Perish the thort

I ran into Chief Whip* Nick Brown. 'Between you and me,' I said, 'given that we are going to lose the Election, we ought to be planting a few booby traps.'

I had in mind a few modest measures such as the election of select committee chairmen. 'I think we've done that with the PSBR [ Public Sector Borrowing Requirement],' replied Nick, smiling wickedly. - Chris Mullin

So, um, is it even remotely possible that Gordon Brown ran up his massive PSBR (budget deficit) for party political reasons?

I merely ask.

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* Brown's hard-as-nails capo di tutti capi.