osborne reflects as we chat at the cotley inn , near chard , somerset .
his nervy demeanour and pallid complexion reflected the sickly economy .
in the eyes of critics he was a hate figure and it was getting to him .
` it 's fair to say that by 2012 it was tough economically , and i got myself into a position where i was hunkered down in the treasury , but he knew that he had to break out of his treasury bunker .