27+ favourite things people said about the budget
13.
Lots more defence spending, taking it to 2.5% of GDP "as soon as fiscal and economic circumstances allow".
I like that. I've told the nine-year-old he'll get a new lego set "as soon as fiscal and economic circumstances allow".
— Dan Neidle (@DanNeidle) March 15, 2023
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"They put them up. We cut them," Hunt says, about Labour on business taxes.
Quite literally, in the previous sentence he confirmed an £18bn corporation tax RISE.
Does he think businesses don't look at the actual figures?~AA #Budget2023
— Best for Britain (@BestForBritain) March 15, 2023
15.
Love how when posher folk get extra spending money via the budget to eat out or buy more stuff it’s called “putting back into the economy” 🙄
— India Willoughby (@IndiaWilloughby) March 15, 2023
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Today we will be taking a break from demonising migrants to spend some time forcing the sick, disabled and elderly into work.#Budget2023 #BudgetDay
— Parody Rishi Sunak (@Parody_PM) March 15, 2023
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— Al Murray – DKMS.ORG.UK 🇺🇦 (@almurray) March 15, 2023
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Jeremy Hunt reveals one of the government's innovative new free childcare solutions… pic.twitter.com/lW8TgoiTh7
— christhebarker (@christhebarker) March 15, 2023
19.
Is this some kind of coded message? pic.twitter.com/kOXKMjWwYD
— Jonathan Pie (@JonathanPieNews) March 15, 2023
20.
Hunt says that 13 years ago Tories inherited an economy that had crashed – and claims Tory success since then which flatly contradicts all economic data. This is first rate nonsense. #Budget2023
— Richard Murphy (@RichardJMurphy) March 15, 2023
21.
Recall that the government has spent months saying it can't find any money to prevent nurses and teachers getting very big pay cuts. He just found £6 billion to cut fuel duties. That's a choice.
— Paul Johnson (@PJTheEconomist) March 15, 2023
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We have acted decisively to provide help with childcare when Labour are in government. #Budget2023
— Parody Rishi Sunak (@Parody_PM) March 15, 2023
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Re: the Brexit pubs guarantee: MPs should be banned from talking about the 'great British pub' and posing for pint pulling photos.
— Josh Barrie (@joshbythesea) March 15, 2023
24.
The only Brexit Pubs Guarantee I know is that if I walk into any pub in the land there’s a hock faced racist spouting rubbish about something or other.
— She Bear (@MrSheBear) March 15, 2023
25.
I’m shocked, shocked I tell you, that the real beneficiaries of the budget are the rich.
— Prof Paul Bernal (@PaulbernalUK) March 15, 2023
26.
We have some wonderful over 50s apprenticeship schemes for Scaffolding and Hod carrying. I’ll get my chancellor to sign you up. pic.twitter.com/KN7MOJkr9c
— Weeton4💙 (@TonyGreenan2) March 15, 2023
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Hunt seems very keen to talk about what’s happened since 2010, rather than, say, to pick a date out of the ether, 2016… #Budget23
— Matt Green (@mattgreencomedy) March 15, 2023
Sue Perkins spotted one omission.
When’s this happening guys? pic.twitter.com/RgQjdc5s0N
— Sue Perkins 💙 (@sueperkins) March 15, 2023
They’ll probably sort that out next time.
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