There was a real fear that a euro-zone bank might fail, that we'd have a sovereign debt problem in one of the larger European economies. That's dissipated, thanks largely to the action of the European Central Bank.

Under the successive leaderships of Michael Howard and David Cameron he remained on the Prime Minister's Questions team. " Rothschild had hosted Deripaska Osborne and Lord Mandelson at a party in his villa in Corfu. Osborne's actions.

He is the heir apparent to the Osborne baronetcy (of Ballentaylor in County Tipperary and Ballylemon in County Waterford). He has been the Member of Parliament for Tatton since 2001.