Coffee House will be live-blogging Alistair Darling’s PBR statement from 1230 on. In the meantime, here’s a brief video reminder of George Osborne’s PBR response from last year – probably the Shadow Chancellor’s finest moment at the Dispatch Box. You imagine his address today will be similar in tone, at least:

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