Shadow chancellor says that it would be 'rash' to make sweeping assumptions

NukeMaus, the shadow chancellor, in the aftermath of leaked incomplete budget documents, has played down the significance of leaked budget documents, saying that it would be "rash to make sweeping assumptions about it at this stage."



He said that the budget seemed to be in a fairly early stage of development, and considering the leak, "it will likely now be redone, at least in part."



His remarks follow a statement by purpleslug, the chancellor of the exchequer, who has declined to comment on the content of the leak but has been at pains to say that the budget is incomplete and "the efforts to ‘leak’ the Finance Act do not contain the Act itself, nor — and most importantly — a clarifying Opening Speech, much to the chagrin of the source."



The downplaying of the leaked budget documents will come as a blow to Friedmanite19, who has spent the past week causing mischief for the Conservatives and the government in a bid to see defections to his new party grouping - now preliminary named The New Liberty Party according to our sources.



With both the chancellor and the shadow chancellor choosing to ignore and not comment in detail on the details of the budget, Friedmanite19 has lost a weapon in the form of the Traffic-Light opposition. Over the past few days, Friedmanite19 has been providing ammunition to Traffic-Light in the form of rolling resignations and leaks that see private disagreements between the prime minister and the Classical Liberal leader Duncs11.



The lack of attacks by the opposition on the leaked budget may be down to the unspoken tradition between chancellors and their opposites, put into practice after the leaking of Mepzie's 2016 spring budget, to not leak whole budget spreadsheets to the press before they are ready. This is due to the amount of work put into a budget.



Briefly commenting on the budget in a limited capacity, NukeMaus however noted that there are worrying trends in the incomplete budget, "with cuts to the bottom end of NIT seemingly funding tax cuts for the richest in our society. I certainly hope that this is not the case when the fully completed budget is laid before the House later in the term."

