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Any Labour leader but Corbyn could crush Conservatives, says Osborne

Former Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer, was speaking at Jewish Care’s business breakfast

March 15, 2018 15:31
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ByBen Weich, BY Ben WEICH

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George Osborne told a Jewish Care breakfast that Labour would “be crushing” the Conservatives in the polls if anyone but Jeremy Corbyn was the party’s leader.

Mr Osborne, the former Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer, was one of two guest speakers at the charity’s business breakfast at Claridge’s hotel in central London on Monday morning.

In an interview with James Harding, the former director of BBC News, the Evening Standard editor declared Mr Corbyn “the worst possible Labour leader”, adding that he thought he would be “a terrible Prime Minister”.