Osborne is preparing to defend his job, not just his Budget
The Guardian has a headline this morning saying that George Osborne will come to the Commons to defend his Budget later today. It would be more accurate to say – as the paper goes on to do in the text of its article – that he is defending his career.
While it may not be altogether significant that a poll on This Blog found nearly 99 per cent of 1,182 respondents thought Osborne should resign as Chancellor – it’s a poll of visitors to the site and cannot be said to be scientifically balanced, it is significant that YouGov has found satisfaction with the Chance(llo)r to be at a low level also:
In brief, he’s facing wipeout as a political force.
And his Budget has turned the Conservative Party into a political farce.
George Osborne will come to the House of Commons today to launch a career-salvaging operation.
Last week’s budget arguably caused more damage to his party than any of the other seven he has delivered (even the “omnishambles” one did not trigger a major cabinet resignation) and this morning a YouGov poll for the Times has some damning figures on his current standing.
Osborne is reportedly planning to adopt a relatively chastened tone, admitting that the plan to cut the Personal Independent Payment (a disability benefit), which he has now abandoned, was a mistake. He also plans to praise Iain Duncan Smith, who resigned on Friday over the proposed PIP cut.
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Osborne: smug, arrogant and not as bright as he pretends to be should never have had his present job. He is a polit only capable of fighting other polits, not planning a country’s finances.
i’ve just been watching Parliament (14:30) and Osborne is sat back looking very relaxed, and smiling a lot, the opposition seems to be going very easy on him, and a cons back bencher has thanked Osborne for helping his business. Some justice!!!
I think you may be referring to Chris Phelps ? who was sat behind the chancellor. I think he always comes across as a quick-fire bully, who seems to always have an answer for everything. Don’t like the man at all, and I found his performance this afternoon a bit of a laugh tbh.
Now they are congratulating him!
I love seeing the tories once again self implode, it’s delicious!
they are not imploding they are congratulating him, it is sickening!!!!
IDS got his revenge on Cameron by chucking in the political equivalent of a grenade.
Corbyn should have ripped him apart and did nothing,an opportunity lost !!
If Gideon Osborne remains the Tory infighting will continue. If that is the case let him remain.