Decisions on benefit uprating "should be taken at fiscal events and in light of the fiscal circumstances," he argued at the time.
Most of the economic indices of late such as the lowering of growth rates to jut 0.7% confirm the widely held view across Dublin and the entire Republic that 2012 is going to be another year of fiscal pain and sacrifice.
When the Labour leader said no, a lowing sound could be heard, the noise of an audience uniting in sceptical rejection of the man before them – a reminder that one of Miliband's greatest errors since 2010 was his failure to debunk the narrative that blames Labour profligacy for the country's fiscal troubles.
Downing Street also struggled as it emerged that: Of the two million net migrants to the UK from the eight eastern European countries that joined the EU in 2004, just 13,000 people have claimed jobseeker's allowance (JSA).
Aimed at ultra-high net worth tourists from Asia and the Middle East, the cheapest rooms will be around 1,000 Swiss francs (£675) a night, while the most expensive will go for a bank-busting 25,000 Swiss francs (£16,000).
The OBR says the unexpected rise in net migration to 298,000 in the last year – three times higher than the Conservatives' 100,000 target – has been a factor in its decision to upgrade its forecasts for Britain's economic growth.
In the New York Times earlier this year, Paul Krugman wrote of an economic effect called "The Great Gatsby curve," a graph that measures fiscal inequality against social mobility and shows that America's marked economic inequality means it has correlatively low social mobility.
The winner came midway through the second half when Liam Boyce and Michael Gardyne combined on the right, and when Gardyne swung over the cross to the back post Jamie Reckord was free to steer the ball into the empty net.
Bank of America, which has already shelled out $40bn in clean-up costs for its acquisition of Countrywide, made a paltry $4.2bn in net income last year: one-fifth of the income of JP Morgan.
Here's this week's roundup, casting its net back to the beginning of March.
The notes show he was going to attack Sturgeon on austerity by saying: "Your own plan for fiscal autonomy means £6bn more cuts in Scotland – that's extending Tory austerity, not ending it.
