Reserves in the tank, so that as we embark on the journey that we take over the next couple of years, we are confident that we have got enough gas in the tank to see us through that journey. There are two kinds of budget, those that have a specific problem to solve, normally a crisis in the public finances. And there are those where there isnt much to do, chancellors just have to stand up and look like theyve been keeping busy. Well, this one is more in the latter category. Part of the reason for that is that brexit is looming over everything at the moment. The old slogan used to be, you must fix the roof while the sun is shining. Today might be, there is no point in fixing the roof if you think a great big tree might come toppling down on top of it. You should wait to see what happens. Until brexit, getting the deficit down was the main goal, and it slowly came under control. The idea is it carries on going down but the basicjob is farfrom done. Its fair to say that a lot of people, p