Article 181K4 George Osborne is unfit to hold office | John McDonnell

George Osborne is unfit to hold office | John McDonnell

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John McDonnell
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This chancer of the exchequer's budget has unravelled. He must take responsibility for cold political decisions with no basis in economics or morality

It's said that a week is a long time in politics - but under this chancellor a weekend is the length of a "long-term economic plan". That's exactly how long George Osborne was able to stand up his own budget before it collapsed.

It's unprecedented in modern history for a budget, the centrepiece of a government's economic policymaking, to disintegrate so rapidly. Yet Osborne has achieved it.

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