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What makes people angry and we are on the side of hard-working people who want to get on in life and they see how government is wasting their money.

George Osborne

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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 want to see genuine talent rewarded.
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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 should not be forced to make a choice between joining the single currency and leaving the EU, because if we're forced to make that choice we would leave the EU.
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I didn't come from a traditional Tory background it was urban and metropolitan.
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