The criticisms against government economic and fiscal policy are becoming a crescendo following the advent of a potential triple dip. A case of "I scream" if the Chancellor. The arguments from the Left are well rehearsed mash-ups of cold Keynesian sick; of little use when they get back into power as the spigots of QE will have run dry and the bond market hunger for gilts will have been exhausted by the incumbents.
But the small actions taken by sleight of hand: some austerity, higher taxes, stealth inflation and so on have been undome by the recalcitrant civil servants, the lack of supply side reform and the overwhelming size of the state (which reduces all Chancellors to tinkering).
The British Leviathan appears to be incapable of dieting. Soon it will be starved by default.