Oil may promise wealth, but you cannot eat or drink it.

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But I am told that the Treasury knows that it cannot make the prime minister eat his words.

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Many people work a lot harder than footballers but the nature of our job means that we are constantly thinking about what we can and cannot eat or drink.

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