Petronella Wyatt on the quarter-Hungarian George Osborne…

“His complexion is eastern, with the fish-belly pallor of Vlad the Impaler. His eyes have a Mongolian slant and his voice the twang of a gipsy’s zither. He is quick-tempered and, unlike most privately educated Englishmen, enjoys the company of women. His wife, Frances, who is a popular novelist with hair like a winter sunset, leads an independent life and her husband is often left at home, cooking a passable sort of lasagne.”