'You are not serious people': James O'Brien on the state of Britain
November 27, 2025
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as posted by the channelChancellor Rachel Reeves delivered her second Budget on Wednesday, setting out sweeping tax hikes which are projected to raise 26.1 billion pounds for the public purse by 2030.
James O’Brien breaks down why he believes so much of the current outrage over the Budget is being directed at the wrong people.
He challenges the commentators who once backed disastrous economic decisions but now urge the public to blame low-income families instead of acknowledging what he sees as the real causes of the UK’s financial problems.
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