David Cameron needs to understand the state before he can cut the deficit | Simon Jenkins

Cameron is right: Britain's deficit must be tackled. But his failure to fully comprehend the public sector could prove costly

I am amazed the cabinet's collective head does not burst. As massive clouds gather over Europe's economy, every time it tries to ease the public sector deficit it must run the gauntlet of a dark tunnel, full of people punching, jostling, jeering and screaming. From police to poverty traps, from housing benefit to Hamlet, from submarines to single mothers, the only...