#redbudgetbag

Random Fact Friday - Every budget day in England, the Chancellor of the Exchequer will bring out a little red briefcase. The original budget bag was made by Gladstone - it has a red leather front and a black base (which was scratched because that is the side that used to sit on his desk). He would then hold up the red leather side so that no one would be able to see the scruffiness. Gladstone's bag has now been retired to the British Museum but similar iterations of it are currently carried by the current Chancellor. #randomfact #randomfactfriday #budgetbag #redbudgetbag #chancelloroftheexchequer #iamageek