Listening to Newt Gingrich at the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, I fast came to the conclusion that he's given up all hope of becoming the Republican candidate for president.
In a press conference announcing his withdrawal, Gregg said he gradually came to the conclusion that his views with the administration were too different for him to accept the role.
That is the only conclusion you can draw from her comment, at the end of the press conference - that she "shivered" when she thought of what might have happened to the UK "if no such fiscal consolidation programme had been decided" after May 2010.
Whenever Finance Minister, Jane Hutt, appears at a press conference, she knows one question is inevitably coming: when might the big conversation between Jane and Danny reach a conclusion?