Brown, who became prime minister in 2007, let spending and borrowing rip, so that when the global crash hit Britain was already suffering from a structural fiscal deficit and a credit bubble. The country was worse prepared for disaster than most others.
但随后我们却一如既往地陷入了英国式困境当中。布朗在2007年任首相之后大肆花费举债，以致在金融危机冲击英伦三岛之前整个国家就已经陷入了结构性财政赤字以及信贷泡沫之中。英国对危机的准备工作也做得比大多数其他国家要差。因此本次大选的赢家就必须得承担一个异常棘手的工作，那就是削减预算赤字——占到GDP的12%——并将经济带回到可持续复苏的轨道上去。