March 21, 2007

Fags are up 11p a packet.

Beer's up a penny a pint.

Cider's up a penny a litre.

Wine's up 5p a bottle.

Duty on spirits is frozen.

Oh, and Britain's net borrowing, which in the early 1990s went as high as 8% of national income is this year just 2.7%. It will fall to 1.4% by 2012.

And asset sales will rise from £18bn to £36bn, with the sale of spectrum, a £6bn sale of the student loan book, and further financial and corporate sales at home and overseas.

Er, right... so, there you go.

I'm off to get leathered on scotch and pay even more for my impending cancer.