Flab Trimmed

It's all very well to whinge and whine about food banks and zero-hours contracts, but today's tough economic circumstances can lead to genuine hardship even for those who aren't little people. Since he paid his dues by driving the economy through the floorboards and setting the stage for the Brexit calamity, George Osborne's time has been spent slithering sadly from sinecure to sinecure, and he is now not even expected to collect a windfall payment from the take-over of the investment bank which he favours with his glistening presence between bouts of online rah-and-blah alongside the equally appealing husband of Yvette Cooper. In laudable accordance with the investment bank's duties towards its stakeholders, Osborne is to move into a part-time role because everyone has agreed to let him spend plenty of time out of their company.