There aren't many professions where after 24 hours in the job you are expected to be an expert, but being a Government Minister is one.
So my hat goes off to Kitty Ussher , Ed Balls' successor as Economic Secretary to HM Treasury, who this morning had to give the opening address at a conference I attended. She made a creditable attempt at putting into her own words a summary she had probably little time to read let alone understand.
