Peter Hoskin

Are the knives out for Osborne?

How much have the Deripaska affair and the Tories’ flimsy response to the economic and financial crises affected George Osborne’s standing within his party?  A fair bit, if this survey of party members by ConservativeHome is anything to go by.  I quote from their findings:

“…support for the Shadow Chancellor has also plunged among the Tory grassroots. 

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