Talk:George Osborne

Skip to table of contents

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the George Osborne article.
This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject.

Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic.
New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Learn to edit; get help.

Article policies

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Archives: 1, 2, 3: 180 days

This article is written in British English, which has its own spelling conventions (colour, travelled, centre, defence, artefact, analyse) and some terms that are used in it may be different or absent from other varieties of English. According to the relevant style guide, this should not be changed without broad consensus.

This article must adhere to the biographies of living persons (BLP) policy, even if it is not a biography, because it contains material about living persons. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libellous. If such material is repeatedly inserted, or if you have other concerns, please report the issue to this noticeboard.

If you are a subject of this article, or acting on behalf of one, and you need help, please see this help page.

Biography: Politics and Government

	Biography portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography articles
	This article is supported by the politics and government work group (assessed as Mid-importance).

Politics of the United Kingdom High‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Politics of the United Kingdom, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Politics of the United Kingdom on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Politics of the United KingdomWikipedia:WikiProject Politics of the United KingdomTemplate:WikiProject Politics of the United KingdomPolitics of the United Kingdom articles
High	This article has been rated as High-importance on the project's importance scale.

Journalism Mid‑importance

	Journalism portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Journalism, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of journalism on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.JournalismWikipedia:WikiProject JournalismTemplate:WikiProject JournalismJournalism articles
Mid	This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale.

London Low‑importance

	London portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject London, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of London on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.LondonWikipedia:WikiProject LondonTemplate:WikiProject LondonLondon-related articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Cheshire Low‑importance

	Cheshire portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Cheshire, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Cheshire on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.CheshireWikipedia:WikiProject CheshireTemplate:WikiProject CheshireCheshire articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

University of Oxford Low‑importance

	University of Oxford portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject University of Oxford, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of the University of Oxford on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.University of OxfordWikipedia:WikiProject University of OxfordTemplate:WikiProject University of OxfordUniversity of Oxford articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Section sizes

Section size for George Osborne (29 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	7,593	7,593
Early life and education	7,719	7,719
Early political career	2,125	2,125
Member of Parliament	1,011	1,011
Shadow Chancellor (2005–2010)	3,877	20,463
Comments on Gordon Brown	3,548	3,548
Pledge to match Labour spending	1,284	1,284
Deripaska claim	4,283	4,283
"Run on the pound"	1,038	1,038
Expenses	5,744	5,744
2010 general election campaign	689	689
Chancellor of the Exchequer (2010–2016)	11,097	11,097
Political views	3,427	3,989
Brexit	562	562
Political relationships	3,807	3,807
Backbencher (2016–2017)	6,737	6,737
Career after Parliament	30	23,501
Evening Standard editor	8,773	8,773
Comment on Theresa May	2,777	2,777
Attempts to return to politics	7,534	7,534
Career diversification	4,387	4,387
In popular culture	151	151
Personal life	4,540	4,540
Honours	868	1,331
Awards	463	463
See also	91	91
References	35	35
Further reading	252	252
External links	4,408	4,408
Total	98,850	98,850

Daily pageviews of this article

A graph should have been displayed here but graphs are temporarily disabled. Until they are enabled again, visit the interactive graph at pageviews.wmcloud.org

Expenses[edit]

I am curious as to why George Osborne's mortgage expenses issue is not disclosed under expenses in this article.

Plenty sources out there for it.

^[1]

^[2]

^[3]

^[4]

^[5] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.153.19.186 (talk) 14:10, 25 September 2014‎

References

Early Life[edit]

I take it some dimwit from Conservative Central Office decided that a picture and caption of "Osborne's ancestor King Henry III" was part of his "Early Life"?

Remove it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.174.214.242 (talk) 06:16, 28 November 2014

There is a small typo in the article.[edit]

The last sentence below the 2015-2016 header and more specific the last word of that sentence misses a 'b':

On the 13th July 2016, following Theresa May's appointment as Prime Minister, Osborne was sacked and replaced as Chancellor by Philip Hammond. He thus returned to the backenches.[98]

backenches -> backbenches. It is correct in the introduction.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.92.210.73 (talk) 15:32, 13 July 2016

Link?[edit]

Consider linking grandfather in Early life to the person in question - Sir George Francis Osborne, 16th Baronet (I don't think this is linked before)? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.149.59.143 (talk) 21:25, 3 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Splitting proposal[edit]

I propose that section George Osborne#Chancellor of the Exchequer (2010–2016) be split into a separate page called George Osborne's tenure as Chancellor of the Exchequer. The section is currently 50,190 bytes which is over the recommended amount. Similar articles exist (see Category:Tenures in political office by individual) for long tenures such as Jeremy Hunt's tenure as Health Secretary, Iain Duncan Smith's tenure as Work and Pensions Secretary and Theresa May's tenure as Home Secretary (which were all also 6 years). If split, the article could go into more depth and would not take up as much space on his page. Sahaib (talk) 11:50, 11 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Pinging some editors (per WP:Splitting#Step 1: Create a discussion), @JLo-Watson:, @Andysmith248:, @Hippo43:, @Morwen:, @Alex B4:, @Bellowhead678:, @EddieHugh:. Sahaib (talk) 12:22, 11 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Sahaib Thanks for this. Seems like a good idea to me. When I split the Hunt and Duncan Smith articles, those splits were in response to a couple of long-standing templates but this idea for Osborne seems prudent given the overwhelming length of the section. Alex (talk) 14:05, 11 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Agree with this. JLo-Watson (talk) 15:17, 11 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 22 July 2023[edit]

This edit request has been answered. Set the |answered= or |ans= parameter to no to reactivate your request.

Could you add the anchor "Confettigate" before "In April 2021" please? 90.202.89.123 (talk) 22:25, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: It's not clear what you want done. I thought perhaps by "anchor" you meant that want to add a section called "Confettigate" to the article. If that's the case, the answer is no--the event is not notable enough to warrant its own section. I am closing this request. If you can be more clear about what you want, then please feel free to reopen it.

See also Talk:Just_Stop_Oil#Semi-protected_edit_request_on_18_July_2023 for almost the exact same request, with the same answer. Xan747 (talk) 23:57, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 7 August 2023[edit]

This edit request has been answered. Set the |answered= or |ans= parameter to no to reactivate your request.

Change the wording on of the opening paragraph from "is a British former politician" to "is a former British politician" to improve readability 94.175.92.46 (talk) 12:50, 7 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done — Paper9oll (🔔 • 📝) 13:35, 7 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

[1] ttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/dec/07/taxpayers-paid-george-osborne-paddock-mortgage

[2] ttp://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/george-osborne-makes-450000-profit-1449641

[3] ttp://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/george-osborne-in-expense-claim-for-paddock-8393737.html

[4] ttp://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/george-osborne-in-expense-claim-for-paddock-8393737.html

[5] ttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/georgeosborne/9729139/George-Osborne-bought-paddock-with-taxpayers-money.html

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]