Well does George Osborne deserve his Bullingdon Club nickname of "Oik", for turning up to the Mansion House in black tie instead of making the point by wearing full fig. Better than Brown's lounge suits, but even so.
That nickname for a mere heir to a baronetcy does say it all about such men of the people as David Cameron and Boris Johnson, both of whom breezed into the Bullingdon, whereas common little Osborne was almost kept out a few years later.
It also says everything about Osborne's razor-sharp intellect that he is the heir to a baronetcy yet voted to abolish fatherhood.
Meanwhile, anyone will now be able to apply to sit on the Monetary Policy Committee. Any volunteers?
Irony? Or are "posh gits" incapable of such subtleties?
ReplyDeleteIs the complaint that Osbourne is too posh, or not posh enough?
It was the repulsive Kenneth Clarke who abolished white tie at Mansion House anyway.
By your formula David the sort of man we want as the next Chancellor of the Exchequer is a coal-miner with a taste for fancy dress. Well, I'm a tolerant sort, but even so...
Oh, the miners were absolutely rigid about formal dress when the occasion demanded it. The old retired ones still are. Middle-class (and upper-class) boys dress down, but working-class boys dress up.
ReplyDeleteOsborne, whom most people would regard as very posh indeed, was nevertheless almost not posh enough for the Bullingdon Club. Which says everything about Call Me Dave, who breezed into it without any trouble at all.
And that's the same Ken Clarke who will be in Cameron's Cabinet, remember.