Seems the Chancellor has found a new way of balancing his books
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Seems the Chancellor has found a new way of balancing his books
He simply refuses to pay for stuff. 
George Osborne refuses to sit in standard class despite NOT having First Class ticket | Granada - ITV News
George Osborne refuses to sit in standard class despite NOT having First Class ticket | Granada - ITV News
...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.
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.
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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. 
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