It must be hard for George Osborne to hide his hatred and disgust for the woman who sacked him: Theresa May. Or else he just does not try to disguise it at all.
Since taking the plum job of editing the London Evening Standard, a job he does on a part-time basis for a full-time salary, the paper has hardly missed a chance to lay into his former colleague, and at the same time to attack the Brexit process she is trying to negotiate..
Today’s headline in the business section of the Evening Standard is no exception.
Before the June 2017 referendum Osborne and his Treasury lackeys were making dire predictions for the economy if the result was Leave. And sure enough the British working class gave this class warrior the hearing he wanted. They listened. And they decided, if George Osborne wants us to stay then we had better vote Leave. And they did.
The economy did not collapse. The end of the world was not nigh. Life went on.
Every snippet of the economic news now has to be spun by Osborne in the most negative way possible. Let me quote the article word for word:
“The Chartered Institute for Procurement & Supply’s latest health-check on the sector [manufacturing] was short on New Year cheer after a surprise downturn for UK industry in December. Its activity index – where a score over 50 indicates growth – dropped to 56.3 from November’s six-year high of 58.2.”
According to our curmudgeonly journal, failing to maintain what they admit was a 6-year high is a ’loss of momentum’.
Suck it up, George. Admit you got it wrong. You were prepared to lie, exaggerate and cajole to get the result you wanted, and the working class still gave you a bloody nose. Do the honourable thing. Tuck your tail between your legs and go hide in a corner.
We have got your number.