Anyone walking past the main Treasury entrance today now will see a white sheet of paper stuck to the wall, which is supposed to cover up some graffiti.
A rather big and burly security guard has been given the job of fending off photographers and making sure no one sees what is behind it.
But one hard working official went in early enough this morning to snap the Banksy-style attack before the white paper was put up. He kindly shared the picture with us.
It definitely bears a likeness to George Osborne, albeit with a serious black eye. What I’m completely thrown by are the words. I just don’t get the joke.
“A Conservative Treasury will drive green growth….by financing a green recovery?” Perhaps this is a Tory Banksy?
My suspicion is that this is a Greenpeace stunt — after all they are running a campaign for the Green Investment Bank using the very same quote.
UPDATE: It’s a group called Climate Rush.
Jim Pickard
Kiran Stacey