He was ridiculed by opposition MPs for making the unprecedented move of setting out an alternative plan to the Chancellor ’ s Budget in the House of Commons . And now Danny Alexander , the Liberal Democrat Treasury Chief Secretary , has been mocked for a subsequent photo opportunity yesterday holding a yellow briefcase . The stunt saw the box – which was auctioned off to a Lib Dem activist for £1,500 - held outside the Treasury building in an echo of George Osborne outside 11 Downing Street on Wednesday . Scroll down for video . SpongeBob SquarePants and Trunki : Danny Alexander , the Liberal Democrat Treasury Chief Secretary , has been mocked for a photo opportunity yesterday holding a yellow briefcase for the 'alternative budget ' PlayStation and Meccano : Social media users were quick to post mocked-up images of 42-year-old Mr Alexander standing with other yellow boxes , including the above two examples . But social media users were quick to post mocked-up images of Mr Alexander , 42 , standing with other yellow boxes - including a SpongeBob SquarePants lunchbox and a Trunki ride-on suitcase . Other photographs showed the politician holding a PlayStation , Meccano set and posing with ex-SNP leader Alex Salmond playing football and Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe falling over . Yesterday , Mr Alexander was harangued by Labour backbenchers and faced accusations that he was abusing his ministerial office as he set out the plan for those ‘ left cold ’ by Mr Osborne 's Budget . Despite confirming that the Budget was agreed by the Tories and Lib Dems , Mr Alexander criticised the plans in it to cut government spending to 1964 levels - ‘ the era of Cathy Come Home ’ . Ridicule : Mr Alexander , who is MP for Inverness , Nairn , Badenoch and Strathspey , was harangued by Labour backbenchers yesterday and faced accusations that he was abusing his ministerial office . Edited : Another mocked-up photograph showed the politician posing with former SNP leader Alex Salmond playing football ( centre ) and Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe falling over ( right ) Prior to Mr Alexander 's comments , Speaker John Bercow insisted that such statements ‘ have to be ministerial , delivered not in a personal or party capacity but on behalf of the Government ’ . But as the Treasury Chief Secretary set out his Lib Dem plan that ‘ borrows less than Labour ’ and ‘ cuts less than the Conservatives ’ , he was met with a volley of heckling from Labour backbenchers . Shouts of ‘ this is an abuse of office ’ and ‘ this is ridiculous ’ could be heard as Opposition MPs and others waved the coalition Budget document . At one point , Labour frontbencher Andrew Gwynne reached across the table separating the despatch boxes with a copy of the red book and dropped it in front of Mr Alexander . Original photo : Mr Alexander holds his yellow budget box outside of the Treasury office in London yesterday . In the Commons : As the Treasury Chief Secretary set out his Lib Dem plan that ‘ borrows less than Labour ’ and ‘ cuts less than the Conservatives ’ , he was met with a volley of heckling from Labour backbenchers . Together : Mr Alexander ( centre left ) outside 11 Downing Street with Chancellor George Osborne ( centre ) ahead of the Budget statement on Wednesday . Mr Alexander insisted his statement was ‘ entirely legitimate ’ because the plans were in a Treasury document , but deviated from the Tories ' ‘ cuts for cuts ' sake ’ and Labour 's ‘ dragging out the pain ’ . He said : ‘ They may not like it but I 'm setting out the numbers in the Treasury document published today , which is an entirely legitimate thing to do. ’ The Treasury Chief Secretary outlined Lib Dems plans to achieve the £30billion of savings needed to eliminate the structural current deficit through a combination of tax rises , tackling tax avoidance , departmental cuts and welfare savings . Mr Alexander 's plans would mean significantly less welfare cuts than under the Tories but also introduce tax rises which the senior coalition partners have not set out .
Treasury Chief Secretary is mocked for yesterday 's photo opportunity . Pictured with yellow briefcase outside Treasury for 'alternative budget ' Social media users create pictures of him holding other yellow boxes . He faced accusations that he was abusing ministerial office with speech .