Diamond Dog wrote:It's all a ploy I reckon - in fortnight or so we'll get his resignation speech in the Commons, saying something like "Whilst I believed I was able to do both jobs, I am mindful of my constituents who have expressed their concerns - and, for that reason alone, I shall resign as MP from (date after their next fortnight sojourn at Easter)"...... then it will be him doing every one else a favour, see?
In the main I'd agree with this. I'd be surprised if he kept both jobs. And it's not as if, with an 18,000 majority, it's a marginal seat
He'll be back though I'm sure at some point because he's not tainted with defeat over Brexit quite like Cameron is. If you read "All Out War" by Tim Shipman, which is a superb book on the events of Brexit, Osborne throughout it pretty much told Cameron that they were going to lose if he called a referendum and that he didn't need to do it.