Is chancellor Red Gordon the socialist soul of the government? Or is he a treasury tightwad, steeped in what used to be a Tory tradition of frugality and balanced budgets?

		Whose first budget featured a dramatic cut in corporation tax by two points to 31%?
			Conservative chancellor Nigel Lawson, who heralded his "radical programme of tax reform" in 1984
			Gordon Brown in 1997
		Who presided over the budget branded by the opposition as the most socially divisive since 1931?
			Gordon Brown in 1998
			Geoffrey Howe, Conservative chancellor, 1980
		"For years billions of pounds have been lost to the informal economy every year, leaving honest, hard-working taxpayers footing the bill for those who either don't pay the taxes they owe or claim benefit while they are working." Said who?
			Gordon Brown in 2000
			John Major, the Tory chancellor in 1990
		Whose largesse provided for the largest ever increase in child benefit?
			Nigel Lawson's fifth budget, 1988
			Gordon Brown's 1998 budget
		Who recently was reported to want to freeze the minimum wage?
			Gordon Brown
			Michael Portillo, shadow Conservative chancellor
		Who was attacked by the TUC for saying: "I say to the unemployed who can work - you must now meet your responsibility to earn a wage"?
			Conservative chancellor Norman Lamont, 1992
			Gordon Brown, 2000
		Who demonstrated his fondness for a wee tipple by reducing duty on whiskey by 27p a bottle?
			Gordon Brown, in his 1999 budget
			Ken Clarke, in his 1995 budget
		Who attempted to curb teen drinking by increasing tax on alcopops by 40% to 7p a bottle?
			Ken Clarke, 1996
			Gordon Brown, 1997
		Who used their budget speech to pledge: "Wherever there is monopoly power we will open the way to competition"?
			Gordon Brown in his 1999 "budget for Britain to succeed in the economy"
			Norman Lamont in his 1991 "budget for business"
		Which publicity-seeking chancellor allowed TV cameras inside the treasury before a budget for a controversial fly-on-the-wall documentary?
			Norman Lamont in 1992
			Gordon Brown in 1997
		Which chancellor was lambasted for classifying employee rape alarms as a company perk in his budget?
			John Major
			Gordon Brown
		Which chancellor caught out a colleague when he raised stamp duty - but only on properties above £250,000?
			Nigel Lawson
			Gordon Brown