Fraser Nelson Fraser Nelson

The right reply

George Osborne needs your help, or at least we think he does. He will be spending this weekend hunting for lines for his all-important speech on Monday answering the Pre-Budget Report. Left to his own devices, he may be tempted to go all “responsible” saying “what’s important is that we get credit markets moving” or some other line that will mean nothing to the people watching at home. You the CoffeeHousers, though, can steer him in the right direction by helping write our wiki-rebuttal. It has to be stuff that Osborne can seriously use. Maximum 150 words and a bottle of Pol Roger for the best entry. The stakes are high. Osborne just can’t afford to flop, and we can’t afford an early election and five more years of Brown with a currency so weak we can’t even afford to emigrate.

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