The Conservatives had also ditched or postponed cherished policies, he noted, on renewing Britain's nuclear deterrent, cutting inheritance tax, picking fights with Europe and building prisons.

他指出保守党也没有信守、或至少推迟了一些重要的政策，比如重建英国的核威慑力，减少遗产税，与欧洲之战，以及新建监狱。

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Cutting estate or inheritance tax seems to offer a big electoral hit at small fiscal cost.

减少不动产或是继承税将以很小财政损失的代价，获得选举中的大量支持。

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Decisions forced on leaders by events like Mr Brown's hasty emulation of the Tories' ideas for cutting inheritance tax make them look weak or confused.

ECONOMIST: Bagehot

Cutting estate or inheritance tax seems to offer a big electoral hit at small fiscal cost.

ECONOMIST: How to improve an unpopular tax