Yn wir, pe bai'r Swyddfa Cyfrifoldeb Cyllidebol wedi cynhyrchu'r rhagolygon economaidd a chyllidol amserol sy'n sail i ddatganiad o'r fath fel rheol, mae'n bosibl mai rhith llwyr fyddai'r  hyblygrwydd y mae'r Canghellor wedi sôn amdano heddiw. Bydd cyhoeddiadau gwario heddiw'n ychwanegu ymhellach at fenthyca ac mae'n bosibl iawn bod rheolau cyllidol y Llywodraeth wedi'u torri. Pen draw hyn yw ei gwneud yn fwy tebygol y bydd cylch arall o gyni yn y dyfodol agos.
Indeed, if the Office for Budget Responsibility had produced the timely economic and fiscal forecasts that normally underlie such a statement, the “headroom” that the Chancellor has exploited today may well have been shown to be illusory. Today’s spending announcements will add further to borrowing so that the Government’s fiscal rules may well actually have been breached, only adding to the high probability that another round of austerity will be likely in the near future.