The budget today so......

Money has never had anything to do with my choice at voting.
I stopped voting Labour because of their immigration policies.
The same apples to this government, plus, what they are doing to the NHS.

Sorry Gracesgran didn't mean to offend. I do tend to abbreviate quite a lot of names but if it offends I won't do it again.

Not a problem I just thought you may know a "Grace" and think you were talking to her.

Maybe I should apologise to the Chancellor, which goes against the grain, so I won't. The twit that tweeted that poster about bingo and beer was Grant Shaps. Not very surprised. Danny Alexander's first impression of it was that it was a spoof!

Yes, what an idiot. He missed a trick there, he should have insisted on George including VAT relief on vest tops which will be strained over all those beer bellies.

All parties have their liabilities. However, he is the Chairman!

Standing in front of the headmaster as we speak I hope.

Anyone else wonder why stay at home Mums loose out on the child care relief ? Ok, they don't need to pay for childcare but just because they choose to look after their own children doesn't necessarily mean they are well off. Maybe they give up a lot of other things to be with their children

And yes, I know some people don't have the option of giving up things even if they are out of the home working but there are a lot that could.

Grant Shapps is an embarrassment. He's the one who was running a get rich quick scheme that was on the borders of legality, under an assumed name. Such a fine example to have as party chairman.

Thank 'ee kindly, yer lordships, fer lettin us pezzants 'ave a few crumbs from under yer honours table. We'ze all very grateful coz we noze our place and doan unnerstand all thet budget stuff but we noze yore posh banker mates deserve awl you give 'em and that we'ze awl werry lucky to 'ave you looking after our pennies. Thank 'ee awl agin!

In the meantime, as the country is now doing so much better under your excellent stewardship, kindly return my portion of all that unused quantitative easing money and lost savings interest you insisted on taking from me to help bail the old country out of the mess that you made a lot worse. A stamped addressed envelope is enclosed.

They should be able to pass on more of their unused tax allowance to their partners as they don'tneed the childcare tax relief.

(My post was in reply to ginny, and what I meant was that it would be fair if this were to happen, not that it is in fact happening. )

It was a very fair budget I thought, and quite a few things for us oldies at long last. However, nobody should expect too much given the mess that this country [amongst others] was in a few years ago, and that Labour seem to have conveniently forgotten about.Good to know that the country as a whole is getting economically viable again.Ed Miliband was truly pathetic replying to the budget and was like an over excited 6th former at a debate. What Labour needed was a devastating but measured answer to George Osborne's budget, did Ed look like a future leader to you?He is looking and acting more and more like Wallace with Ed Balls as his Gromit.The leader of the opposition needed to be serious, the budget and our economy is a serious business, but he had nothing worthwhile to say.

Don't be so unkind to Gromit, roses, he is a very astute dog.

I thought that too roses he didn't have anything really to say about the budget just more of the same old, same old.

Was I the only one who thought the reference to King John was funny?

I missed it mainly, and have only caught up with snippets online and some relevant parts in the paper afterwards. Missed the King John bit, will have a look for it.