Jim Power

So he is in a...

Very, very difficult situation from a political perspective ahead of the midterms in November.

But the more I go on, actually, the more convinced I become.

He doesn't give a damn about the midterms anyway.

It doesn't matter to him.

Well, I mean, you know, even if he loses control...

of both houses.

He doesn't pay any attention to them anyway.

No, he doesn't, you see.

I think it's around 190 to 195.

225, okay, okay, wow.

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It's also not clear, even if it did end in the morning, how quickly energy prices would come back down, given the damage that has been done to LNG and oil infrastructure in the Gulf region.

So, listen, that is a quick overview of what the Department of Finance is saying today.

And, you know, clearly in the summer, I think June or July, they will be updating this one hopes at that stage that the crisis will have passed.

and that the forecast going into the budget in October will actually be a little bit more upbeat again so one has to keep one's fingers crossed and hope for the best thank you very much

Yeah, no, no problem, Chris.

It will be a really interesting day because I see that Dame Emily Thornberry, who is the Labour chair of the committee.

She has told the Financial Times, I find it difficult to believe a careful and very senior civil servant said,

would make a decision like this completely off their own bat.