George Osborne Savaged In Commons.

Ed Balls, in fine form, savaged George Osborne's mini-budget today and impaled the ailing Chancellor with his own broken promises and mis-judgements. For his part the Chancellor has promised to mend the economy by tearing up protection of the countryside, ignoring environmental concerns and, of course, taking workers rights away from them. To cap it all Mr.Osborne's programme of cutting spending has managed to deliver only more debt that is now certain to continue rising. We asked a leading economist for his view; "It was a total humiliation for Osborne to have to come to the House of Commons and lay out for all to see the extent of his utter failure. Unfortunately that's what you get when you have a Chancellor who knows absolutely nothing about economics and who has an intellect so limited it can only think in terms of a worn out ideology. All Ed Balls had to do was say "I told you so" - which he did to great effect. Osborne was visibly rattled despite his usual expression of smug self-satisfaction. Still what can you expect from an economic ignoramus?" We asked a leading Tory insider for his comments; "Oh God! Give me a drink - we're boned."