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  When times are bad they fetch out the young female Chloe Smith from the Treasury to take the flak. She, you might remember, got a kicking on Newsnight a while back while the nation watched and cringed. The young thing tried to put a spin on it all today talking about the importance of sticking to the plan. But everyone looks on in incredulity as the plan clearly isnt working.
  
  You are right Reg..." Government borrowing to cover the gap between spending and revenue was £600m in July, the Office for National Statistics said. There was a surplus of £2.8bn in the same month a year earlier"...said the BBC.
  
  So we are on a sliding scale, not up but down. When is Cameron going to realise that his life long friend, the boy George, hasnt got a handle on a recovery. He dallies and dithers as we have seen with the budget fiasco and there is most definitely no light at the end of anyone's tunnel.
  
  "The government is borrowing to cover the cost of economic failure" say Labour.
  
  "We're going backwards not forwards," said economist Alan Clarke.

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