The prophetic powers of George Osborne
I had confirmed today the story by Matthew D'Ancona in the Sunday Telegraph eight days ago, that George Osborne forecast to members of the Shadow Cabinet that James Purnell would resign that night.
It seems extraordinary that he should have imparted this news to more than 30 members of the Conservative front bench about 12 hours before the prime minister himself was informed!
And how did Mr Osborne know?
I can't be certain, but he does have a very close friend in the editorial high command of The Times.
I'm Michael Crick, and I'm Newsnight's political editor. My guiding rule is that in any story there's usually something the politicians would prefer the world not to know. My job is to find that out. Follow me on
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