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Well look, no one takes pleasure from people making money out of the misery of others, but that is a function of capitalist markets.

George Osborne

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George Osborne
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: May 23
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[Banks] have a clear obligation to help get this country off its addiction to debt because they sure as hell helped to get this country addicted to debt.
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I would say I have taken substantive action to make things easier for people.
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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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Britain cannot afford to cut itself off from what is going on in the world, we are too interconnected with what is going on, we have a powerful history and tradition of taking an interest in what is going on in the world, we've also got a very real interest in the future, in remaining connected.
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A generous basic state pension is the least a civilized society should offer those who have worked hard and saved through their whole lives.
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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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You need to have a state pension that doesn't drag more and more people into means-testing each year and make it very difficult for people on low to medium term incomes to save and not see their savings clawed away.
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Put on top of that the fact that the whole world is looking at Britain and saying how is this country going to pay its way in the future. They are looking at other countries like Greece who can't pay their way in the future and you see savage spending cuts, big cuts in pay.
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I want Britain to be a global financial centre but I want it to be properly regulated.
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The Conservative Party mustn't sound like the old man on the park bench who says things were better in 1985, or 1955, or 1855.
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We have supported the banks, they should be supporting the economy now.
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I want to see genuine talent rewarded.
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We need a coalition in this country. A coalition of change. People who have had enough of this.
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I reject absolutely the idea that people should know their place, and know their class.
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I very much support financial education in schools.
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I have done everything I can to move Britain out of the financial danger zone.
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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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Britain is China's best partner in the West.
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We want people to have a stake in the British economy so I am in favour of actually encouraging people to have small shareholdings and feel they've got a stake in our economic future.
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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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