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Budget 2016: Twitter's Funniest George Osborne Jokes

Photoshops galore!
Ryan Barrell
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Writer, The Huffington Post UK

Can you believe it's already time for the Chancellor's budget again?

Time flies when there's tax on your pasties.

Rather than actually watching the dross from Parliament, let's turn our heads to Twitter and round up Osborne's statement with some funny tweets.

I'm going to get angry at George Osborne now to save time later. #Budget2016

— Natasha (@Deerstalker221B) March 16, 2016

We had the usual bingo cards:

Add an extra dimension to #Budget2016 with this bingo card/drinking game. pic.twitter.com/Ftd5wzYUD4

— Oonagh (@Okeating) March 16, 2016

And the inevitable lunchbox photoshop:

Brace yourselves, Britain. It's #Budget2016 day pic.twitter.com/mLdGPqnuuS

— Mashable UK (@MashableUK) March 16, 2016

And the usual swathe of people photoshopping George Osborne's morning tweet:

George Osborne's secrets to the #Budget2016 revealed pic.twitter.com/SpW99lwDU4

— Tahira Mirza (@tahiramirza1) March 16, 2016

#Budget2016 pic.twitter.com/bZjXZ7X3H0

— QT (@QuebecTango) March 16, 2016

We heard a startling revelation from George Osborne:

#Budget2016 summarised.... https://t.co/da6KMq6kd0

— Unnamed Insider (@Unnamedinsider) March 16, 2016

And we saw a new addition to the Chancellor's team...

George Osborne's Welfare spokesman arrives at Westminster...#Budget2016 pic.twitter.com/SXwSjb0Bha

— Brain. (@Bri6512) March 16, 2016

But things were a bit looking a bit more 'Hunger Games' than Doctor Who...

Happy #Budget2016, and may the odds be ever in your favour! pic.twitter.com/vMPKhSyzHz

— HuffPost UK Comedy (@HuffPostUKCom) March 16, 2016

Poor? Disabled? Young? Good luck. #Budget2016

— Dan Smith (@DanJESmith) March 16, 2016

As things started to heat up, we saw the usual shots of Osborne with his red box outside No. 11:

S Club 7 haven't aged well. #Budget2016 pic.twitter.com/Sib6gCIb8T

— Louise Jones (@louisejonesetc) March 16, 2016

And people begun wondering what George keeps in his little red box:

#Budget2016 I bet that briefcase is full of porn. Mine is. pic.twitter.com/hwpUd9Ruj8

— phil g (@philthy_g) March 16, 2016

When George finally stood up, nobody looked particularly excited about it.

Nobody seems particularly present at #Budget2016 pic.twitter.com/IgrdTdLb2e

— Ryan Barrell (@RyanBarrell) March 16, 2016

Particularly Theresa May:

Anyone who drew 'drink whenever Theresa May nods like she is falling asleep' is in trouble. #Budget2016

— Nick Edmondson (@nickedmo) March 16, 2016

But after about 10 minutes we were all feeling the same, wondering why we even bothered watching the statement.

WARNING: The #Budget2016 speech isn't the budget, its his highlights. The real budget is 100s pages eg last time he hid student loan hike

— Martin Lewis (@MartinSLewis) March 16, 2016

Luckily clever people on Twitter were around to tell us what was going on.

Summary so far; anything that may be about to go horribly wrong is the rest of the world's fault, honest #budget2016

— Gaby Hinsliff (@gabyhinsliff) March 16, 2016

ORDERRRRR!

Dear MPs, if you're not George Osborne, sit still and SHUT UP. Yours, the citizens of the UK. #Budget2016

— Ru (@RupertBudgen) March 16, 2016

It was hard to pay attention when it was essentially just Osborne saying: "Everything's fine. If it's not fine I've got some numbers to say it will be fine. Long term economic plan. Fix roof. Sun shining. Blah blah blah."

“Yes, debt is rising but if you look at completely hypothetical, future figures, you’ll see it’s not” #Budget2016

— David Schneider (@davidschneider) March 16, 2016

Reports of a fire in the Westminster area traced to George Osborne’s trousers.

— paul bassett davies (@thewritertype) March 16, 2016

Thanks BBC #Budget2016 pic.twitter.com/0qlUFs2XT3

— TechnicallyRon (@TechnicallyRon) March 16, 2016

But, if the OBR said it...

The scene from inside OBR headquarters. #budget2016 pic.twitter.com/sUF4OLkHkF

— John Hyde (@JohnHyde1982) March 16, 2016

But let's be honest - who gets all of that?

hmm yes very interesting pic.twitter.com/oszNmDvxiZ

— keri (@kerihw) March 16, 2016

By 1pm minds started to wander again. There were just SO MANY distractions.

Can we pause for a second to appreciate George's beautiful hair piece? #Budget2016 pic.twitter.com/vUrnIsqntg

— o (@OwenPRees) March 16, 2016

And we got a new soundbite! This time Osborne continually said this budget was "for the next generation" and that he's "putting the next generation first".

Bad news for original series, Voyager and Deep Space Nine as Osborne keeps saying he’s putting Next Generation first. #Budget2016

— David Schneider (@davidschneider) March 16, 2016

And it was all very tedious.

STOP SAYING 'THE NEXT GENERATION'. STOP IT. UNI AND HOUSING IS UNAFFORDABLE FOR LOADS OF YOUNG PEOPLE THANKS TO YOU. STOP. IT. #Budget2016

— Scriblit (@Scriblit) March 16, 2016

He seemingly forgot about that whole "Northern Powerhouse" thing he's been harping on about.

Chancellor uses words Northern Powerhouse but spends 13x more on transport in London that in Yorkshire and Humber. #budget16

— Rachel Reeves (@RachelReevesMP) March 16, 2016

And obviously George scrambled for something to do to relate to the youngsters. With their music boxes and their mobile phones. But that backfired.

Tax break for Air BnBers? Oh good, more help for people who own a home to make money from it...

— Helen Lewis (@helenlewis) March 16, 2016

And then it was like GOD WHEN WILL THIS END

I do wish he'd just skip to the bit at the end where he shows us how big the next iPhone is going to be. #Budget2016

— Hugo Rifkind (@hugorifkind) March 16, 2016

At least watching it unfold on Twitter is a bit less horrific.

That budget is full of holes. #Budget2016 pic.twitter.com/pClxeBVnbH

— Jeffw (@Jeffwni) March 16, 2016

And it just kept on getting even more depressing.

Oh god help us. Academisation is now compulsory. #Budget2016

— Deniz Gulduren (@DenizGulduren) March 16, 2016

Osborne used privatise.

Schools evolved into businesses!

Pupils evolved into consumers!#Budget2016

— Poképolitics (@gopokepolitics) March 16, 2016

HNNNNNGGGG

We've reached the bit of #Budget2016 where the chancellor spends a couple of million quid of your money for a gag line or two

— James Ball (@jamesrbuk) March 16, 2016

OH GOD WHERE IS THE WORLD GOING

.@George_Osborne: 'We need to protect the next generation.' Then why subsidise oil & not renewables? #Budget2016 pic.twitter.com/xD5cqhFqgu

— Greenpeace UK (@GreenpeaceUK) March 16, 2016

And he even announced a sugar tax.

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