You know the illusion of the cheap money is over and now Britain has to go out there and graft and earn its way and create wealth and prosperity in a very competitive world.
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I had the closest thing I have ever had to an out-of-body experience lying in bed one morning. I turned on the ‘Today’ programme and item four on the news was: ‘The shadow chancellor has ruled himself out of the leadership.’ I lay there thinking that’s interesting, then I realised it was me.
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Birth: | 23rd May, 1971 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Politician |
George Osborne was born in Paddington, London, England. He is a British Conservative Party politician who has been Chancellor of the Exchequer since 2010 and Member of Parliament for Tatton since 2001. He was appointed Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury by Conservative leader Michael Howard in 2004. Cameron appointed Osborne Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer and, after the 2010 general election, Chancellor in the Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition government. After the Conservatives won an overall majority in the 2015 general election, he was reappointed Chancellor of the Exchequer by Cameron in his second government and was given the additional title of First Secretary of State. He received a 2:1 bachelor's degree in Modern History from Magdalen College, Oxford, in 1993.
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