From MP to newspaper editor yes it is...

[SueEllen]

Gidiot - linky

[barrydidit]

2 new jobs inside a week. Jam on both sides of Osborne's bread, I should imagine.

[MrMarkyMark]

2 new jobs inside a week. Jam on both sides of Osborne's bread, I should imagine.

Don't forget the big vein of it running through the middle

[AtW]

Gidion gets to work for son of former KGB resident in London - smart boy somehow got lots of money to run money losing newspaper ...

[doconline]

Am I missing something here, but I naively thought being an MP was supposed to be a full time job? How will he have time to do both?

[BrilloPad]

I thought the ES had reached rock bottom. I bet it is about to increase its rate of plummet.

[NickFitz]

Some stories to read before they disappear from the ES website:

• George Osborne blames 'camera angle' for Theresa May cleavage photo | London Evening Standard
  
  
• George Osborne refuses to answer question when quizzed on his times tables by child | London Evening Standard
  
  
• George Osborne facing double backlash over disabled space and Philpott case | London Evening Standard
  
  
• Miss Whiplash resurfaces to haunt Osborne | London Evening Standard

[Mordac]

Am I missing something here, but I naively thought being an MP was supposed to be a full time job? How will he have time to do both?

"Editing" a free rag with hardly any news and a shedload of property ads won't even fill his lunch-hour. As far as anyone can tell he does the square root of f*** all in the commons anyway.
Hell of a comedown from PM-in-waiting though.

[saptastic]

jeez - what credentials does he have to be a newspaper editor !!!

[MrMarkyMark]

jeez - what credentials does he have to be a newspaper editor !!!

Just as many as he did for Chancellor, so it should be fine