It was the ‘Let me get back to you Budget.’

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On defence, an issue over which new Chancellor John Healey had resigned as defence secretary as recently as June, it was "we must wait until the spending review."

On what our relationship should be with Europe in an attempt to kick start sluggish growth, it was “we must not get ahead of next month’s summit”

And with regard to the biggest of elephants in the........

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