George Osborne arrives at work on a BORIS BIKE after savaging Theresa May over election
The former Chancellor may have been sending a coded message of support
GEORGE OSBORNE nailed his colours to the mast today as he arrived for work - on a Boris bike.
The former Chancellor has called for Theresa May to quit after her election debacle, describing her as a "dead woman walking".
And this morning he cycled to his job at the Evening Standard on one of the hire bicycles introduced by Boris Johnson, the frontrunner to be the next PM.
His choice of transport may have been a coded message of support to the Foreign Secretary - or it may just be coincidence.
Mr Osborne has been one of the most outspoken anti-May Tories after she lost her majority at last week's election.
A year after she sacked him from the Cabinet, he has repaid her by publicly savaging her record.
On election night, he said her manifesto was one of the worst in history because of policies such as the change to social care.
His newspaper then produced a string of increasingly vitriolic front pages, with the final version dubbing Mrs May "Queen of denial".
Yesterday, Mr Osborne twisted the knife yet again during an appearance on The Andrew Marr Show.
He told viewers: "Theresa May is dead woman walking. It is just how long she is going to remain on death row.
"I think we will know very shortly. We could easily get to the middle of next week and it all collapses for her."
The Tory big beast, who stepped down as an MP at the election, has not publicly said who he wants to replace the Prime Minister.
He and Boris share many political views, both being seen as Conservative modernisers with liberal social views and free-market economics.
But the pair were on opposite sides of the Brexit debate, which led to Mr Osborne's downfall as Chancellor.
Mr Johnson has insisted that he is not bidding to topple Mrs May, writing in The Sun today that the party must unite behind the PM.
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However, he will be the favourite to replace her if she does quit or get forced out by her MPs.
Mrs May is currently scrabbling to strike a deal with the DUP which would give her a small majority in the Commons.