George Osborne is a stupid twat

ETTL assumes no explanation is needed for the title of this post, though if more evidence of the shadow Chancellor's top dickheadery was needed he is providing it today in a speech slagging off Labour's "euro fanatics".

Right.

So the Labour party, with its sensible and pragmatic approach to the euro, is the fanatic party, while the xenophobic and sovereignty-obsessed Tories have the more sensible approach? There is simply no equivalence, as Labour (unlike the Lib Dems) are not expressly pro-euro unless it can be determined to be in the nation's economic sel-interest. This is raw realpolitik, not fanaticism.

It is the Conservative party which is euro fanatical, and indeed fanatical about the whole European project. Every proposal is an attempt to attack Britain, every ally a shady foreigner and every single currency ruled out completely, economics ignored as it doesn't fit in with the Tory view of things. This approach was what made the Major government a laughing stock in the EU and is to be repeated if Osborne and chums get into power.