There’s a damning report in The Sun this morning that Barack Obama repeatedly referred to George Osborne as “Jeffrey” during the G8, suggesting that Osborne’s management of the British economy hasn’t turned him into a globe straddling economic colossus.
Who knew?
The Sun believe that Obama was confusing George Osborne with singer Jeffrey Osborne, and produced the following (via Guido Fawkes):
Yet we think there might be someone else that Osborne reminds Obama of. An English guy called not Jeffrey, but Geoffrey? Well spoken? Scuttling around helping the rich and wealthy? Could Barack Obama have confused George Osborne with this man:
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