With its once-mighty Banks, RBS and HBOS, the heart of the Scottish capital's financial industry, brought low by reckless profligacy, the problems look deep.

加上苏格兰首都金融业的核心、曾经辉煌的银行——苏格兰皇家银行和苏格兰哈利法克斯银行被肆意的挥霍拖垮，看来问题根源深刻。

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They had expected a hard-hitting attack on Labour's financial profligacy, with at least some details of Tory spending plans and fiscal proposals.

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