New feature

At vast expense, this blog has developed a new facility for the period of the election. It is essentially a sophisticated porkie detector and we will bring to you as often as possible news of those politicians who set off the alarm bell.

Today, we have the shadow chancellor in The Times:

George Osborne today insisted he could cut taxes and the deficit without raising VAT.

Don't be a silly-billy, Georgie-Porgie. Of course you can't.