Paul Mason hits back at George Osborne: 'I am not a revolutionary Marxist'

This week Jeremy Corbyn provided the Tories with much comedy fodder after he announced that Syriza’s Yanis Varoufakis would be advising Labour. It was then revealed that Varoufakis’s old chum Paul Mason — who is stepping down from his role as Channel 4’s economics editor — will also be helping the party — contributing a lecture to Labour’s New Economics series.

Osborne couldn’t resist ridiculing John McDonnell over the appointments during Treasury questions. He suggested to the shadow Chancellor that the pair were picked because’Chairman Mao was dead and Mickey Mouse was busy’:

‘The fact that the Labour party is now getting it’s advice from Yanis Varoufakis and the revolutionary Marxist broadcaster Paul Mason does not suggest to me that they’ve got an answer to economic security. Presumably they chose those two because Chairman Mao was dead and Mickey Mouse was busy.’