Posts Tagged ‘George Osborne’
No one in Cabinet ‘experienced in anything’
Eyebrows were raised when it became clear that the new Secretary of State for Education Nicky Morgan, her Ministers and all the parliamentary under-secretaries were privately educated and thus have no knowledge of the state sector beyond seeing the occasional episode of Waterloo Road.
Posted: Jul 21st, 2014
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India to erect statues of George Osborne
During his tour of India drumming up business, the Indian government has announced it is to honour UK Chancellor George Osborne with statues of him in some of the country’s holiest places.
Posted: Jul 12th, 2014
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Government orders inquiry into why cover-up did not work
George Osborne has commissioned an immediate inquiry into why the cover-up of alleged child abuse by high profile Westminster figures did not work.
Posted: Jul 8th, 2014
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High-speed spinning jenny needed to boost north, claims Osborne
A high-speed spinning jenny shared between Manchester and Leeds could help create a ‘global northern powerhouse’, George Osborne has said. The chancellor said that modern technology meant that a cotton mill hand could work over 120 spindles at once on his proposed high-speed spinning jenny. ‘That’s a lot of yarn,’ he said.
Posted: Jun 25th, 2014
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