List of Labour u-turns
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Puggit

Original Poster:

49,804 posts

278 months

Thursday 31st December 2009
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Due to a childish troll in another forum, I require a list of Labour u-turns by the current government.

I'll start with:

10p tax threshold
Referendum on European Constitution
ID cards
Tony Blair sitting out the government term
Removal of childcare vouchers for higher rate tax payers
Police Force mergers
No university fees

Lots more, I'm sure...

Fittster

20,120 posts

243 months

Thursday 31st December 2009
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Hmm, if only the other set of monkeys were consistent.

Dave's u-turns

Support for Banking Bailout
Lisbon Treaty referendum
Government Spending pledge
Section 28

sirtyro

1,824 posts

228 months

Thursday 31st December 2009
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Fittster said:
Hmm, if only the other set of monkeys were consistent.

Dave's u-turns

Support for Banking Bailout
Lisbon Treaty referendum
Government Spending pledge
Section 28
To be fair he didn't have much of a choice, considering Labour decided to just ratify it anyway without giving any of us the choice.

NoNeed

15,137 posts

230 months

Thursday 31st December 2009
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Puggit said:
ID cards
No all the mechanism for making it happen/work will be left in place as part of the passport office. will be voluntary only till they win an election then it will happen!

Skywalker

3,269 posts

244 months

Thursday 31st December 2009
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This is going to be a hard thread - making sure that I cite U-turns rather than absolute lies.

Complicity with extraordinary rendition was a lie to the country I believe rather than a U-turn.

Support helicopters for the military? Well Winky threw the £n Bn in money away that had been set aside for them in the late 1990's (was the quote not "every penny on defence is a penny wasted", if not then similar) - and then we have had a 18 months of

Gordo said:
We have so many helicopters how could we possibly desire another
and now we have

Gordo said:
I have made a sound decision and magicked loads of money available to buy more Chinooks - because I am a wise forward thinker in military procurement
More of a couple of J turns rather than one U turn there?

AndrewW-G

11,968 posts

247 months

Thursday 31st December 2009
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Road pricing............................although I fear that the U turn is more of a diversion whilst our new overlords in Brussels push this through regardless.......................and who’s the traitor responsible for the illegal agreement to and ratification of the EU constitution......why its bLiar & winky

AndrewW-G

11,968 posts

247 months

Thursday 31st December 2009
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Fittster said:
Hmm, if only the other set of monkeys were consistent.

Dave's u-turns


Lisbon Treaty referendum
Ignoring the obvious point that CMD isnt the PM, you cant have a referendum over the adoption of a law, if its already been passed into law.............although hopefully we with a little pressure have a referndum on our future EU role (no doubt depending on how many votes UKIP get)

catso

16,457 posts

297 months

Friday 1st January 2010
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NoNeed said:
Puggit said:
ID cards
No all the mechanism for making it happen/work will be left in place as part of the passport office. will be voluntary only till they win an election then it will happen!
Indeed, that one's not dead and buried yet.