He believes that if you approach this issue in a balanced way, you can ensure that no one is unduly burdened, that everyone shares in the burden and shares in the ensuing prosperity that comes from getting our fiscal house in order.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

"There is no way in this modern world that you can guarantee a job for any period of time in any part of the world, " he told me.

CNN: 'THE PEOPLE'S ASPIRATION'

Because Acpo promoted a policy under which no more than six officers per thousand can leave the service in this way.

BBC: Police officers

This is indeed a big country, a rich country, in a way no array of figures can measure and so in a way past belief of those who have not seen it.

WSJ: And the Fair Land

However, there is another way to confront the disappearance of clear winners: if no one in this new generation can be the exception, then everyone will be.

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And the amazing thing, in this city of euro-experts, this hothouse of euro-detail, where the jargon hangs heavily in the air, is that no-one can see a way out.

BBC: By Europe Correspondent David Shukman