Reportedly George Osborne has had voice coaching from Valerie Savage, a Harley Street speech and language consultant. It is noticeable that his voice is now more measured and manly giving some added all-important gravitas to his performances. The US Embassy reported the problem in October 2008 as follows:

Guido can picture the scene as the Osborne aide reports the focus group results back to his boss. The shrieking “Whaddya mean I’m squeeeky?”