George Osborne's Autumn Statement - your reactions please!

[CatherineHMumsnet]

The Chancellor George Osborne will begin making his Autumn Statement in Parliament today at 12.30. Thought we should start up a thread so Mumsnetters can comment as it happens.

I can hardly contain myself

:)

It will be timid, ineffective, and full of very tiny bonbons for targeted voting cohorts. He really is the worst chancellor I've ever known.

You of course mean after Mr Brown!

It will contain certain phrases and comments such as:

"recovery slower than expected"
"austerity measures must continue"
"Further austerity measures ate needed"
"I will freeze/cut (insert some benefit or other).

Just a guess......

Nothing for families needless to say.

Should we play "we're all in this together" bingo?

Well ds (3) just shouted 'I don't like him, I don't like him' coontinuously as soon as I turned it on, obviously a good judge of politicians already. Will have to rely on MN for a synopsis!

wise

Marking my place.

Marking place

It's just all terribly depressing.

yes to bingo. how about "the mess the last government left" for starters and 2Gordon Brown's fiscal irresponsibility" and " why should the tax payer foot the bill for [insert some vital benefit here]

oh, and benefits as "lifestyle choice"

Is it on? Not in UK so can't listen.

I think we3bunnies DS should be political correspondent lol. Much better than Andrew Marr......

"Don't like him, don't like him"

OK, bingo. Guesses for amount of times...

"recovery slower than expected"
"austerity measures must continue"
"Further austerity measures ate needed"
"I will freeze/cut (insert some benefit or other)"
"we're all in this together"
"the mess the last government left"
"why should the tax payer foot the bill for [insert some vital benefit here]"

Are said during the speech. How long is the speech? You do realise I'll need someone to either type it out word for word or link a youtube so I can verify.

He said "all in this together" at 1:46 according to the Telegraph live feed.

Whoops....meant 12:46 of course.

BINGO!

I'm nearly in tears from the pain my disability causes, ATM. I am too scared to watch, I know he is going to be a bastard to the disabled as per usual!

oh, forgot 'britain is healing'

'We are on the side of those who want to work hard and get on,'

Autumn statement? In December? Yet another thing he's confused about...