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I didn't come from a traditional Tory background it was urban and metropolitan.

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George Osborne
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: May 23
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George Gideon Oliver Osborne
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I reject absolutely the idea that people should know their place, and know their class.
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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.
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I understand the damage the expenses crisis has done to Parliament, and the paramount importance of restoring trust in our politics.
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We have supported the banks, they should be supporting the economy now.
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I believe in public services.
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What's interesting is whilst Shanghai has gone stellar - literally, in these massive buildings which have appeared since I first visited - Beijing has become a much more vibrant and interesting place. A lot more business is done here.
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What I'm interested in is Britain projecting itself abroad, and through that its values and the things it holds dear. And I don't think you do that by refusing to talk to the world's second-largest economy [China]. In fact, that is positively counter-productive in my view.
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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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Even a China growing at 7% or indeed less is still adding to the world economy an economy equivalent to the UK or more.
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There is a big problem. The problem is the country borrowed too much. We went on a borrowing binge, there was a housing boom. You want to help people de-leverage and deal with those debts over time.
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I think it is absolutely central to our economic plan as a country not only that we put our own house in order but that we better connect ourselves with other parts of the world, particularly the faster growing parts of the world.
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Britain wants the single currency to be a success. It is massively in our interests that we have a stable financial system on our doorstep.
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