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George Osborne fails to make the right impression

After George Osborne delivered today’s budget, Harriet Harman responded by telling the Chancellor of the Exchequer that he should focus less on his own Prime Ministerial ambitions and more on the good of the country.

However, if Osborne had hoped today’s performance would boost his chance of being the next leader of the Conservative party, it appears that he still has some way to go. As online users discussed the budget on Twitter, it was the wrong name that trended, with many tweeters taking his surname to be Osbourne, rather than Osborne:

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Perhaps it’s time the Chancellor reconsidered his education budget.

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