Ouch. Normally, at this juncture of the electoral cycle, one could confidently expect a “giveaway” pre-budget report from the Chancellor of Exchequer. Not so yesterday from Alistair Darling, who has quite clearly ” run out of our money “, to quote MEP Daniel Hannan. But hey, look on the bright side: deficit reduction starts next year, as the public sector borrowing requirement is forecast to collapse to £176 billion from the current year £178 billion. Although Mr. Darling spent most of his time waffling on about woolly job-training schemes and business advice bureaus, the centerpiece of his PBR was, of course, the …