On the military side, the Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Democrat Carl Levin, says the plan calls for an extra 4,000 US trainers to work with the Afghan armed forces.

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And last week a senior US Democrat said legislators must be willing to consider the possibility of a second economic stimulus package.

BBC: US budget deficit at $1 trillion

"These seem to be disillusioned former Liberal Democrat voters, and it's just a question of us getting to them and explaining to them that if they vote Liberal Democrat they're actually voting for the Conservative coalition, " Mr O'Farrell said.

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The Democrat party controlled press told us the economy contracted in the fourth quarter because of government spending cuts.

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