Three pennies for the Tory boy

Originally posted @ 6:18 pm, Sat 25th Oct 2008

With the questions about seeking a donation to the Tory party from a Russian mutli-millionaire, George Osborne, the Tory Shadow Chancellor, was concerned about Prime Minister's Question Time last Wednesday. Simon Hoggart in the Guardian sketched the scene -

"Prime minister's questions yesterday were ostensibly about the economy. In fact the session was about George Osborne. The shadow chancellor, shiny and glistening as always, arrived to a supportive cheer from his own side - plus some mockery from Labour.

"He sat down on the bench and did what all politicians in his position are hard-wired to do - he smiled, chuckled and chatted to the chap next to him. The message is: "Anything you say about me is just a joke, and I can laugh it off! Ha, ha!""

But the damage was done over news, announced by Gordon Brown, that his fuel duty escalator balancing mechanism would have led to an increase this week on the duty on petrol by 3p.

The look on George's face was one of shock and surprise. He couldn't laugh it off.

Too late for a Tory party survey which is currently being distributed in South Derbyshire. The survey highlights increases in the cost of living.

And then celebrates the Tory policy which would have seen an increase on fuel of 3p per litre.

A caption under a photo wrongly boasts that their “Fair Fuel stabiliser will help fight rising petrol prices”.