George Osborne insists we're an aspiration nation. Not true

What Matthew Parris of The Times and Max Hastings of the Mail thought of Osborne's performance

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MPS ARE BACK in the Commons today to debate yesterday's Budget statement. From the thousands of column inches devoted to the subject this morning, we've chosen Parris and Hastings for the last word - for the time being, at least - on George Osborne's performance. Here's a brief summary of what they wrote:

DO TORIES SEE MERIT IN LOSING NEXT ELECTION?Matthew Parris in The Times:

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