Freewheelin’ Phil faces down the real opposition – his own party | John Crace

The government may be on its last legs, but after seeing off his cabinet rivals the chancellor has never felt better Freewheelin’ Phil couldn’t keep the smile off his face at Treasury questions. With his cabinet rivals having tried and failed to get rid of him over the weekend in a series of briefings and counter-briefings, he was now pretty much untouchable. The Maybot may still have been nominally in charge, but she was prime minister in name only. She had no real power. Certainly