Tom Harris
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(11 years, 10 months ago)
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Mr Osborne
I think that it was Lord Chesterfield who provided advice to his son in that famous book, and I am sure that the advice included, “Don’t spend more than you’ve got.”
Mr Tom Harris (Glasgow South) (Lab)
The Chancellor seems determined to follow in the footsteps of his illustrious predecessor, Lord Lamont, who, following our ignominious expulsion from the exchange rate mechanism in 1992, famously had a bath and sang, “Je ne regrette rien”. Does the Chancellor have any plans to have a bath tonight and what song does he plan to sing? May I suggest, “Help!”?
Mr Osborne
We are dealing with the problems that we inherited. Given the situation that we inherited, I think we can say, “Things can only get better”.