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Prepare for the dawning of the age of austerity

Next year’s General Election will mark a watershed in British politics on the scale of 1945, 1979 or 1997.

But unlike each of these previous watershed elections, the radical change signalled by

the 2010 vote will not require a change of government. Major changes are coming regardless of who wins in 2010.