GORDON BROWN AND ALISTAIR DARLING ARE ADRESSING THE NATION
GORDON
Good evening Britain, and particularly those of you who we haven't compensated for losing the 10p tax rate.
ALISTAIR.
We know we promised you a billion pounds in compensation.
GORDON
I was going to sign the cheque and my pen ran out.
ALISTAIR
We finished our cheque book and our new one hasn't come yet, I think our postman's a thief.
GORDON
He's a student and foreign, he doesn't even have a uniform.
ALISTAIR
So you will get your billion pounds soon.
GORDON
Very soon, but you know until then.
ALISTAIR
Could you lend us a fiver?