Hunt the crap magician can’t escape his own autumn statement illusion | John Crace

Debt is not coming down. We haven't beaten inflation. Taxes aren't falling. But Jezza sails through interviews, believing it all

Sometimes it's hard to know just how to react. Whether to laugh or cry. Or just to wander off and quietly inject yourself with large quantities of morphine. Much like most Tory MPs seem to have been doing for the past year or so.

Should you just sit back and applaud? In open admiration of the sheer cheek. The illusion that had been pulled off in plain sight of the entire nation. Somehow that doesn't seem quite right with Jeremy Hunt's autumn statement. Because actually the magic has been a bit rubbish. A bit like watching someone claim to levitate when they are actually propping themselves up with a stick.