Blame it on the weather no more

A couple of weeks back, I said I thought it was ludicrous to attempt to blame all of the problems in the world on the terrible winter weather. Specifically the suggestion that retail sales were bad due to the weather. Here

Today the Telegraph have an article discussing this topic, highlighting that even in February, when the weather was "perfect for retailers", sales were dire. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/recession/7508281/Retailers-signal-tough-times-ahead.html

No, I'm afraid I was right. We were just having smoke blown up our arses once again.

Is this what's inside Alistair Darling's briefcase?