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Article in politico today saying that cameron and whoever the republican -- let's say paul ryan -- they're in a position that thatcher and reagan were in back in '79 and '80, but they should not expect a flowering of the same movement. they're going to behave like exterminators and get the rats out. i think the conservatives, if they do the responsible thing, they're going to be punished. cameron is not going the survive for ten years. >> you know, the trouble with the decisions that are being made now and i'm not an economist, is the toreys of bank in the median term or long term will benefit...

>> of course, i want to talk to -- there is a connection between obviously -- we've been talking about austerity here in brittain. we're also -- we're coming up only the united states where the republicans run the country, the democrats run the country over the next four or five years and tough choices are going to have to be made and we're really coming up to a big showdown over raising the debt limit. how is that breaking down. and as a former london bureau chief over here, how does it compare with what's going on here with cameron as to what's going on in the united states? >> it's very fas...

That he's doing what he has to do, roll up his sleeves, punch cameron a couple of times, but he has nowhere to go. >> this is the best chance of power that they've ever had, being part of this coalition government. remember, they're basically a party that was in many ways to the left of the labor party, and yet they have signed on for these huge counts. hundreds are going to loose their jobs in britain this year. of course, the base of the liberal democratic party is saying what are you doing, implementing these draconian deficit-cutting measures when we are a much more party. why aren't you p...

Cameron's party has been making over the past year? >> these are incredibly serious cuts. they're the biggest cuts in 70, 80 years. we've seen some departments do 30% cuts in budgets. it's quite extraordinary. this is tough, tough. >> let's underline this. cameron's cuts are more extreme than thatchers in the early '80s. >> absolutely. >> despite the fact that you get the sense that cameron is not an ideologue, why is he doing it? >> if the debt kept on growing, then we'd have a real economic crisis on our hands. what's interesting about what he's doing, i would say as an economist he's cut a ...

Worries. so this is a really difficult blangs act. they've do got to cut the long term effect. >> the former london bureau chief for "the washington post" is with us in washington. gene robinson, do you have a question for michael? >> i do have a question and it's about the public reaction to the cuts. there have been demonstrations, people who are angry about what's going on. and i'm wondering about that. how cameron is weathering that storm and weather indeed he'll be able to tough it out. >> yeah, i mean we've had enormous anger, particularly around increases of fees for students and think ...