George Osborne suffers from being too clever for his own good, from his superior analysis of the political game to his reputation as the “austerity chancellor” of the first half of the 2010s.
But he is entitled to point out that his partnership with David Cameron in government was a period of relative economic stability that contrasts with the “utter chaos” that followed. And he remains one of the sharpest observers of British politics, even as he devotes himself to the day job of running the British Museum and organising the exhibition in London of the Bayeux Tapestry.
