This is handy for the Labour Party and Rachel Reeves - Keir Starmer taking centre stage to talk about the coalition of the willing to distract us from the economic mess he and his Chancellor have created in their own backyard.
This afternoon he started saying his message was very clear, then came up with the most amount of convoluted claptrap I've heard for quite some time, and he failed to answer any questions.
Did he answer the question? No, apart from coming up with the slogan 'yes, but', like something out of a Vicky Pollard comedy sketch - more political posturing.
All whilst we all feel the pinch of some pretty scary changes which are looming, courtesy of our Chancellor Rachel Reeves, who has clearly realised that blaming the Tories for the 0.1 percentage fall in GDP over the last quarter, and using the £22billion black hole as an excuse for the disastrous position that we find ourselves in, is wearing very thin.
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Nine months on, they have to be culpable for something. But alas, no. Yesterday she even tried to play Donald Trump - she declared the world has changed and we are feeling the consequences - code for 'it's not my fault gov'.
She said: "This Government is determined to turn around the poor performance of more than a decade when it comes to growth, and we need to go further and faster in growing our economy, in ensuring that we boost our national security and defence and reforming our public services.
"That is why the Prime Minister set out yesterday reforms to regulation. That's why this week we've introduced the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, to get Britain building again. But we must go further and faster to boost living standards and grow our economy."
Well, that's true, but seriously, come on mate. The economy is contracting and we are heading for recession because of your terrible anti-growth budget.
The effects are already being felt with the VAT on private schools applied mid-year - very sneaky. Stretched parents won't want to break their children's heart by taking them out of school in the middle of the school year so they're soldiering on. Over 100 schools will apparently close. This is not good.
Farmers are up in arms about an inheritance tax raid that could affect the our own food security, and I can't see most pensioners ever voting Labour again.
The Renters Reform bill started under Conservatives will probably be ready in around about July. And then there's a National Insurance hike, which hasn't even kicked in but is already having an impact.
Employers are not prepared to hire more staff, and with the new worker's right bill also looming, that's not likely to change. Those with the broadest shoulders, the rich people, they're all leaving and I haven't even got on to the boats cost, the cost of people arriving via dinghy is astronomical.
The Chancellor is on borrowed time as number ten distances themselves from her comments. Julian Jessop, from the Institute of Economic Affairs, warned that tax hikes and spending cuts in the mini budget could aggravate a weakness.
We have days until the new spring statement, so this right now is all a very handy distraction for Rachel.
