.

"We have the highest fuel costs for industry in the developed world. Domestic payers are paying the fourth-highest rates," he said. "Those figures are high because we're putting money into alternative energy sources rather than using the cheapest options."

He also suggested scrapping a range of government quangos, taking particular aim at the Office for Budget Responsibility calling it a "tank trap" created by George Osborne to obstruct future Labour governments. "Democracy managed perfectly well without it," he said. "We could get rid of them."

The blistering critique aimed squarely at Labour's own party Chancellor left Akua visibly taken aback, with viewers expressing shock at the level of internal opposition aired live on TV.

Stringer's comments will raise further questions about the level of unity behind Reeves' economic stance, as Labour prepares for a Budget that is already under intense scrutiny.