Did anyone catch the Osborne interview on Radio 5 this morning?

I didn't hear the interview , but take your point

But I'd rather have a Chancellor that understood the problem and proposed a real solution -- but was poor at getting the message across -- than a (Labour) Chancellor who was utterly and totally out of his depth, but sounded comforting .

And it is this country's great misfortune that, at such a critical time , it has a Labour opposition that is not only, completely out of its depth on these issues, but one which is actively obstructing all attempts to solve them.

Life is hard. We have all allowed ourselves to be screwed by unregulated and immoral banking practices which would have been criminal offenses in a sane world. We - public and politicians - were all happy to turn a blind eye provided we thought we could just harvest the goodies they were stealing . Now it's all gone ****-up. The bankers have lost us a fortune and become hungry, angry monsters that no-one is able to control or placate. We have no viable system of economics and cannot sustain the old, discredited one. At times like these, what we need is a steady hand on the tiller, a calm, sensible voice backed by a keen economic brain. Instead, however, we've got a dribbling little chinless moron who isn't very good at maths. This does not help.

I would struggle to name a MP that isn't "glib, smug or out of touch" What really annoys me is an inept former Cabinet Minister, that was in power with Labour, and who is now Shadow Chancellor saying Plan A has failed. Well if their Plan A,B,C,D,E, etc hadn't failed we might not be in such deep sh!te as we are now.

They blamed all of our woes on the fact that Banks were about to go bust, we now have whole Countries going bust yet they sit there moaning the fact we haven't got 5% growth. They are showing in opposition how totally clueless they really are.

Yes he's not the greatest orator; he really needs some training in understanding his public and being able to speak to them in ways they understand better. However, I also feel that he is attempting to tackle the problems head on, instead of hiding under a wet blanket like his labour predecessor when he realised things were going wrong. Global respect for the Coalition's attempt to recover the dire financial straits that the previous government left is very high which is why the UK hasn't lost its AAA status.

Six further years of austerity!

As we are "all in it together" presumably George can tell us the pain he faces?

I hear he's coming out with a new album.