Revealed: This is who will be writing the Labour Budget

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“I’ll tell you who is going to be writing a Labour Budget – it’s me and Ed Balls, not Alex Salmond in a million years.” – Ed Miliband, 22nd March 2015

Cameron may think the footage of Alex Salmond cracking a joke to what appears to be an SNP fundraiser will shock you, but the efforts the Conservative Party will go to talk up the Scottish Nationalists seem pretty transparent.

This footage will shock you: Alex Salmond laughs & boasts he’ll write Labour’s budget. Vote Conservative to stop it.https://t.co/A6DGJtM8OM

— David Cameron (@David_Cameron) April 22, 2015

Tags: David Cameron / Ed Miliband / Economy / Ed Balls / SNP / Alex Salmond / Budget /

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Revealed: This is who will be writing the Labour Budget

“I’ll tell you who is going to be writing a Labour Budget – it’s me and Ed Balls, not Alex Salmond in a million years.” – Ed Miliband, 22nd March 2015

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