Who is George Osborne
George Gideon Oliver Osborne (born Gideon Oliver Osborne; 23 May 1971) is a former British politician and newspaper editor who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2010 to 2016 and as First Secretary of State from 2015 to 2016 in the Cameron government. A member of the Conservative Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Tatton from 2001 to 2017. He was editor of the Evening Standard from 2017 to 2020.The son of the Osborne & Little co-founder and baronet Peter Osborne, Osborne was born in Paddington and educated at Norland Place School, Colet Court and St Paul's School before studying at Magdalen College, Oxford. After working briefly as a freelancer for The Daily Telegraph, he joined the Conservative Research Department in 1994 and became head of its political secti...
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- The foundations of a strong economy don't rest alone on the decisions of Chancellors or the spending programmes of government.
- If you want to change the way your banking system is regulated, if you want to learn the mistakes of what's gone wrong, then you have to change your government.
- It's normally the kiss of death to be identified as a rising star, or someone to watch.
- Of all the public services, education is the one I'm most interested in. You get a more dynamic economy, you deal with most social problems, and it's morally right.
- I had the closest thing I have ever had to an out-of-body experience lying in bed one morning. I turned on the 'Today' programme and item four on the news was: 'The shadow chancellor has ruled himself out of the leadership.' I lay there thinking that's interesting, then I realised it was me.
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Fitalass: this huge mistake by humza yousaf is right up there with the biggest error theresa may made in her first 24hrs as pm when she sacked george osborne instead of retaining the most politically astute minister in cameron's cabinet in a senior role in her government.Thejazzvnu: jeffrey osborne - smile (feat. george duke)
Erdmuted: beginning to understand why mogg loathed marc carney so much, he was george osborne's appointment after all.however the present encombent seems to lack the shrewdness of carney & now blaming everyone for his own inadequacies.
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Mrtimmoore: really warming to google's new ai, bard. prompt: what is the funniest thing george osborne ever said?
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