The Minister of State has clung to the old excuse and cited international factors. I listened on the radio yesterday to the current situation in the United States. The 11 September 2001 debacle carried us along for two or three years. Now international factors are to blame. However, the American economy, the main victim of 11 September, grew by 8% in the last quarter, the biggest increase in more than 65 years. We are paying the price of the squander-mania of 2001. It was a dear price, but hopefully the electorate will see it on D-day, which is not far away.