George Osborne
George Osborne
George Osborneis a British Conservative Party politician who has been Member of Parliamentfor Tatton since 2001. Under the premiership of David Cameron, from 2010 to 2016, Osborne served as Chancellor of the Exchequer...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth23 May 1971
believes borrowing fund lead lower money somebody taxes
I'm a Conservative who believes in lower taxes. They lead to a more enterprising economy. But I'm not somebody who believes you can fund lower taxes by borrowing more money.
believes benefits
If someone believes that living on benefits is a lifestyle choice, then we need to make them think again.
believe commitment gay
I support gay marriage. I support gay marriage because I believe Conservatives support the institutions of commitment.
believe i-believe public-service
I believe in public services.
believe rich taxpayers
Believe me, I understand that most higher rate taxpayers are not the super-rich.
believe political limits
I believe that I'm entitled to regard my pre-political life as off-limits in terms of what can be looked at and judged.
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There was a real fear that a euro-zone bank might fail, that we'd have a sovereign debt problem in one of the larger European economies. That's dissipated, thanks largely to the action of the European Central Bank.
I'm not going out to parties every night.
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Taxes have gone up, spending has gone up, waste of government money has vastly increased, and I think people will say he frittered away a very strong economic inheritance.
brown cannot challenges chancellor face global leadership
Brown is an old-fashioned tax-and-spend chancellor who cannot give the leadership we need to face the challenges of the new global economy.
passes
They all said I was a very young guy. Well there is nothing I can do about that but with each day that passes the problem solves itself.
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A friend had an airplane. I went for a ride and it turned into a passion, ... My family has flown and camped everywhere from the Florida Keys to 500 miles north of the Arctic Circle.
change government
Some things never change, suck up to the government and you get an honour.
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I've learned to be true to yourself, stick to the big arguments, don't get distracted by the everyday kerfuffle that is in the nature of any democratic system.