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Welfare reform might have made the biggest headlines this week but George Osborne's haircut also raised a few eyebrows. Moving on from the spiky, overgrown style spotted last week – and rightly reprimanded in the Guardian – the chancellor used his big day as an opportunity to give his hair the kind of hacking the Tories usually reserve for the welfare state.Welfare reform might have made the biggest headlines this week but George Osborne's haircut also raised a few eyebrows. Moving on from the spiky, overgrown style spotted last week – and rightly reprimanded in the Guardian – the chancellor used his big day as an opportunity to give his hair the kind of hacking the Tories usually reserve for the welfare state.
If the speech itself proved divisive, then the haircut is bound to unite opinion. A neat, side-parted style, possibly tamed with a bit of wax, this is the kind of short-back-and-sides look that recalls the no-nonsense real men of Don Draper's generation, and has been adopted by David Beckham. Worn with a natty lavender tie that matched the lectern's border (hello, accessorising), there's even a suggestion of unmined sartorial potential here. But remember, this isn't just a spring style makeover; this is propaganda in hair form. Times are tough, it whispers, but here's a guy you can rely on.If the speech itself proved divisive, then the haircut is bound to unite opinion. A neat, side-parted style, possibly tamed with a bit of wax, this is the kind of short-back-and-sides look that recalls the no-nonsense real men of Don Draper's generation, and has been adopted by David Beckham. Worn with a natty lavender tie that matched the lectern's border (hello, accessorising), there's even a suggestion of unmined sartorial potential here. But remember, this isn't just a spring style makeover; this is propaganda in hair form. Times are tough, it whispers, but here's a guy you can rely on.
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