George Osborne - any good as Chancellor?

[sasguru]

Hmmm.
Degree in history, only real jobs: data input clerk and a spell in Selfridges.
Bring back Ken Clark, I say!

[AtW]

Hmmm. Degree in history, only real jobs: data input clerk and a spell in Selfridges.

That's already a lot more than you ever did.

HTH

[DodgyAgent]

[DiscoStu]

That's already a lot more than you ever did.

HTH

You profess to having numerous degrees and yet have, on many occasions, proved yourself to be a complete economic simpleton. Maybe it's not all in the education

[d000hg]

Maybe we should let him do the job more than a week before making any decisions. After all, the majority thought Brown was doing a good job for quite a few years.

[threaded]

His popularity will probably follow a battery discharge curve.

[sasguru]

Personally I think a degree in history is exactly what a Chancellor needs - as history provides the knowledge to avoid mistakes.
On the other hand isn't Gordo a history PhD? And he didn't spot the signs of a classic bubble

[HairyArsedBloke]

The current mob are less qualified to run the country than the last lot.

Anyway, I don't give a frack.

[Churchill]

His popularity will probably follow a battery discharge curve.

He doesn't have to be popular - popular usually gets us in the tulip - he just has to make a better job of it than the previous two inept bastards!

[TimberWolf]

Personally I think a degree in history is exactly what a Chancellor needs - as history provides the knowledge to avoid mistakes.
On the other hand isn't Gordo a history PhD? And he didn't spot the signs of a classic bubble

People who study history are doomed to make the same mistakes.