GEORGE OSBORNE was greeted with almighty cheers from Tory MPs as he stood in at Prime Minister’s Questions.
Blue backbenchers, who, somehow, believe David Cameron to be insufficiently Thatcherite, can’t wait for the Chancellor to be crowned his successor to fulfil their cuts fetish.
But Osborne’s grip on his perceived birthright was dealt a blow yesterday when he came up against the son of Thatcher’s nemesis, Tony Benn, on his PMQs debut.
GAVIN O’TOOLE welcomes, and recommends a a candid, evidence-based record of Britain’s role in the slaughter visited by Israel upon the Palestinians
The Tory conference was a pseudo-sacred affair, with devotees paying homage in front of Thatcher’s old shrouds — and your reporter, initially barred, only need mention he’d once met her to gain access. But would she consider what was on offer a worthy legacy, asks ANDREW MURRAY
Our two-tear Chancellor’s woes at PMQs caused a multimillion-pound sinking feeling on the bond market, writes ANDREW MURRAY


