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George Osborne: Rachel Reeves is a ‘mini-me’

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George Osborne has said the cuts announced by Rachel Reeves were almost identical to the ones he announced as chancellor (Image: NQ)

GEORGE Osborne has called Rachel Reeves a “mini-me” over her recent statement to the Commons, where she announced a swathe of cuts to plug a £22 billion black hole in public finances.

Osborne– who was chancellor under David Cameron’s government and was instrumental in bringing about austerity – said that the cuts announced by Reeves on Monday were “almost identical in structure and form” to those he made in 2010, when he announced £6.2bn worth of cuts.

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“I don’t think there was anything she announced that I would have violently disagreed with or not done myself.

“In fact, it was almost identical in structure and form to what I did in the first couple of months that I was Chancellor of the Exchequer.

“So, you know, ‘Continuity Osborne.”

Sharing a clip from the podcast on social media, SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn said: “No comment.”

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Stephen Flynn praised for perfect takedown of Liz Truss’s legacy

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‘The public are fed up of Liz Truss. She destroyed many of the hopes and aspirations of a generation’

Stephen Flynn MP has been praised online after laying into the legacy of Liz Truss following her stint as Prime Minister and offered her some sound advice. 

Former Prime Minister Liz Truss has spent the week promoting her new book and attempting to deflect from the economic damage caused in the aftermath of her and Kwasi Kwarteng’s infamous mini-budget two years ago. 

However the real-life effects of her disastrous, unfunded tax cuts were laid out by the Scottish National Party Westminster leader, who was commended for his sharp takedown of her time in and after Downing Street. 

Asked on ITV’s Peston show this week where he would put the balance of responsibility for the fiscal crisis caused by the mini-budget, Flynn laid into the Tory Party and Liz Truss’s legacy. 

During the interview on Wednesday, Flynn said: “It’s on the Conservative party’s doorstep because it was the Conservative party as an entirety that put Liz Truss in the position where she was able to do the damage that she did.”

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