Who’s laughing now?

So in December, the ConDem front bench laughed cos they judged they’d wrong-footed Ed Balls by saying the deficit would go down, despite a wider opinion saying it wouldn’t.
This was achieved by claiming the sale of 4G telecom network rights would cover the perceived gap.
Today, the sale figure was announced and it’s £1 billion shy of the target.
Who’s laughing now? Not the people.