Originally Posted by NitroNutter

Contextually when referring directly to specific people within the entity which he does, naming two also referring to the cabinet office and expanding to the entire coalition the plural usage would be absolutely correct, the rest of the government are not mentioned.



25 million did not vote at the last election, we are still being subjected to the dictatorial minority that voted for the conservatives and lib dems



Seems pretty clear to me the reporters question and Osborne's response was already rehearsed, as in Osborne hands a reporter the questions he will answer and the reporter asks them, Osborne has already rehearsed his responses, reporters who get creative usually end up with deviated and meaningless response. Most fall for the nonsense, whether it be a negative or positive reaction is not his concern, as long as the majority believe his response was off the cuff from a question he was not expecting the desired effect has been obtained. Politics is more about showmanship than anything else. The rest of us are just a paranoid psychotic minority who can be easily disregarded, as you can see my beliefs are well systematized.