UK Budget Busts Plenty of Chops

The latest budget is out in the UK and judging by the comments on Twitter, lots of people are not happy. In fact, the budget there has been a Trending Topic most of today in one form or another. The latest incarnation finds it under the hastag #GeorgeOsborne ( Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom) #honestyhour and #junebudget.

Check out what people think of his plan so far (HINT: Not much)

@chickyog BREAKING: George Osborne used his favourite orange crayon to produce today's #budget.

@carlmaxim Child benefits to be frozen for 3 years. Take that, kids. That's for causing the recession. #budget #george #osborne #emergency

@Kevin_Maguire Much made of George Osborne being youngest Chancellor for long time. More relevant is this axeman's also the the richest

@Ian_Fraser Bloomberg's overview of Osborne’s #Budget. "If it works, it'll have a profound impact on the US debate" http://bit.ly/9pNSRA

@Queen_UK One has agreed the freeze in the civil list. One is keen to do one's bit. And one can confirm the Duke has not been cut. #budget

@timesjoanna Got questions about Osborne's first Budget? Join our tax experts and economists for a live Q&A at 2.30pm http://cot.ag/9v4R5P #budget

@Tim_Anselm #budget cuts to Disability Living Allowance will directly affect a close friend. norman baker's a good constituency MP but he's lost my vote

@JHHYPNOTHERAPY RT @Ade1965: Everyone in the UK, its the #budget today. Dont forget to bend over later because you are all going to get well f*cked

@girlonetrack Stunned by Osborne's cuts in Housing Benefit. No mention of millionaires paying more Council Tax on their 2nd/3rd homes, of course. #budget

@tanepiper I saw the headline "Osborne increases VAT rate to 20%" and I read it as "Obscene increases on VAT". Not that far off really #budget

@comedyfish Enjoy it while we can, thanks to Osbourne tweets will be reduced to 55 characters long from tomorrow #budget