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  • TheTruth1983TheTruth1983 Posts: 13,462
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    It is a bloody stupid idea anyway.
  • OLD HIPPY GUYOLD HIPPY GUY Posts: 28,199
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    WHAT!!! This government... done a U turn? I don't believe it, I mean, it's totally unheard of for this government to do such a thing,.......... OH, wait a second,

    http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/nov/28/coalition-u-turn-list-full

    well to be fair, this list only goes up to April this year,

    2014
    3 April 2014: Owen Paterson, the environment secretary, drops plans to roll out the controversial badger cull pilots nationwide across England after a damning independent report found the shoots were not effective or humane
    2013
    27 November 2013: plain packaging for cigarettes
    26 November 2013: leverage ratios for banks
    25 November 2013: payday loans.
    6 September 2013: lobbying. The government announced a U-turn on controversial lobbying legislation
    5 September 2013: legal aid competition. Plans to award legal aid contracts to the lowest bidders following criticisms it would reduce justice to a "factory mentality" were scrapped
    17 July 2013: alcohol pricing. The government scrapped a plan to introduce minimum unit pricing for alcohol
    12 March 2013: bedroom tax for foster carers and armed forces. Iain Duncan Smith, the work and pensions secretary, announced a partial U-turn on the government’s controversial bedroom tax
    5 March 2013: private sector involvement in NHS. After pressure from doctors, Lib Dem ministers, and Labour, health secretary Jeremy Hunt rewrote regulations that would have increased private sector involvement in the NHS, just four weeks before they were due to come into effect.
    7 Febuary 2013: GCSE replacement.

    2012
    30 November 2012: flood defences. Devastating flooding across Britain forced David Cameron into a partial U-turn over deep cuts to spending on flood defences
    28 November 2012: payday loans. In the face of possible defeat in the Lords, the government agreed to change the law to give the new Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) powers to set a cap on exorbitant interest rates charged on payday loans. The government had said a cap could harm the interests of users of payday loan firms.
    23 October 2012: badger cull. A controversial planned badger cull aimed at curbing the rise in bovine TB was postponed until summer 2013
    19 October 2012: energy tariffs. After telling MPs at prime minister's questions that "we will be legislating so energy companies have to give the lowest tariff to their customers", Cameron was forced to admit the next day that he had only raised an option for inclusion in the energy bill
    2 October 2012: West Coast Mainline. The government scrapped its decision to award the West Coast Mainline rail franchise to FirstGroup


    Anyway, I am bored now, I only posted some because I know 'certain' people will ignore the link,
  • TassiumTassium Posts: 31,639
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    New laws to fix social problems? that'll be New Labour. Although apparently it's catching, so nowdays it's every political party under the sun, and especially the Conservative party.


    And turning a majority against a low-status minority?, again how typical of the modern politics.
    It's hard to see how such a restriction on adults would have been legal anyway. Or as they say, "compatible", with certain other pesky rights.
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