Wednesday 20 March 2013



Chancellor George Osborne Joins Twitter on Budget day and Is Immediately Hit with a Wave of Abuse

THE INDEPENDENT: The new @George_Osborne account launched earlier today

Not content to simply suffer the scrutiny, ranting anger and mischief-making of the House of Commons, George Osborne has used Budget day to join Twitter - and has been immediately hit with a wave of insults.

Like an army of backbench hecklers, Twitter users subjected the Chancellor's new @George_Osborne account to a torrent of abuse, despite the fact he has currently posted only one tweet: “Today I'll present a Budget that tackles the economy's problems head on helping those who want to work hard & get on.” » | John Hall | Wednesday, March 20, 2013