{"id":120437,"date":"2023-10-26T09:09:17","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T09:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/?p=120437"},"modified":"2023-10-26T09:09:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T09:09:17","slug":"rachel-reeves-accused-of-mass-plagiarism-in-new-book-including-wikipedia-rips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/politics\/rachel-reeves-accused-of-mass-plagiarism-in-new-book-including-wikipedia-rips\/","title":{"rendered":"Rachel Reeves accused of mass plagiarism in new book, including Wikipedia rips"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Rachel Reeves: &#8216;You can never trust the Tories with our economy ever again.&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p>Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been left red-faced this morning after it emerged parts of her new book on women and economics were plagiarised.<\/p>\n<p>Analysis by the Financial Times revealed entire sentences and paragraphs had been stolen from other sources without credit.<\/p>\n<p>Such sources include Wikipedia, The Guardian and a paper by fellow Labour MP Hilary Benn.<\/p>\n<p>More than 20 examples were discovered by the FT, who chose manual checks over plagiarism detection software.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Reeves\u2019s publishers have now admitted that citing source material \u201cdid not happen in every case\u201d.<\/p>\n<p> <strong> READ MORE: <\/strong> <strong>Lee Anderson walks out in protest at BBC boss in showdown talks with Tory MPs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/139\/590x\/secondary\/5033289.jpg?r=1698309640868\"><\/p>\n<p>The Shadow Chancellor\u2019s book also includes paragraphs and sentences where the content is almost identical to other source material, but with names and adjectives changed.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps most embarrassingly, while the book claims to promote women economists and how they shaped Ms Reeves\u2019s thinking, some biographical text about those economists was lifted wholesale from Wikipedia.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Ms Reeves has since said they \u201cstrongly refute the accusation that has been put to us by [the FT]\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>They said: \u201cThese were inadvertent mistakes and will be rectified in future reprints.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <strong> Don&#8217;t miss&#8230; <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Nadine Dorries issues Rishi Sunak three-word slap down after Commons jibe[LATEST] <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Grant Shapps urges UN chief to withdraw \u2018incredibly inappropriate\u2019 remarks[LATEST] <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>BBC slammed by MP as broadcaster accused of &#8216;one-sided attack'[LATEST] <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/139\/590x\/secondary\/5033295.jpg?r=1698309640923\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/path> <\/path> <\/g> <defs> <clippath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"><\/rect> <\/clippath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Advert-free experience without interruptions.<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/path> <\/path> <\/g> <defs> <clippath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"><\/rect> <\/clippath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Rocket-fast speedy loading pages.<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/path> <\/path> <\/g> <defs> <clippath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"><\/rect> <\/clippath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Exclusive &amp; Unlimited access to all our content.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/logo\/logo-premium-subscription.png\"><\/p>\n<p>Ironically, one of the book\u2019s themes is about women not receiving credit for their work or ideas.<\/p>\n<p>The newspaper examples a biography in Ms Reeves\u2019s book: \u201cLawrencina was the daughter of a Liverpool merchant, Lawrence Heyworth, whose own family had been weavers in Bacup in Lancashire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The sentence is exactly the same as on Wikipedia, bar the spelling of Lawrencina.<\/p>\n<p>They also found an example of an entire paragraph about the relationship between H.G. Wells and the economist Beatrice Webb, which is almost word-for-word the same as found on Wikipedia.<\/p>\n<p>A report by Hilary Benn for the Tony Blair Institute is also ripped off by Ms Reeves.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Reeves is to host a book launch this evening, including a Q&amp;A.<\/p>\n<p>While tickets for the do are officially being sold for \u00a330, earlier this week she was discovered using a &#8220;seat-filler&#8221; website which gives away tickets for free in order to bulk up the audience size.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/politics\/1828155\/Rachel-Reeves-Book-Wikipedia-plagiarism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rachel Reeves: &#8216;You can never trust the Tories with our economy ever again.&#8217; Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been left red-faced this morning after it emerged parts of her new book on women and economics were plagiarised. 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