this curious life

Even as the contrast between left and right fades in mainstream politics, politicians continue to conduct ideological warfare.

'The less you stand and fight, the more ground you lose. And the mindset inwhich one makes progressively riskier and more desperate assertions of one’sown economic bona fides by promising a surplus come what may, is one in whichthe deficits funding the fiscal stimulus become something shameful, rather thanthe Government’s crowning achievement.'