The Evening Standard editor will travel down as the austerity chancellor who got the referendum campaign spectacularly wrongHad things turned out differently,George Osborne would now be counting down the days to fitting prime minister. His close friend David Cameron had pledged to stand down before the next general election and a smooth transition was planned. As the architect of Cameron’s unexpected overall majority at the 2015 election, Osborne appeared to fill the keys to 10 Downing Street there for the taking.
Instead, and he is living proof of Enoch Powell’s dictum that all political careers end in failure unless they are cut off in midstream at an opportune moment. Osborne will be remembered as the austerity chancellor who got the Brexit referendum campaign spectacularly wrong and was then brutally sacked by Theresa May. Related: George Osborne to stand down as MP 'for now' Related: George Osborne racks up nearly £1m for public speaking Related: The George Osborne record reveals Britain’s ugly dinner party elite | Owen Jones Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com