LISTEN: John McDonnell Reads Mao To Osborne

25 November 2015, 14:57 | Updated: 25 August 2016, 12:45

John McDonnell Mao

It's become the most talked about moment of the Autumn Statement: when John McDonnell produced the Little Red Book and read some Chairman Mao quotes.

Soon, #LittleRedBook was trending on Twitter - but even before that, Osborne responded to his Labour rival.

The stunt seemed to backfire, with lots of abuse for McDonnell online - including from our own Iain Dale.