Danny Alexander's Yellow Liberal Democrat Budget Box Has Twitter In A Photoshop Frenzy

Danny Alexander's Yellow Budget Box Makes Him A Laughing Stock
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Chief secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander spoke to the House of Commons on Thursday to outline what he would do differently in response to Chancellor George Osborne's Budget, announced on Wednesday.

Alexander's 'alternative' Liberal Democrat plan didn't go quite as well as Osborne's, and it was made even worse by his briefcase.

The Lib Dem cabinet minister had a special yellow Budget box made, presumably to make a statement or garner more attention, but it just made him a laughing stock.

What's in his lunchbox today?

He'll be the envy of the whole playground with this thing:

If only he could find that piece he needs.

Although it could contain a sign of things to come ahead of 7 May:

He might have to go home soon:

Even Prezza was getting in on the act:

And he didn't exactly get much support from his 56 other fellow Lib Dem MPs, with even two of the party's cabinet ministers, energy secretary Ed Davey and Scottish secretary Alistair Carmichael, appearing to be absent.

But Labour were keen to help Danny out by passing him over the real budget he helped deliver yesterday.

Still, he could get a new job on This Is Your Life:

Budget 2015: The Main Points
An end to austerity! Eventually.(01 of10)
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The squeeze on public spending is to end a year earlier than planned, so that in 2019/20, spending will grows in line with the growth of the economy - bringing state spending as a share of national income to the same level as in 2000. (credit:goir via Getty Images)
A penny off a pint (again)(02 of10)
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Beer duty will be cut for the third year in a row and wine duty will be frozen. (credit:nitrub via Getty Images)
Millions to get a tiny tax cut(03 of10)
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Personal tax allowance will go up to £10,800, from £10,600, next year and £11,000 the year after. Osborne says this is a tax cut for 27 million people. The 40p income tax threshold will be upped to £43,300 in 2017-8, up from £42,385. (credit:maybefalse via Getty Images)
ISA, ISA baby(04 of10)
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There will be help for first time property buyers and savers with subsidised ISAs to help get people on the property ladder and the first £1,000 of interest will be tax-free.
The annual savings limit for ISA ill be increased to £15,240 and a fully flexible ISA will be created. New Help to Buy ISA for first-time buyers that allows the government to top-up by £50 every £200 saved for a deposit.
From April, next year, a new personal savings allowance will mean first £1,000 of interest on savings will be tax-free.
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The end of the annual tax return (Yes, we knew that already)(05 of10)
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We already knew this but the Chancellor announced the abolition of the annual tax return. "People should be working for themselves, not the taxman," he says. (credit:PA/PA Wire)
The worst will pay more to the best(06 of10)
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Another £75 million will be taken from Libor fines, paid by misbehaving banks, and given to charities for military regiments that fought in Afghanistan. The government will also pay towards a permanent memorial to those who died in the wars Afghanistan and Iraq and help to renovate the Battle of Britain memorials. (credit:Ben Birchall/PA Wire)
More tax from people with big pensions(07 of10)
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The pension pot lifetime allowance - the amount you can receive in pension payments without incurring an extra tax charge - will be reduced from £1.25m to £1m from next year, which is expected to save £600 million a year. (credit:Rosemary Calvert via Getty Images)
Praise the Lord! More money for church roof repair(08 of10)
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In The Autumn Statement, Osborne announced a £15 million fund for repairing church roofs. But it's so oversubscribed, it's going to be trebled. (credit:Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP)
The 'Google Tax'(09 of10)
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Osborne confirmed a tax on "diverted profits" will into effect in April. It will apply on multinational firms that make money in the UK but move profits offshore.
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Inheritence tax avoidance probe(10 of10)
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Osborne announced that a review of avoidance of inheritance tax through "deeds of variation" would be conducted and report back in Autumn. Deeds of variation allow changes to be made to a person's will within two years of their death, provided all the beneficiaries agree.
It follows accusations Ed Miliband and his brother David avoided tax this way after the death of their father.
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