Hardworking people, tie colour and other buzzwords from the Budget for a “resilient economy”
Favourite (and very much expected) buzzwords and catchphrases we’ve heard so far:
Hardworking people
Hardworking families
Resilient
Putting Britain right
Made in Britain
And, We’re all in this together
One of the most bizarre yet pedestrian bets placed on this afternoon’s events has to be “How many sips of water will George Osborne take?” At William Hill this morning, three or more was the main market mover, with the bookmaker having to cut its offs from 5/6 to 4/7. There have even bets being taken on the changes of the chancellor saying sorry.
When it comes to what colour tie Osborne would whip out – it’s the favourite, blue, if you haven’t seen it yet – those betting at Ladbrokes took a punt on purple this morning, with odds rising 3/1 from 4/1.
In a tweet on unemployment this morning, David Cameron managed to shoehorn in both hashtags “LongTermEconomicPlan” and “ForHardworkingpeople”. Again, we're still not convinced “hardworking people” will or can ever be all one word.
Read our full summary of the budget here.