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Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation

I strongly agree with what the hon. Gentleman has been saying, and I welcome his comments. In response to his point about the Chancellor winning the heart and soul of the British nation did he, like me, watch a live opinion poll on ““Sky News”” during the Chancellor’s interview on that programme? It remained resolutely negative throughout the entire interview, except for one fleeting moment—and here I shall give the hon. Gentleman an opportunity to pay tribute to the Chancellor—when the right hon. Gentleman boasted about not joining the euro. I pay tribute to the Chancellor for that important non-decision.