In the smoke-filled backrooms of Westminster, where whispers can topple titans, broadcaster Piers Morgan has lobbed a grenade that’s left the corridors reeling: Chancellor Rachel Reeves “won’t last that long” in her job. The 46-year-old Labour powerhouse, already battered by a brutal Autumn Budget that hiked taxes by £40 billion and sparked a rebellion on her own benches, now faces a full-frontal assault from the king of controversy. On his Piers Morgan Uncensored show and across X (formerly Twitter) on December 2, 2025, Morgan unleashed a scathing rant, branding Reeves a “disingenuous charlatan” whose “credibility is irrevocably damaged.” “She’ll have to resign soon, or drag Starmer down with her,” he thundered, predicting her ousting by Christmas. As leaked OBR figures expose what critics call a “premeditated deception” on the fiscal “black hole,” insiders tell The Express her tenure is hanging by a thread—fueling a chaos that’s got No. 10 in meltdown mode.

Morgan’s broadside, delivered with his trademark mix of glee and gut-punch, zeroed in on the explosive leak of pre-Budget Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) data. The documents, splashed across front pages yesterday, reveal Reeves received “positive headroom” forecasts—billions in wiggle room—weeks before her October 30 emergency statement, where she hammered the £22 billion “black hole” narrative to justify employer NI hikes, frozen thresholds, and pension raids. “This isn’t spin; it’s a scam,” Morgan fumed on air, replaying clips of Reeves’ Commons tears during the fallout. “She cried crocodile tears over a crisis she knew wasn’t there. Thanks, Rachel—growth down, inflation up, borrowing exploding, taxes at a 70-year high. You’re not fixing Britain; you’re fleecing it.” His savage two-word sign-off, posted alongside a photo of Reeves clutching the red Budget box, has racked up 2.5 million views, with fans crowing: “Piers nailed it—she’s toast.”

The timing couldn’t be more brutal. Reeves, Labour’s first female chancellor and Starmer’s economic enforcer, has been Labour’s shield since the July election landslide. But the Budget—her “feminist fiscal reset”—backfired spectacularly, alienating voters with a £25 billion employer tax wallop that businesses warn will crush jobs, and a £5 billion inheritance tax squeeze on farms that’s ignited rural fury. Polls show her personal approval cratering to -42%, with Reform UK’s Nigel Farage demanding an ethics probe into her “sustained deceit.” Morgan, never one to shy from the fray, amplified the melee during an “awkward” pre-show makeup room run-in with Reeves on BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg. “Just been sitting with Rachel Reeves… awks,” he tweeted mid-rant, later eviscerating her on live TV: “The Budget’s a shambles, and she’ll be gone by Christmas.” That prediction echoes his November Newsnight appearance, where he forecast her demise post-Budget: “I think she’ll be gone by Christmas.”

Insiders paint a grim picture. Speaking anonymously to The Huffington Post, a No. 10 source revealed “panic meetings” where Starmer’s inner circle debated a reshuffle, with Reeves’ “tendency to blame everyone but herself” cited as toxic. “She’s forcing out the OBR whistleblower who exposed the fibs—classic deflection,” one aide spat, referencing reports of her sacking a senior Treasury mandarin for the leak. Backbench rebels, led by ex-shadow cabinet firebrand Jess Phillips, are plotting a no-confidence letter if Magnus’ ethics review (sparked by Farage) indicts her. “Rachel’s isolated—Keir’s shielding her for now, but one more poll dip and she’s collateral,” the source added. Even allies like Angela Rayner are distancing, with whispers of her eyeing the chancellorship. Reeves’ defenses? Frosty and futile: “The black hole was real; these are desperate smears from a party of division,” she snapped on Channel 4 News, but her voice cracked, evoking those Commons waterworks Morgan mocked as “performative.”

Westminster’s chaos is palpable. Tory leader Kemi Badenoch pounced in PMQs, waving Morgan’s tweet like a bloody shirt: “Even Piers thinks she’s a charlatan—how low can Labour go?” Lib Dems’ Ed Davey demanded “full disclosure,” while Reform’s Zia Yusuf crowed on GB News: “Morgan’s right—she’s built on deceit; time’s up.” Social media’s a battlefield: #ReevesResign trends with 800k posts, memes of her as Pinocchio flooding timelines, and punters betting 2/1 on a pre-Christmas exit. Morgan, reveling in the uproar, doubled down on X: “Rachel Reeves forcing out the guy who called out her Budget bullsh*t? Typical. She won’t last that long.”

For Reeves, the first woman in the role since 1997, it’s a meteoric fall. From Goldman Sachs whiz-kid to shadow chancellor darling, her star rose on promises of “securonomics”—fair growth without austerity. Now, with inflation ticking to 3.2% and growth flatlining at 0.1%, that shine’s tarnished. Morgan’s grenade? Catalyst or coincidence—either way, it’s detonating. As Christmas looms, Westminster watches: Will Reeves cling on, or will Starmer sacrifice his shield? One insider sums it: “Her days are numbered—Piers just lit the fuse.” In politics’ coliseum, the lions are circling, and the crowd’s baying for blood.