That was a motto-blaster of a budget. George Osborne deployed half a dozen chewy new Tory slogans during this afternoon’s statement.
‘Britain walking tall again. … a country built on savings not debt … ten pounds off a tank under the Tories … Britain – the comeback country …’
It’s unclear whether:
a) Lynton Crosby feeds him these soundbites
b) Osborne auditions them on a freelance basis hoping to catch the great auteur’s ear.
He repeatedly called the country ‘one United Kingdom’ as well, bolstering Conservative claims that Labour is ready to sell Great Britain for dog-meat in a traitor’s deal with the SNP.
He doled out good news on every side. Growth, employment and deficit-slashery were all paraded as major achievements. There were glad tidings for penny-pinching savers, (like me), who can now keep a grand in the bank without paying tax.
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