Home Menu

Site Navigation


Notices

Serious Debates & News Debate and discussion about political, moral, philosophical, celebrity and news topics.

 
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
Old 03-06-2012, 11:07 AM #1
Omah Omah is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Tralfamadore
Posts: 10,343
Omah Omah is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Tralfamadore
Posts: 10,343
Lightbulb 33 Coalition climbdowns, u-turns and row backs

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/poli...row-backs.html

Quote:
Margaret Thatcher once made a virtue of her refusal to climb down when she said "the lady's not for turning", but as her successors in the Coalition announce their latest volte-face, hear is the full list of government u-turns:

1. Destruction of buzzard nests

2. Pasty tax

3. Caravan tax

4. Secret justice

5. Euro veto

6. Employment law reform

7. Joint strike fighter

8. Sentencing

9. Health reforms

10. Forest sell-off

11. State retirement age for women

12. Anonymity for rape defendants

13. Personal photographer on public payroll

14. Free school milk cuts

15. Bookstart funding

16. Financial Inclusion Fund

17. Housing benefit cut for jobless

18. Immigration pledge

19. Coastguard cuts

20. Circus animals ban

21. World Service cuts

22. Mobility benefit cut

23. Youth Justice Board

24. Chief coroner

25. Knife crime sentencing

26. Domestic violence protection orders

27. Ofsted snap school inspections

28. Child benefit

29. Video games tax relief

30. NHS targets

31. Plans to recall MPs

32. Charity Tax
Totally vacillating .....

Last edited by Omah; 26-06-2012 at 05:17 PM. Reason: +1
Omah is offline   Reply With QuoteReply With Quote
 

Bookmark/share this topic

Tags
32, backs, climbdowns, coalition, row, uturns


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 09:42 AM.

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
User Alert System provided by Advanced User Tagging (Pro) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2025 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.
 

About Us ThisisBigBrother.com

"Big Brother and UK Television Forum. Est. 2001"

 

© 2023
no new posts