With a whiff of sulphur, George Osborne was gone – but for how long? | Polly Toynbee
by Polly Toynbee from on (#2KQ39)
Devious, cunning and cruel, as Tory chancellor he imposed his mendacious mantras on the national psyche. His legacy is a poisoned political landscape
Most politicians intend to do good, as they see it. It's an odd quirk in public attitudes that the idea of democracy is revered but its practitioners are, mostly, reviled: from graffiti in ancient Rome, it was ever thus. Political commentators need to appreciate the practitioners, however opposing their views.
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