The Budget [Sky News]

[Luckyrare]

Brilliantly presented by Mr Osborne and overall a good mandate. Just a shame he didn't cut EMA, eh?

Totally agree with scrapping EMA, an absolute swindle

[Tintinnabulate]

People should never be paid to get education. If they don't realise the benefits of it when its free, then they are dumb morons. Not going Uni ok fine, but not going college is stupid (unless ofcourse they do some other course etc).

[Adamm]

cut ema?
cut armed forces?
cup 5,000000000000000000000000000 mps?
cut stupid youth club things that contribute nothing to anything?

piss poor.

[Jordy]

Of course there is other things to be cut but I think these are fantastic cuts and above all, very fair. It actually takes some of the poorest out the tax system, and the people in the city are far worse off. However the best thing is it affects everyone, the tax cuts and cuts in spending. This action has needed to be taken for many years and now it's finally happened, of course still a long way to go but my faith has been fully restored in the coalition. Let's not forget the Lib Dems have agreed to all of them and added in their own things so full credit to them. My support initially dithered for the coalition, it seemed Cameron gave away everything to get into power. But in reality he has saved this nation and I think to an extent, it really doesn't matter the cost.

You had Undertaker banging on about how it didn't matter the outcome of this election because of the damned EU but that attitude really sickens me now. These cuts really do matter and our needed, that's not to say our country doesn't have issues with freedom and still needs to be paying the EU, but this is the real issue and needs to be sorted out above everything else. Labour are useless and oppose pretty much everyone of these cuts and people were saying the election didn't matter? It sickens me especially as they caused the fuss, it seems they would of gone on borrowing! I laugh in those peoples faces who think the coalition is crap and the election was useless.

Thankfully Undertaker this week is on a geography field trip so I won't have to respond to one of his essays for a while yet too

[Tintinnabulate]

Of course there is other things to be cut but I think these are fantastic cuts and above all, very fair. It actually takes some of the poorest out the tax system, and the people in the city are far worse off. However the best thing is it affects everyone, the tax cuts and cuts in spending. This action has needed to be taken for many years and now it's finally happened, of course still a long way to go but my faith has been fully restored in the coalition. Let's not forget the Lib Dems have agreed to all of them and added in their own things so full credit to them. My support initially dithered for the coalition, it seemed Cameron gave away everything to get into power. But in reality he has saved this nation and I think to an extent, it really doesn't matter the cost.

You had Undertaker banging on about how it didn't matter the outcome of this election because of the damned EU but that attitude really sickens me now. These cuts really do matter and our needed, that's not to say our country doesn't have issues with freedom and still needs to be paying the EU, but this is the real issue and needs to be sorted out above everything else. Labour are useless and oppose pretty much everyone of these cuts and people were saying the election didn't matter? It sickens me especially as they caused the fuss, it seems they would of gone on borrowing! I laugh in those peoples faces who think the coalition is crap and the election was useless.

Thankfully Undertaker this week is on a geography field trip so I won't have to respond to one of his essays for a while yet too

Good post, but who did you vote (or would have voted if you could) in the General Election?

[Jordy]

Good post, but who did you vote (or would have voted if you could) in the General Election?

Conservatives. I was strongly against the Lib Dems at the time (more so than Labour) but despite a few of their dodgy policies which have been got rid of in the Coalition, I think they've definitely got the right idea and will admit I was wrong to be so against them. Labour are indeed the bigger problem and it sickens me they oppose everything the Coalition does, are they seriously telling me they'd carry on as they were doing? Quite a worrying prospect.

[Tintinnabulate]

Conservatives. I was strongly against the Lib Dems at the time (more so than Labour) but despite a few of their dodgy policies which have been got rid of in the Coalition, I think they've definitely got the right idea and will admit I was wrong to be so against them. Labour are indeed the bigger problem and it sickens me they oppose everything the Coalition does, are they seriously telling me they'd carry on as they were doing? Quite a worrying prospect.

Well the opposition won't suddenly start saying what the coalition does is right are they?

[Jordy]

Well the opposition won't suddenly start saying what the coalition does is right are they?

Hmm well the Conservatives were rather supportive of Labour's cuts when in opposition. There weren't many but they didn't kick up a fuss whenever there was cuts, they simply wanted more.

[Tintinnabulate]

Hmm well the Conservatives were rather supportive of Labour's cuts when in opposition. There weren't many but they didn't kick up a fuss whenever there was cuts, they simply wanted more.

Thing is that's because Conservatives have said from the start they wanted cuts and big cuts so they were going to support it.
Labour have been against cuts.
Meh, they aren't doing a bad job it seems from the budget so that's good.

[Nixt]

I have to admit that I was a little worried about how tough this budget would be on those who are less well off. Actually though, I am pretty impressed. It seems very fair to me and affects everyone fairly and equally. The old Tory "make the rich, richer and poor, poorer" stereotype doesn't seem that applicable in this budget - it does genuinely seem as if they desire to help and are allocating resources to the right places. I really dislike George Osborne and was frankly terrified about handing power over the economy to him, but I was proved wrong (and I am glad).

I think it's fair to say we can see a fair amount of Lib Dem influence over this budget, in that it's a lot less hard hitting than the Conservatives have planned, so kudos to them too.