U.K. Conservatives Redefine Success Downward

The folks on the right don't seem to think that they should have to be evaluated by the same standards as everyone else. Hence we find George Osborne, the U.K. finance minister, boasting in the WSJ about his country's economic performance now that its economy is finally beginning to grow again.

For people who missed it, the conservative coalition in the U.K. thought it was smart to cut spending and raise taxes in 2010 even though its economy was very far from full employment. These measures h...