When George Osborne suggested that Gordon Brown could be “faintly autistic” there was justified outrage. The shadow chancellor was rebuked by Labour and Lib Dem politicians and other public figures, including Nick Hornby, who memorably remarked: “George Osborne doesn’t seem to have noticed that most people over the age of eight no longer use serious and distressing disabilities as a way of taunting people.”
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