A communication from Martin Stubbs, Assistant Director, Finance, has been received. Waving a giant white flag, he advises me that he has instructed Jacobs bailiffs not to pursue me (or Mrs EU Referendum) for costs. After eleven days, The Great Siege of Bradford is officially lifted. The oil is cooling and the chip butties have been stood down. Contributions to the kitchen ceiling redecoration fund will be gratefully accepted.
Now the counter-offensive begins. More to follow shortly.
This is another of this things about which one does not have to write very much. The story speaks for itself. We had such low expectations of Osborne, though, that we cannot pretend surprise. Put a low-grade man-child in charge, within a government of fools and knaves, and this is what you get.