I'm rather alarmed at the results so far to this week's Fun Online Poll after 39 votes:
Which Labour policies did the Tories oppose while in opposition but enact once in government?
2% National Insurance increase - 16 votes
Big Society Bank - 19 votes
*ahem*
Alistair Darling pre-announced the 1% plus 1% hike in National Insurance in Labour's last Budget of March 2010, it was scheduled to come in on 6 April 2011. The Tories opposed it at the time, and George Osborne pledged to slash Labour's tax on jobs. He became Chancellor two months later and the 1% plus 1% increases were duly introduced on 6 April 2011.
Gordon Brown first mumbled on about using money in dormant bank accounts to fund 'the third sector' (i.e. the quangocracy) in 2005 and the Tories opposed the idea at the time. The Tories were still opposing it two years later when it was to be called the Big Lottery Fund. The Tories then actually introduced the Big Society Fund last week, using the same money from the same dormant bank accounts.
*/ahem*
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4 comments:
Someone needs to make a list and put it on the web...
There does seem to be some sort of legislative cartel going on, and it's not just the EUSSR. The U.S. had a ban on combination heat and light bulbs at the same time we were (and seemed to benefit similar mercury bulb manufacturers.)
Funny how they chose to raise NI instead of income tax. The grey vote wouldn't like it if they had to cough up.
F, good idea, I've made a start, I'm sure people can think of loads of other examples.
SB, true. Many examples are down to lobbying by certain corporates, at least that's simple and we can understand it.
M, remember the outcry about the Granny Tax, paltry £2 a week or something?
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