{"id":1268,"date":"2013-02-27T22:24:06","date_gmt":"2013-02-27T22:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.astarmathsandphysics.com\/tutor_profiles\/paul_smith\/paul_smiths_blog\/?p=1268"},"modified":"2013-02-27T22:24:06","modified_gmt":"2013-02-27T22:24:06","slug":"more-pain-please-chancellor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/2013\/02\/more-pain-please-chancellor\/","title":{"rendered":"More Pain Please Chancellor"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before the British chancellor delivers his budget, I would like to take this opportunity to ask him to inflict more pain and poverty on us. Having nothing left to sell for a few pennies, as one of the poorest people in London earning one zillionth as much as a banker I feel to should be forced to drag my wretched body through through the streets with an empty cat food tin asking for donations to the treasury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Before the British chancellor delivers his budget, I would like to take this opportunity to ask him to inflict more pain and poverty on us. 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