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Yvette Cooper has been attacked by an angry voter who branded her “two-faced” for handing out mince pies while pensioners are “freezing to death”.
The Home Secretary was told she would be better off donating blankets to elderly people while dishing out the treats during a visit to Knottingley, West Yorkshire.
In the confrontation, captured on camera and shared on social media, the voter attacks Ms Cooper for scrapping the Rwanda scheme, cutting winter fuel payments, and refusing to pay compensation to the Waspi women.
She also accuses Labour of trying to stop Elon Musk from donating to Reform UK, after Nigel Farage claimed the tech billionaire was poised to invest millions in his party.
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Ms Cooper, wearing a Santa hat and carrying a tray of mince pies, tries to deflect the criticism by referring to the Government’s migration strategy and pointing out that “it’s Christmas”.
But she fails to convince the voter, who says: “You’ll not get in next time, Yvette, good luck to you.
“That is so two-faced, giving a mince pie out. Give them a blanket because they’re freezing to death. They’re freezing, Yvette.”
Yvette Cooper received a hostile reception when she gave out mince pies earlier.
It is cheeky to do performative “good will” whilst taking winter fuel allowance from pensioners. pic.twitter.com/6AbEjDJFix
— Chris Rose (@ArchRose90) December 22, 2024
At the start of the clip, the woman, who is off camera, can be heard telling Ms Cooper: “I’m just shocked seeing you in Knottingley, giving mince pies out to people. For what reason?”
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She goes on to ask if the pies are being given to elderly people, saying: “I think you should warm them up, keep them warm at Christmas.”
She adds: “I hope you’re not going to win this time, I hope you’re out next time. I really do.”
The woman rejects Ms Cooper’s offer of a mince pie and information sheet, saying: “The thing is, you’ve betrayed everything that everybody voted for you for, in everything.”
She adds: “Pensioners, Waspi… what about when you got that photo done and all that with Waspi women. You changed your mind with that.”
Labour has faced a mounting backlash over its decision to strip millions of pensioners of their winter fuel payments, with a charity single parodying the policing topping music downloads charts in the run-up to Christmas.
Credit: YouTube/Sir Starmer and the Granny Harmers
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The track, Freezing This Christmas, by Sir Starmer and the Granny Harmers, was embraced by the public and reached No 1 in both the Official Download Chart and the Official Sales Chart, racking up just over 14,000 sales in a matter of weeks.
In the video, Ms Cooper attempts to defend the Government, insisting, “we’re already trying to cut asylum hotels”, but the voter replies: “No, you’ve got more. You’ve cut Rwanda, you’ve cut everything, this is a joke.”
She adds: “Now you’re going to stop Elon donating, everything is, like, changing.”
As the woman walks away, Ms Cooper says she hopes she has a “lovely Christmas”, to which she replies: “I hope you don’t.”
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