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Watch: Philip Hammond gets heckled

Poor old Philip Hammond. In a bid to raise some laughs during his Budget announcement, the Chancellor made a series of gags that fell somewhat flat in the Commons. But there was one big laugh in the chamber. Unfortunately for Hammond, though, it came after he made a reference to his budget next year. ‘You won’t be here’, a Labour MP shouted out. Mr S thinks Spreadsheet Phil should have seen that one coming…

 

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