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"David Cameron declared last week that “getting debt under control is proving harder
than anyone envisaged”. But as Britain’s coalition government prepares
to confront its stark economic predicament, some in the prime minister’s
Conservative party deploy more vivid language. “The train is heading
over the cliff,” says one member of parliament.
"The man at the controls is George Osborne, the 40-year-old chancellor
of the exchequer, Mr Cameron’s best friend in politics, his party’s
chief political strategist and – if all goes to plan – the next prime
minister. Much is at stake as Mr Osborne prepares to tell the nation how
he hopes to put Britain on the path to recovery."
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