As George Osborne leant against the dispatch box to deliver the Autumn Statement, observers across the UK were leaning hard on their keyboards as they frantically typed away, tweeting their reactions to the Chancellorโs vision.
Here are some of our favourites:
BBC reporter shouts to Osborne: โMorning Chancellor, is there any Christmas cheer?โ. Blankedโฆ #AS2013
โ Sam Dale (@Samuelsdale) December 5, 2013
Nature of the Commons makes it quite hard not to sound smug/triumphalist even if you didnโt want to. #as2013Osborneโs default setting mind.
โ stefanstern (@stefanstern) December 5, 2013
Prime Minister is nodding wisely and pulling it off brilliantly – does he practice alone in his flat? #AS2013
โ James Walton (@jameswalton_IGD) December 5, 2013
Osborne is nailing this #AutumnStatementyou can hear the two Eds dry heaving in the background. #AS2013#skynews#bbcnews
โ Ben (@Jamin2g) December 5, 2013
Osborne says heโs gonna fix the roof, but will he insulate the walls, stop floods coming thru the door & instal some solar panels? #AS2013
โ Guy Shrubsole (@guyshrubsole) December 5, 2013
Nick Clegg looks like heโs trying to find a comfortable sleeping position. #AS2013
โ Stephen James (@SociallySteve) December 5, 2013
Nick Clegg looks like heโs about to cry. Like no one listened to his ideas for the new charter and heโs in a huff. #AS2013
โ Kate Heslop (@kate_heslop) December 5, 2013
Definition:- โDifficult Decisionsโ: Choosing to do something to a person or group of people that doesnโt affect you one bit. #AS2013
โ Lee Griffin (@Niaccurshi) December 5, 2013
Average life expectancy in Calton, Glasgow is 54 for men – theyโll never the current state pension, nevermind one at 69 years old! #AS2013
โ Colin McCulloch (@citizen_colin) December 5, 2013
Cameron looking like that bloke nodding off on the last train back to the โburbs #AS2013
โ Graeme Demianyk (@GraemeDemianyk) December 5, 2013
Record number of people from disadvantaged background applying to go to university. Maybe thatโs because they canโt get jobs? #as2013
โ Amy Jackson (@AmyJ_N4) December 5, 2013
Blimey, George is selling my student debt off too. Canโt see that going well for me #AS2013
โ Benjamin (@benjaminmulvi) December 5, 2013
Could Ed Balls get any redder in the face? Looks like heโs about to explode #AS2013
โ Clem (@LleuW) December 5, 2013
Ed Balls is on fire. Literally, it seems #AS2013
โ Viola Caon (@viola29) December 5, 2013
Is there some kind of animal theme to #budgetbingogoing on today? Badgers, foxes, cats and now turkeys #AS2013
โ Jonathan Berger PwC (@UKEmploymentTax) December 5, 2013
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