Well if the previous government hadn't spent money they never had we wouldn't be having to make severe cutbacks now. Our deficit is pretty much the same as Greece's and look what happened to them!!! Ireland & Portugal as well. If Labour had got in and not made these severe cuts themselves we would have been approaching the IMF by now.... oh... and I support Labour, but voted Tory last time, and agree with what Cameron is doing to get ours finances sorted. Simply put, their is no other way of doing it.