George Osborne urges UK to rejoin EU customs union to reverse Brexit disaster
The former chancellor said the British economy has ‘fallen off a cliff’ since Brexit. George Osborne has called for the UK to rejoin the European Union’s custom union to help reverse the economic damage done by Brexit. The former chancellor, who was part of David Cameron’s cabinet when the infamous referendum was called in 2016, said […]
1 month ago
George Osborne’s austerity measures were based on a ‘spreadsheet error’
A paper produced by Harvard economists contained serious miscalculations George Osborne plunged the UK into austerity “all for nothing” due to an error on an Excel spreadsheet, according to a podcaster. Hosts James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber – from the No Such Thing As A Fish podcast – claim the […]
4 years ago
George Osborne denies his austerity caused homelessness crisis
In 2010 the number of rough sleepers in England was 1,768, a figure that rose to 4,134 by the time Osborne left his position as chancellor in 2016 George Osborne has denied that his austerity programme as chancellor was responsible for Britain’s homelessness crisis, despite figures showing a huge increase in rough sleeping since 2010. During […]
8 years ago
Weekly SOAL: Why the Tories are now the Masters of the Twitterverse
How do you do, fellow kids?
9 years ago
Watch George Osborne go “full lizard” during TV interview
What the lizard?
11 years ago
Distracted Chancellor George Osborne tweets Chris Evans about Top Gear filming
After ditching Jeremy Clarkson,the BBC might have thought that a new line-up of presenters might bring an end to some of the recent negative headlines. But ahead of the revamped show’s first airing, things aren’t going to plan. Matt Le Blanc drew headlines over the weekend as he joined forces with former rally driver Ken Block […]
11 years ago