Cameron and Osbourne, dead men walking??
Discussion
AJS- said:
I suspect we will have a bizarre rerun of the Scottish referendum. Cameron will get his stay vote by a relatively comfortable margin, say 55/45 and then be left with his weak 'reforms' laid bare. This will divide the party and hurt them at the next election.
I suspect this because a large proportion of that 45%, and many tories amongst them, passionately want to leave for good solid reasons. They will not go away.
The 55% are made up of a mixture of habitual followers who will just vote how their favourite politicians tell them, those who fall for the scare stories and those who just don't want to rock the boat. Very few people passionately want to stay in the EU as it currently is.
This mix might well win him the referendum but it won't give him much authority over the coming years.
I hope this doesn't happen as I dearly want Britain to leave and turning that around to 55/45 in favour of leaving would be wonderful.
How wrong I was. Thankfully. I suspect this because a large proportion of that 45%, and many tories amongst them, passionately want to leave for good solid reasons. They will not go away.
The 55% are made up of a mixture of habitual followers who will just vote how their favourite politicians tell them, those who fall for the scare stories and those who just don't want to rock the boat. Very few people passionately want to stay in the EU as it currently is.
This mix might well win him the referendum but it won't give him much authority over the coming years.
I hope this doesn't happen as I dearly want Britain to leave and turning that around to 55/45 in favour of leaving would be wonderful.
Osborne has been doing rather well for himself since being dumped to the backbenches.
He earned £187,630 from speeches in November. That's on top of the £320,000 he made in October.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38110210
He earned £187,630 from speeches in November. That's on top of the £320,000 he made in October.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38110210
mjb1 said:
Who the f
k would pay him 70k to give a speech (or any other ex politician for that matter)? They sound like bankers to me? The same industry that global governments have been throwing billions of pounds at over the last 10 years? You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours...
Tony Blair seems to have done well with it.k would pay him 70k to give a speech (or any other ex politician for that matter)? They sound like bankers to me? The same industry that global governments have been throwing billions of pounds at over the last 10 years? You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours... Likewise, I really cannot understand who pays these people to speak. Really odd.
Jimboka said:
Awaiting the May & Boris unemployed thread.
Cameron & Osbourne were highly competent compared to the shower that followed
One, took a gamble,and said he'd stick around regardless of how the dice lay,lied like he did during the campaign, and did a runner.Cameron & Osbourne were highly competent compared to the shower that followed
The other predicted and promised a financial apocalypse commencing on the 24th June, got everything spectacularly wrong and got fired.
Both will go down in history as being incompetent.
George has a new part-time job, with asset manager BlackRock.
http://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1436/news
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4157848/Os...
http://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1436/news
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4157848/Os...
It may seem odd, paying so much but he is well respected and it's a perk for staff and vip clients. You want someone to attend a function.nroll out a big name. In Osbornes case it's a speech fee but is probably consulting behind the scenes. Good on him. I always thought he was a very smart talented chap. I didn't always agree with his policy
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