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No other chancellor in the long history of the office has felt the need to pass a law in order to convince people he has the political will to implement his own Budget.

George Osborne

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George Osborne
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: May 23
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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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