For both parties, the biggest justification for this unorthodox act of political courage is the scale of the economic problems facing Britain. The Liberal-Conservative coalition inherits, by common consent, the worst economic legacy since the war, with a huge hole in the public finances that is starting to look ever deeper as new ministers get a chance to inspect things for themselves.
对双方来说，推动这一需要极大政治勇气的非传统举动的最大理由就是英国目前所面对的大规模经济问题。两党联盟继承了自二战以来公认最大的经济烂摊子，估计当新任部长们得以亲自视察问题之时，公共财政的窟窿甚至已经开始不断扩大了。