This is a cracking story from todays Mirror
George Osborne has blamed the ROYAL WEDDING for the ailing economy.
The Chancellor's astonishing excuse comes as he braces himself for another set of gloomy results when growth figures are published later today.
When the last "shockingly bad" figures were revealed in January, Mr Osborne's pathetic excuse was the snow.
Now he has thought up a new reason amid fears growth will plunge below predictions of 0.4 per cent for the past three months.
Mr Osborne's allies insist productivity suffered because of the four-day weekend to celebrate the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton - even though it was the Government's idea.
The extra day off on April 29 meant millions enjoyed two long Bank Holiday weekends in a row. A senior Tory minister revealed to the Sunday Mirror: "We are not expecting good figures. A certain wedding is to blame for that."
In January the PM boasted how it would boost the economy.
Don't you just love the Tories and who said they don't have a sense of humour
