Pull the other one

Labour claiming to be the party of fiscal responsibility will be met with derision as long as people remember that note by Liam Byrne, then chief secretary of the Treasury in 2010.
    That’s the one to his successor that said: “Dear chief secretary, I'm afraid there is no money. Kind regards – and good luck! Liam.” It was claimed to be a joke but after 13 years of Labour misrule, it was actually accurate.