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Left Foot Forward > Published by Alex Hern, November 30th 2011 at 12:43 pm

Osborne actually 52 times more privileged than Miliband claimed

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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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  • Anonymous

    Someone remind me. How much does Tony Blair earn these days?

    Somehow I doubt if he slums it in cheap holiday homes like Osborne.

  • http://twitter.com/steveharrisdj/status/141880456424587265 Steve Harris

    Not a good time for Ed Miliband to cock up a line about economics – http://t.co/gyeV22nm

  • http://twitter.com/chukkie58/status/141889837337821184 Steve Emmett

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

  • http://twitter.com/seefootnote/status/141889962521006080 Katy Layton-Jones

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

  • Mark Stevo

    This is Miliband who lives in the million pound house?

  • http://twitter.com/threadbarepanda/status/141892869198843905 Panda

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

  • http://twitter.com/mrnonnymouse 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?

  • http://twitter.com/jimhogg2/status/141896529958019073 Jim Hogg

    RT @leftfootfwd: Osborne actually 52 times more privileged than Miliband claimed http://t.co/GSbaqgv8

  • 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?

  • http://twitter.com/cllrkrichards/status/141923969535197184 Kevin Richards

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

  • http://twitter.com/joelikesmilk/status/141930358110298113 Joseph O’Flaherty

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

  • Stephen Wigmore

    It’s just the stupidest point I’ve ever heard. I don’t know anyone who doesn’t spend more than a week’s wages on their annual holiday, whatever their wage. What the hell was Miliband thinking? Is he really that clueless that he can’t even come up with a decent joke to mock a multi-millionaire toff for being a toff. The man is utterly clueless.

  • http://twitter.com/apertureimage/status/141943799617302528 Chris

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

  • http://twitter.com/mrnonnymouse NonnyMouse

    As usaul, Ed Miliband got the story all wrong.

    George Osborne paid for skiing holidays for all cleaners.

  • http://twitter.com/avichai15/status/141961930037395456 Paul McGlynn

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

  • http://twitter.com/cameronsfollys/status/141969470095757312 cameronsfollys

    Doh! Looz-er, Ed M! http://t.co/6VHOlUce

  • Hhj

    35 hour week? Why don’t they try working an 100 hour week as some of us do…