Assuming that he is cleared of any non-offence that he did not commit, and is retained as shadow chancellor, how should George Osborn behave in future? Indeed how should any other shadow cabinet memberbehave , now that it is obvious why Mandelson was brought back into the cabinet?
The are now attacking Osborn for not declaring the "gift" of spending a few days at the Rothschild villa, a switch for a holiday for which he had already paid or declared! Should he have declared the cup of tea he had on the yacht? Should he not be able to visit long standing friends and accept brief hospitality without recording every item?
More seriously, it seems that with NuLabour smearing now in full operation, you can't even rely on your friends - they may have been suborned with money, threats or power. Now Rothschild's "friends" are apparently telling Osborne to "lay off with the accusations" or more revelations will come.
If Osborne is telling the truth, that he/they did not seek nor obtain a party contribution from the billionaire, what has he done that warrants attack despite all the efforts of the NuLabour machine? If you are staying with a supposed friend and he takes you to meet someone who might be interesting, what are you to say?
Perhaps this is another plus for NuLabour dirty tricks, that the top Tories must now be very circumspect, even towards long established friends. This could be quite a coup for NuLabour even if they do not succeed in removing Osborne.
Something very smelly has re-entered British politics, and it seems to have succeeded.
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