George Osborne
How naive is the Chancellor?
George Osborne tells the Telegraph: “I was shocked to see that some of the very wealthiest people in…
We don’t want to all be in it together
Nearly two weeks on and the Budget is still niggling. George Osborne doesn’t just walk out into the political…
If we can’t beat this lot, we shouldn’t be in politics
“the band is awful and so are the tunes” Tom Waits , Pasties and A G-String. “If we can’t…
“When was the last time you bought a pasty in Greggs?”
If you haven’t seen it yet, here’s the George Osborne appearance at the Treasury Select Committee yesterday that launched…
Osborne “couldn’t give a Friar Tuck”, says Balls
This isn’t a Robin Hood Budget, according to Ed Balls: “This Budget takes from lower and middle income…
Heseltine to attack 50p tax cut?
Earlier this week on LabourList, Chuka Umunna told Mark Ferguson: “When I was in the chamber for the…
Three brilliant points made by George Osborne
George Osborne is a spectacularly wealthy man. That’s not my biased and tribal assessment of things, or if…
The Tories have taken a political risk – but they may be forgiven
Nobody really knows what the real impact of the 50p tax rate is. It has behaviour impacts –…
