http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15952413
The unmentionableOf course, if the eurozone collapses, as some predict, then much of what George Osborne has announced today will become redundant.
The OBR is so worried about this that it says it is impossible to quantify the risk in a meaningful way. But its language is apocalyptic.
"The possibility of a more disorderly outcome represents a significant downside risk to our forecast," it says. "A more serious escalation of the crisis, such as a disorderly default on sovereign debt, could put the global financial system under severe strain leading to tighter credit conditions, further depressing world output and trade."
As Mr Osborne himself admitted in the Commons: "If the rest of Europe heads into recession, it may prove hard to avoid one here in the UK." In other words, if the eurozone crisis worsens, all bets are off.

Yes, in fact almost as economically apocalyptic than if Edinburgh derestricted its taxis