You may have noticed the not so subtle differences between the claims made by the Chancellor about who got hit in the Autumn Statement (not to mention the other austerity measures) and the truth of the matter.
There's a lot of this about! If you travel into the city by train you'll be familiar with the ever-repeated health and safety / insurance recording played as stations are neared: "We are now approaching (name of station). Please mind the gap between the platform and the train."
There's a lot of this about! If you travel into the city by train you'll be familiar with the ever-repeated health and safety / insurance recording played as stations are neared: "We are now approaching (name of station). Please mind the gap between the platform and the train."
While hearing this again for the umpteenth time it occurred to me that there is in fact potential for much wider application in other walks of life - for instance politics and economics as well as budget statements: "We are now approaching a budget. Please mind the gap between the rich and the rest."
Perhaps there should be a similar warning at election times when we appear to enter one of the late Steve Jobs' 'Reality Distortion Fields': "We are now approaching an election. Please mind the gap between promises and delivery." And how about this one: "We are now approaching a recession. Please mind the gap between forecasts and reality."
Plenty of scope here I think!
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