Awkward moment children ignore George Osborne in netball game

This is the awkward moment children playing netball refuse to pass the ball to George Osborne.

The Chancellor was on a visit to St Benedict’s Catholic Primary School in Garforth, Leeds, when he had the cringeworthy encounter.

Mr Osborne asked some of the pupils to “gather round” but two of them seemed far more interested in playing their game.

The Chancellor then tries to join in, awkwardly holding out his hands for a pass, saying: “Here we go, come on.”

But he is ignored for several passes until a teacher intervenes and tells them to let him have the ball.