It didn’t take long for the backlash to kick in after the latest budget update, and Reform UK’s Richard Tice didn’t exactly hold back. Reacting furiously to the economic forecasts from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), Tice openly questioned whether their economists were “taking magic mushrooms” and slammed them as being “completely delusional.”
He was clearly baffled by the OBR’s unexpectedly optimistic growth predictions. “The OBR has magic-ed an increase in growth – where have they found that from in a more challenging world?” he asked, sounding more than a little sceptical, reported GB News.
