George Osbourne, former chancellor, banker’s friend, money-lover and editor of the London Evening Standard has been attracting some brickbats for his “disgraceful” published attacks on the Prime Minister, who coincidentally sacked him.

However there is a feeling that “Toxic Georgie”, who has reportedly said to colleagues that he “will not rest until Mrs May is chopped up in bits in my freezer” is poisoning himself more than others as he demeans both politics and journalism pursuing his personal vendetta.

Question is, how long it will take the Standard’s owner, Evgeny Lebedev, to realise the damage this sad, unimpressive and embittered man is doing to his once-respected and trusted newspaper, and let him go.