The article failed to mention the pitiful level of cuts that have actually occurred! The USA has cut further and quicker, it is nowhere near the level of Irish

The article failed to mention the pitiful level of cuts that have actually occurred! The USA has cut further and quicker, it is nowhere near the level of Irish or Greek austerity. The UK is not experiencing austerity. The NHS (major spender) was protected, the welfare bill has gone up massively. The cuts amounted to a few departments and haven't been fully implemented yet. The private sector has created many more jobs than have been lost from the public sector, but lots have gone to non-UK nationals, leaving unemployment down but not by as much as expected. The Tories have taken the flack for cuts/austerity without actually really having it, it isn't in Labour's interest to expose this.