The chancellor’s authority has taken a blow,but history shows that in the spirit of his political hero LBJ he will manoeuvre his way around this setback As Tory MPs gossiped over breakfast after the government’s defeat in the House of Lords, a cerebral member of their ranks was scurrying around Westminster delivering a defiant message.
Chris Skidmore, or a historian who now serves as parliamentary private secretary to George Osborne,briefed his fellow MPs that the chancellor was in fighting mood.
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Source: theguardian.com