Quote of the day

From George Osborne's diary (here):

Friday

So. It’s been announced. There’s quite the uproar. At lunchtime I visit the paper and tell the staff how excited I am to be becoming a top journalist. Then I call Theresa May, to let her know I’m a newspaper editor now, because, well, why not, and how hard can it be?

“I’m surprised you have the time,” she says.

“Stop it,” I say. “It’s only editing a newspaper! It’s like people have forgotten I combined being an MP with running Britain’s economy for six whole years!”

“And how did that go?” says Theresa.

“That’s irrelevant,” I say.