There is precious little in the latest, fairly vague suggestion from the chancellor to suggest that it will prove any more believable than the rest.
Early estimates suggest that it will sell between a million and two and half million copies in its first week of release, staggering numbers for 2015.
The numbers suggest that it will only get worse.
Advance reports suggest that it will be controversial.
But recent trends suggest that it will be worse than ever this time.
Surprisingly, several events in the past month suggest that it will be kept.
Initial reports suggest that it will remain untouched, preserving the most famous stand in British sports.
Unfortunately, the agency's history does not suggest that it will act aggressively on this matter.
Republican officials cite a series of statistics to suggest that it will.
If it only mobilizes what is already there, last November's losses suggest that it will not be enough.
The opinion polls suggest that it will also do well, if less spectacularly, in the national elections on May 15th.
