George Osborne didn’t rule out a return to parliament at his press gallery lunch today. The Evening Standard editor gave a lively speech and when asked if he would return to parliament he said: “I don’t rule it out”. But he did rule out joining the NUJ…
Osborne had the following to say:
On Boris: “A pretty effective mayor of London.”
On the Tory leadership: “It is the consensus party view that there will be a Conservative Leader contest this parliament.”
On Corbyn: “If the Labour movement was led by a social democrat of even middling ability they would now be 20 points ahead in the polls.”
On Freezergate: Taught him “a thing or two about editorial conference.”
On why Remain lost: “We looked like the establishment.”
On the importance of the metropolitan elite: If the Tories are “anti-modern and anti-metropolitan then people will be anti-us.”
Mayoral bid or return to the Commons? A George / Amber / Ruth Remoaner dream team…
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