Seems the Chancellor has found a new way of balancing his books

[NutLoose]

He simply refuses to pay for stuff. :ugh::ugh:

George Osborne refuses to sit in standard class despite NOT having First Class ticket | Granada - ITV News (http://www.itv.com/news/granada/2012-10-19/george-osborne-refuses-to-sit-in-standard-class-despite-not-having-first-class-ticket/)

[BEagle]

What? Sit with the plebs?


:uhoh:

[Easy Street]

...except that the train company themselves stated that one of Osborne's party approached the ticket inspector before tickets were checked and asked to pay the upgrade fee. I accept that the train company in question has good reason to be nice to the government at the moment, but still, it's pretty unequivocally a non-story.

Besides, the fact that one of the most senior ministers in the government is only entitled to standard-class tickets is inverted snobbery gone mad.

[Avitor]

I agree ES, it is a press generated swipe. As he is entitled to second class he will have been issued with it but, preferring to use first class is quite prepared to fund the - as it turns out - quite considerable cost of upgrade out of his own pocket. In other words, a non story. :cool:

[A and C]

The British press........the power to wreck someones reputation without taking any responsabiltity for their actions

[lj101]

George Osborne train dispute - ITV News (http://www.itv.com/news/granada/story/2012-10-19/osborne-train-dispute/)


Mmmmm,

My money is on her account of 'ticketgate'