The Covid inquiry is a reminder of the unassailable truth about our politicians

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Osborne’s slick polished demeanour, hard on the heels of David Cameron, epitomised a world of distant, unaccountable privilege (PA)

Tom Peck’s depiction of George Osborne’s oily presentation to the Covid inquiry was a sickening reminder of the unassailable truth about our politicians. Is there any wonder the public’s “ennui” with them all has reached such depths?

Osborne’s slick polished demeanour, hard on the heels of an equally polished performance by David Cameron to the same enquiry epitomised a world of distant,  unaccountable Teflon-coated privilege. The well-schooled and connected boy’s club with their snouts in the trough all seem happily able to slough off any hint that some of the dire state we have been left with was down to their actions.

It’s uncomfortably clear that the “ruling classes” are still ruling, failing, and getting away with it. They remain totally unable to empathise with the rest of us who are struggling somewhere “out there”. We’ve disengaged with politics, and this is our reward; the likes of Cameron, Osborne and latterly Boris Johnson running the country into the ground while greedily lining their pockets and still entirely free to walk away unscathed with their lily-white hands unsullied.