Saturday 10 October 2009

We Are All In This Together

“We are all in this together.”

No, it is not the words to the High School Musical, although they were delivered with the elegance of a high school teacher.

George Osborne, Chancellor in waiting, took time out from counting his millions, to deliver a gloomy financial outlook for the next few years. The Tory audience looked visibly shocked when he announced that he would be unable to reduce the top rate of income tax for the foreseeable future.

They soon cheered up though when Osborne announced that the Public Sector was effectively getting a pay cut.

Now I see what he means when he says we are all in this together.

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