another. You lean out of the centre at your peril. the middle is hurting, but many of them know, must know, that the suffering is greater, and worse, lower down the 'food chain'. 'divide and rule' has always been effective, and it is sad to see the coalition's divisive strategy working to the extent we see demonstrated...many people are fearful, but fair play, good conscience and compassion have not been eradicated from our country's set of values values by the ravening, greedy, corrupt powers, and a united stand can re-calibrate the centre, and the economy in the direction it is needed, instead of the doomed direction we are currently being pushed and herded... The UK has the LibDems as their centerist party. Problem is there is a huge black hole at the UK's centre! Tories going to be opposition in 2015 and LibDems will be no where. Labour can move forward or backwards towards socialism. Won't make a difference as the Coalition is a toxic product and all associated with it are doomed to electoral disaster The difference between the Obama situation and the Coalition situation is this: Obama was elected in Nov 2008 (just a month after Lehman brothers collapsed) and was inaugurated in Jan 2009, while the credit markets were still frozen. He could claim plausibly that he, with his stimulus and actions to save the car industry pulled American out of the recession, and they've continued to grow ever since. When the Coalition took over Britain in