Liam Fox tried to rock the boat today urging George Osborne to cut taxes in his Autumn Statement this Thursday to "help us to compete globally".
The former defence secretary's intervention failed to set Westminster alight for a very simple reason: the political bruiser has already called for tax cuts. Quite a few times. So much so you'd think it was his solution to every economic woe.
HuffPostUK has rounded up all the times since leaving cabinet Liam Fox has made his routine call for tax cuts.