In the opening salvoes, Chancellor Alistair Darling was, interestingly, the only one who began by using upbeat language and spoke about optimism, confidence and Britain having a “bright future”.
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Three wise men but few candid answers
At first glance, fresh-faced George Osborne, 38 and three-quarters, looked like a first year fresher trying to tell the dusty-haired professors how it should be done and where they had gone wrong.
