Osborne actually 52 times more privileged than Miliband claimed

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Alex Hern shows quite how expensive Osborne's skiing holiday was.

Ed Miliband flubbed a line today at PMQs, accusing Cameron of attacking strikers, such as cleaners or dinner ladies, who

“earn in a week what the chancellor pays for his annual skiing holiday”

Unless the chancellor is going on budget student ski trips, it seems unlikely that his skiing holiday costs just £231. And indeed, it seems he spent rather more than that.

As the Mail reported in January:

Osborne has been staying with wife Frances and their two children at the Swiss resort which is regarded as a ‘winter playground for the rich and famous’.

It would normally cost around £11,000 for a similar family holiday at the resort.

For reference, the minimum wage for a 21 year old working a 35 hour week with four weeks holiday and ten bank holidays is £9830.40.

Osborne’s clearly taking the piste.

Watch a video of the exchange below:

See also:

• As energy company buckles, Miliband needs to pick more battles – Alex Hern, October 12th 2011

• Fees, cuts… Is this what Cameron means by “giving young people back their future”? – Shamik Das, September 14th 2011

• Cameron’s fantasy list of NHS reform backers – Shamik Das, September 7th 2011

• Spineless Cameron fails to speak out against Brooks, Coulson or BSkyB deal – Shamik Das, July 6th 2011

• PMQs cancer row: MacMillan back Miliband – Shamik Das, June 15th 2011

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17 Responses to “Osborne actually 52 times more privileged than Miliband claimed”

  1. Panda

    Osborne actually 52 times more privileged than Miliband claimed: http://t.co/see3grK3 writes @alexhern #PMQs #n30

  2. NonnyMouse

    Tony Blair is buying a Barbados villa to add to his 15 million pound property portfolio. Osborne used a rented one.

    http://www.holidaylettings.co.uk/travel-resources/industry-news/celebrity-travel-news-and-miscellaneous/tony-blair-and-cherie-search-for-holiday-home-in-barbados/a-3-146-2455/

    Who are the rich guys?

  3. Jim Hogg

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  4. Ishmael

    What chance have we got when even the Labour party don’t have – and haven’t for a long time had – the slightest concept of how people live?

  5. Kevin Richards

    RT @leftfootfwd: Osborne actually 52 times more privileged than Miliband claimed http://t.co/10y7bUmn

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