Today George Osborne has begun his new job as the editor of the Evening Standard. Given that the paper’s proprietor previously claimed the former chancellor would provide the real opposition to Theresa May, it should come as no surprise that Osborne has wasted no time in turning his ire on the Prime Minister.
In today’s leader, Brexit is branded ‘an historic mistake’:
‘The British people were asked last year whether we should remain in or leave the European Union. Although the majority of Londoners wanted to remain, the country — by a small but clear margin — voted to leave. This paper respects that democratic decision, even though it continues to believe it to be an historic mistake.’
It goes on to reference the Juncker dinner and warn that ‘reality bites’:
‘The negotiations over Brexit have only just started and already we see how unrealistic were the claims made about the strength of Britain’s hand — as the account of the Prime Minister’s dinner with Jean-Claude Juncker, the President of the European Commission, published in Germany reveals.
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