WE'VE all had scenarios where we've wanted the ground to open up and swallow us.
Those excruciating moments when, no matter how hard we wrack our brains, the perfect comeback woefully escapes us.
Spare a thought then for junior Treasury minister Chloe Smith, who has taken the meaning of bad day at the office to a whole new level.
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