Posted on Mar 19, 2014

This Is How The Internet Responded To Budget Day

Contains inflated Boulton.

Alan White

BuzzFeed News Reporter, UK

It's BUDGET DAY! The excitement was palpable from the word go.

Robert Peston@Peston Follow
My budget preview - if you can be arsed http://t.co/cVKXbTSR9n
08:04 AM - 19 Mar 14 Reply Retweet Favorite

The day began with George Osborne quite literally promising to give us all a stronger pound.

George Osborne@George_Osborne Follow
Today I will deliver a Budget for a resilient economy - starting with a resilient pound coin
07:44 AM - 19 Mar 14 Reply Retweet Favorite

Twitter was really excited and positive about it.

Rachael@RachaelvsWorld Follow
@George_Osborne suck my 12-sided dick.
07:46 AM - 19 Mar 14 Reply Retweet Favorite

Andy Martindale@AndyMartindale Follow
@George_Osborne how am I supposed to hire a trolly from the supermarket now?
07:47 AM - 19 Mar 14 Reply Retweet Favorite

To be honest all of BuzzFeed's alternatives were better.

Craiiiig David.

Anyway, Labour quickly launched its attempt at a viral attack.

Labour /Alan White / BuzzFeed

Our #Primeminister would've #responded but was #busy showing he #doesnt really get #hashtags.

David Cameron@David_Cameron Follow
Another significant fall in unemployment is a sign our #LongTermEconomicPlan is working, providing security & chances #ForHardworkingpeople.
09:38 AM - 19 Mar 14 Reply Retweet Favorite

TechnicallyRon@TechnicallyRon Follow
Due to an autocorrect today's #Budget will really help hard wanking people.
10:02 AM - 19 Mar 14 Reply Retweet Favorite

By this point the only really good thing that had happened could be found about one minute into this video...

Vine — vine.co

But then someone made this, which was either awful or amazing depending on how you see it.

Brandy Snap@Brandy_Snap Follow
Before his statement, Osborne pledges to 'squeeze out the lumpen proletariat'. #Budget2014 @HuffPostUKCom @ThePoke
09:30 AM - 19 Mar 14 Reply Retweet Favorite

This, by contrast, was just inevitable.

General Boles@GeneralBoles Follow
wow......so fiscal #budget2014
11:26 AM - 19 Mar 14 Reply Retweet Favorite

But on the whole things were improving.

David Stokes@scottywrotem Follow
â™« I want to get fiscal, fiscal,
I want to get fiscal,
lets get into fiscal,
let me hear your budget talk â™«
10:09 AM - 18 Mar 14 Reply Retweet Favorite

The fact nothing much was happening obviously didn't stop the media coverage from being ridiculous.

Tim Stanley@timothy_stanley Follow
The BBC is covering #Budget2014 with a helicopter - just in case it ends in a high speed car chase.
11:26 AM - 19 Mar 14 Reply Retweet Favorite

BBC / Alan White / BuzzFeed

Then Adam Boulton thought this was a good idea for some reason.

Adam Boulton@adamboultonSKY Follow
Not a very pretty #Budget2015 selfie. Osborne & Co behind me wouldn't pose
11:20 AM - 19 Mar 14 Reply Retweet Favorite

(Always remember to check your Boulton is correctly inflated before broadcast).

Then there was a lot of chatter about George Osborne "pulling a rabbit out of his hat" but no one knew what it was or what it meant.

By now it was time for the Chancellor to show off his red box, which is never awkward.

BBC / Alan White / BuzzFeed

Especially when everyone buggers off while he's having his moment.

BBC / Alan White / BuzzFeed

It was getting near speech time, and everyone was rooting for George.

Rob Dicken@1970RobD Follow
A more honest Budget campain poster, from George Osborne #budget2014 @ThePoke
10:54 AM - 19 Mar 14 Reply Retweet Favorite

He opened up with a solid gold ZINGER, apparently.

Robert Colvile@rcolvile Follow
Magna Carta 'fells unimaginably distant. A weak leader, who came to the top after betraying his brother, running a gang of unruly barons...'
12:58 PM - 19 Mar 14 Reply Retweet Favorite

Ok.

James Forsyth@JGForsyth Follow
That Magna Carta joke was v Osborne, his brand of humour
12:59 PM - 19 Mar 14 Reply Retweet Favorite

Really.

Mark Wallace@wallaceme Follow
Didn't see the Magna Carta gag at Miliband's expense coming. Good stuff #Budget2014
12:58 PM - 19 Mar 14 Reply Retweet Favorite

The opposition were captivated.

There now follows a breakdown of the important bits of the Chancellor's speech.

It will be illustrated by increasingly less relevant GIFs.

Bingo duty halved to 10% / Tax on fixed odds betting terminals raised to 25%.

Via giphy.com

Duty on Scotch whisky to be frozen/Beer duty to be cut by 1p a pint.

That's a whole £1.30 a year, people.

And changes to the welfare cap, a new ISA and a change to the higher rate tax threshold all of which will have to be represented with this GIF.

Via buzzfeed.com

Ed Miliband then got up and attacked the Chancellor while Nick Clegg talked to Danny Alexander about the state of the ceiling in the House of Commons.

BBC

Let's just take a moment to acknowledge Deputy Speaker Lindsay Hoyle was quite funny although the bar was pretty low.

Claire Phipps@Claire_Phipps Follow
Let's hope @Ed_Miliband has been checking Twitter and so knows exactly what to think about the budget, instantly
01:31 PM - 19 Mar 14 Reply Retweet Favorite

Anyway, he evidently had. And that was the 2014 Budget.

Twitter: @adamboultonsky / Alan White / BuzzFeed

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