Norman Lamont may be classed as the worst chancellor in history, a stagnant economy and then……..”Green shoots”. However they weren’t green shoots but the economy coming up for a last gasp of air before withering away to decay and despair.

George Osborne is lining himself up the same way, except he hasn’t uttered those immortal words that will come back to ridicule him, when the economy continues to flatline and threaten further recession.

Go on George say the words.