- George Osborne has launched series of controversial attacks on Theresa May
- He reportedly told friends he wants the PM ‘chopped up in pieces in my freezer’
- He appeared to call a truce with his former Cabinet colleague in editorial today
- Said ‘harsh words’ swapped over Brexit but no reason for ‘intemperate language’
George Osborne appeared to publicly apologise to Theresa May today after reportedly saying he wants her ‘chopped up in bags in my freezer’.
The ex-chancellor has used his new-found power as a newspaper editor to launch a series of attacks on the Prime Minister, describing her as a ‘dead woman walking’.
But writing in today’s Evening Standard, Mr Osborne called a truce with his former Cabinet colleague.
He admitted ‘harsh words’ have been swapped over Brexit but said that differences of opinion are no reason for ‘intemperate language’.
George Osborne, pictured on BBC’s Andrew Marr show just after the election in June when he described May as a ‘dead woman walking’. The former chancellor has offered the PM an olive branch and said a clash of opinions is no reason for ‘intemperate language’
He blamed much of the animosity on the PM’s former top aides Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill, who quit in the aftermath of the disastrous Tory election amid anger at the ‘toxic’ atmosphere they created in No10.
And Mr Osborne heaped praise on the Prime Minister for leading the fight against modern slavery.
He wrote: ‘In the battles over Brexit, and over the future direction of the Conservative Party, some harsh words have been said about the Prime Minister.
‘Her advisers created a poisonous atmosphere among senior Tories.
‘But they are now gone, and a much more consensual team has recently replaced them in Downing Street. Mrs May’s critics in her party will want to respond in kind.
Theresa May, pictured in Canada yesterday with the country’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, has been the victim of a series of gruesome-worded attacks from George Osborne. Her ex cabinet collegue compared her to a zombie and reportedly said he wants her chopped up in bags in his freezer
‘We can reflect that strong differences of opinion do not need intemperate language, even when said in jest.’
And he said that ‘whatever the future holds for her leadership’ her interview in his newspaper about modern slavery ‘reminds us of Mrs May’s qualities.’
Mr Osborne has sparked controversy after using gruesome language as he tore into the Prime Minister over Brexit and her weakness in No10.
He has compared her to a zombie and described her as a ‘dead woman walking’ live on the BBC.
But the biggest controversy emerged last week when an profile of the former chancellor claimed he told friends he will not cease his attacks on the PM until she is ‘chopped up in little bags in my freezer’.
Mr Osborne has not responded directly to the reports that about the last comment.