"
I don't believe it!" Arturo almost screeched! "
Look out the back window, Butch!"
So I did just that - looked out of the window. What did I see, you ask? I saw what looked like a white powder-puff on four legs prancing across the lawn. It wasn't a cat! It was a dog! At least, I think it was a dog! Then, stalking the powder-puff, I noticed the dreaded
Freya,
'Georgy' Osborne's fearsome cat! She's the one who boxed poor old
Larry, from upstairs, right on the nose!
"
Just take a look at the 'Daily Mail' - there's some fine pictures of old Larry being knocked for six by Freya." Arturo was in full flow now. "
But - to crown it all, mi old pal, there's really 'orrible news. Take a look." With that he thrust his
i-pad mini in front of my eyes. I read:
Making eyes at the camera – and crying out for a cuddle – meet Chancellor George Osborne’s adorable new puppy Lola.
She may think her cute looks and fluffy hair make her top dog in Downing Street – but she’s going to have to toughen up.
Just ask David Cameron’s cat Larry.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2516467/Lola-No-11s-new-dog-handle-feisty-Freya--Osborne-tweets-picture-Downing-Streets-latest-legged-resident.html
A dog in
Downing Street, I ask you! Where does
'Georgy' Osborne think he is - the
White House? Dogs are a
US President thing not a UK
Chancellor of the Exchequer thing!!
Of course, having a dog about the house will give our Georgy all the excuses he needs for getting his figures in a twist.
James Kirkup writing in
The Telegraph, last week, stated:
Osborne 'used questionable statistics' to back up claim households are better off:
Chancellor used "strange" figures for disposable income in his Autumn Statement this week, the Institute for Fiscal Studies says
The article went on:
In his Commons statement, Mr Osborne cited official figures for disposable income, the sum families have left after paying essential bills. The number is forecast to rise modestly, going up by 0.5 per cent this year and 1.1 per cent next year.
“Yes, real household disposable income is rising,” Mr Osborne told MPs.
No wonder Georgy was grinning when he spoke in the
House of Commons. No wonder the Tory backbenchers cheered! But - hang on a bit - James Kirkup went on to write:
Paul Johnson of the IFS raised questions about Mr Osborne’s use of the disposable income figure.
“It tells us something about household incomes but it should certainly not be used in isolation to measure how they are changing,” he said.
There is “something a little bit strange” about Mr Osborne’s choice of statistic, the think tank suggested.
So there's “
something a little bit strange” going on in No 11! Well - I could have told you that! So, it seems, could a Labour MP. In the same article Kirkup quoted this MP:
Andy Love, a Labour member of the Treasury Select Committee, said that Mr Osborne would have to account for his use of the disposable income figure when he appears before the committee to discuss the Autumn Statement.
He said: “There are questions over the accuracy of the Autumn Statement on this issue of living standards. The Chancellor has to be very careful about his use of statistics, since figures like this can easily be misused for political purposes.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10501097/Osborne-used-questionable-statistics-to-back-up-claim-households-are-better-off.html
Hey Ho! What a merry life - that is if you're not working on
zero hours contracts or having to go to the
food-bank to feed the kids! But not to worry, aye!
Lola, the Bichon Frise, will bring a new reality to Georgy's life. It seems that already she's causing problems on the toilet-training front! Now that is something no self-respecting cat would ever have!
Arturo and me are going to have a sniff round the cupboards in No 11 - puppy food can be quite tasty!
'Bye'
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