> In both countries, the main-stream left has long since realized that there is no alternative to reducing the deficit and bringing back growth. Although behin

> In both countries, the main-stream left has long since realized that there is no alternative to reducing the deficit and bringing back growth. Although behind the scenes this may be the case, the rhetoric remains. In the UK we still have Labour bleating about the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition making spending cuts "too hard, too fast" when they are barely making a dent in the annual deficit.