Public transport strikes in London and France this week told everyone what they already knew but many had yet to feel: austerity will hurt. At the sharp end of public sector cost-cutting are the people who drive trains, collect rubbish and bury the dead. Their resistance could bring the new “age of austerity” to a grinding halt.
本周，伦敦和法国公交运输业举行罢工，这传递了人们已经知道的、但很多人尚未切身感受到的一个信息，那就是：勒紧裤腰带的滋味不好受。公共部门削减成本下手最狠的地方，就是那些火车司机、清洁工和殡葬工人。他们对政策的抵制，可能会令新的“紧缩时代”戛然而止。
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