Can he fix it? Osborne turns up in a factory yet again

Watch George Osborne lift concrete blocks with a hand-controlled crane before lowering them –  after a brief wobble – on to a lorry.

The chancellor, who was at a builder’s merchants in Cheltenham, has made a point of making macho trips to factories across Britain, dressed down, often in high vis, and more than not with a cuppa in hand.

And isn’t he having fun?