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Making the argument for the chancellor’s budget
George Osborne has modelled his media strategy on Gordon Brown’s years as chancellor – the so-called “submarine” strategy, surfacing only very occasionally for interviews or short “clips” with selected individuals on strict terms. But policies without articulate public defenders can get pretty battered.