All in all, a rather crap list Jack

The Labour Party manifesto 2005 stated:

“The EU now has 25 members and will continue to expand. The new Constitutional Treaty ensures the new Europe can work effectively, and that Britain keeps control of key national interests like foreign policy, taxation, social security and defence. The Treaty sets out what the EU can do and what it cannot. It strengthens the voice of national parliaments and governments in EU affairs. It is a good treaty for Britain and for the new Europe. We will put it to the British people in a referendum and campaign whole-heartedly for a ‘Yes’ vote to keep Britain a leading nation in Europe.”

Looks like they promised a vote on a treaty to me Jack.

Over two thirds of voters rejected the Conservatives.

Would you suggest Thatcher had no mandate because she was only elected by a minority? Or The next Government has little mandate if less than 50% of the electorate vote for it?

PR would be good, but I don’t see the Conservatives ever winning an election with it (most people reject their values even with a Labour government perceived as a disaster).

Putting aside assertions of disrespect surely we have a right to know just how shoddy a job the Prime Minister of Britain makes of a simple task like sending a letter and, frankly, what a botch he makes of then trying to apologise with that familiar whiff of self justification.

Vision impairment is no excuse – he has helpers and advisors aplenty. No. Lack of judgement (again) and an inability to execute common sense tasks (again) are matters we SHOULD know about. For heavens sake we’re not criticising a handicapped child or an infirm pensioner here – this is the holder of our country’s highest office and we have every right to expect much much better.

I’d like to apologise for the lack of contrition in the above paragraph.

LOL! Last Tory government in a nutshell! Add the destruction of industry aided and abetted by a so called Labour government.

I personally think it is very unfortunate indeed that Isaby, Montgomerie, Pickles and others picked up this faulty apology meme and effectively rained on the parade of the lost children.

This also happened over the Alan Turing apology.

Leaving that aside can anyone provide a list of the apologies we’ve had from UK Prime Ministers of a Tory persuasion. While in power or at all. And while you’re at it you could do other world conservatives like the Bush father and son.

what about thinning down roads in the name of road safety while all the other western nations are busy widening theirs?

what about the issue of inter company transfer visas like confetti making the minor checks and balances on work visas pointless?

what about allowing our biggest council estates and inner cities to become perpetual drains on our society as the schools are so bad the kids will never grow up into wealth creators?

i.e. it’s your fault for getting upset about my obviously true statements of fact rather than my fault for saying what I said.

Brown virtually never admits fault on anything ever and repeats the same simple “facts” over and over again. His strategy is straight out of Mein Kampf in this respect.

Do the Tories have a policy on restoring these pensions tax reliefs?

all in all a rather crap list John – I would have expected better from you.