'A load of crepe’: Moment Starmer surprises Chancellor with pancakes as awkward Shrove Tuesday clip falls flat

The 17-second video shows the PM calling the Chancellor into a room, telling her "I've got something for you", before leading her to a red box, which he opens to show a stack of American-style pancakes with strawberries and Nutella on the side.

Ms Reeves reacts with shocked delight when Sir Keir wishes her a "happy pancake day", to which she replies with "thank you, Prime Minister".

It has been met with mixed reactions by social media users.

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Some were charmed by the antics of Starmer and the Chancellor, with comments saying "ok but why are they kind of adorable though?"

"Stop it Keir, such a charmer."

"Why is this actually rather charming?"

But, others were a bit more critical of them - particularly because they used thick American-style pancakes for the video rather than the traditional thin crepe style.

One Twitter user wrote: "American pancakes with Nutella, on Shrove Tuesday. I didn’t realise I could detest the man anymore."

Another added: "It’s c**p like this that turns people off. Nobody believes for a second the PM and Chancellor decided this would be fun and went with it, everyone believes a comms team did it to 'present' a series of human emotions and qualities they struggle to naturally convey."