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Telegraph Eggcorn

30th June 2009

Let's leave it to Devil's Kitchen to tear to shreds the latest utterances of the government in its plans to spend money it does not have on even more profligate scales than now.

Let's instead focus on something missed by D's K in the offending Telegraph article.

A juicy eggcorn:

Mr Balls, the Children's Secretary, has defied suggestions from Mervyn King, the Governor of the Bank of England, that immediate action was required to check the levels of public borrowing.

He indicated increased spending on front line services such as schools and hospitals, and hinted for the first time that the police may also be protected from the cuts.

The disclosure that ministers have little intention of reigning back on spending in the short term came as the Centre for Economics and Business Research warned that public spending was set to rise to 50 per cent of gross domestic product by the end of the next financial year.

Can you spot it?

Update: too easy! I'll try harder next time.


Older comments:
30th June 2009
Devil's Kitchen
Ah, of course: "reigning"...

DK
30th June 2009
Gareth
'reigning back'? Why should the Police need to be protected from cuts the Government say won't happen?
30th June 2009
prm
I humbly suggest it to be the addition of the letter g in reigning...
30th June 2009
Armchair
Is Gov. spending a horse or a kingdom? I shall ponder this tonight.
2nd July 2009
ken buxton
As you say too easy, but can I add that whilst a brave politician may defy an order, how on earth can he ' defy a suggestion"?  Such braggadocio!

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