He did it - George Osborne managed to deliver the 2014 budget without being overshadowed by Adam Boulton's selfie, Putin attempting to annex half of Ukraine or even Michael Gove being relegated to the naughty step.
Afterwards he took to Twitter to give a summary of what he'd actually said.
Predictably, his 'fans' were quick to chip in with their two cents worth...
This chap seemed confused...
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This one came armed with statistics...
Whereas this one was armed with advice...
This cat smelt a rat...
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Kate was all Georged-out...
This lady felt patronised...
This HuffPost staffer was severely underwhelmed...
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And this fella was already looking forward to the introduction of the new coin...
And then there was this 'lad'...
But he did get some support...