mr. speaker, -- [inaudible] what he ought to be saying but then is he made a solemn promise to improve losing -- livingston and his broken. what about is because promise of all on the deficit? in october 20 and he promised, in five years time we will have a balanced the books. when he said it, did he mean it's? >> we promised to cut the deficit. it's down by a third, and in a moment, in a moment or two we will see the progress that has been made. and, obviously, i can't reveal what's in the chancellor's autumn statement. that wouldn't be proper, but i make this prediction. i make this prediction, mr. speaker, -- >> order. the answers must be heard. prime minister. >> i make this prediction. in a moment or two he will be looking as awkward as we ate a bacon sandwich. [laughter] if we're going to talk about -- if we are talking about predictions, let us remember his predictions. he said our policy would lead to the disappearance of a million jobs. wrong. he said it was a fantasy the private sector would create the jobs. wrong. he said we would choke off jobs and growth. wrong. the fact is they told us there