HARDtalk - Alistair Darling MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 2007- 2010

Britain's Conservative led coalition is about to unveil the most dramatic cuts in public expenditure since World War Two. Prime minister David Cameron wants to wipe out the country's spiralling budget deficit within five years; he also wants to redefine the relationship between the citizen and the state. Former Chancellor Alistair Darling is now free of the responsibilities of office; what's his message to his party and the country? He talks to Stephen Sackur.