Cancellor of the Exchequer Osborne drops poker mask with "Public Spectre" Freudian slip

Was it my imagination, or did George the Younger utter something of a Freudian slip in his reference to cutting £6.25bn in wasteful spending on ‘the Public Spectre’?

I think he did! It’s 02:43 into this, see what you think:



In the meantime, I’m just going to lay down a bit of search-engine bait to attract some really disappointed people:

A spectre is haunting Europe — the spectre of communism. All the powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this spectre: Pope and Tsar, Metternich and Guizot, French Radicals and German police-spies.

Now that's what I call key word repetition! Speaking of German spies, that’s another sacrificial lamb shish for me, Dr Papoulias. Sorry, Angela, did you want extra bile with that chilli sauce?