Britain's answer to Paul Ryan?

You don't have to have known me very long to find out that I have a massive crush on Paul Ryan. The gentle curve of the rep's perfectly coiffed hair, his ice blue eyes and endearingly crooked nose.  It's enough to make any girl's heart melt, conservative or not. All the outward trimmings, however, pale in comparison to his policies and communication skills. The Wonkish Wisconsin Wonder never fails to make the muddiest economic concept clearer than crystal to my mind. His rhetoric has a sense of urgency that always fires me up.  And maybe it's just because I don't know too much about economics yet, but his ideas about the fiscal state of things in this country make a whole lot of sense. I could go on and on and on.

Republicans don't just have all the pretty women.

 Now keep in mind my fascination with all things Paul Ryan. Keep in mind that he is one of my few points of reference.

I was traipsing around the conservative areas of the web, looking for something good and serious to write about for my first blog post.  There are plenty of newsworthy things going on today, but I feel that my rather rudimentary knowledge of economics and current events prevents me from diving into a heavy opinion piece just yet.  Fortunately, I did stumble onto this lovely bit on Free Republic. It's a speech by Britain's 'Chancellor of the Exchequer', or Treasury Secretary, George Osborne.

These events did not come out of the blue.
They all have the same root cause.
Debt.
I believe that events around the world completely vindicate the decisions of this Coalition Government from the day it took office to get ahead of the curve and deal with this country’s record deficit.
While other countries wrestled with paralysed political systems, our Coalition Government united behind the swift and decisive action of in-year cuts and the Emergency Budget.
While other countries struggle to command confidence in their fiscal forecasts, we have created an internationally admired and independent Office for Budget Responsibility.
These bold steps have made Britain that safe haven in the sovereign debt storm.
Our market interest rates have fallen, while other countries’ have soared.
And the very same rating agency that downgraded the United States has taken Britain off the negative watch that we inherited and reaffirmed our AAA status.
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Ours is an absolutely unwavering commitment to fiscal responsibility and deficit reduction.

Deficit reduction? Budget responsibility? I may be a total rookie, but don't think I am mistaken when I say that I'm getting a definite Paul Ryan vibe here.  George Osborne is absolutely on top of it.  I hope for America's sake that we start making the same 'bold steps' he speaks of.

Could it be?