I believed every word....
"...As my response makes clear, this is not about imposing 'stealth taxes' or introducing 'Big Brother' surveillance" - Tony Blair in his response to 1.8 million signatures on a petition opposing Road Pricing

" The Government is concerned that being unable to afford transport can limit everyday life and that, currently, easy access to jobs, training and education opportunities is not available to everyone." - John Prescott in 1998 when questioned about Transport Policy. We have seen above inflation increases in rail fares, bus fares and fuel duty every single year since 2000

"I have eradicated Boom and Bust Economics." - Gordon Brown, defending his record as chancellor of the exchequer in 2000

"We must support the police to ensure they have the best tools and structures to do their job..." - Labour Party website - 2008 in the same week that serving policemen admitted to the BBC that they were "pursuing soft targets" in order to meet arrest quotas

"in real terms, public spending under the Labour government has fallen..." - Gordon Brown, 14 August 2004. He has spent a grand total of one trillion pounds or roughly fifty thousand pounds per household in Britain between 1997-2007 on the biggest social engineering project in history. You're as likely to lift yourself out of poverty today as you would have been during Queen Victoria's reign. Roughly forty seven pence out of every pound in your pocket today will be reclaimed by the treasury by one tax or another before the year is out.

"The Government's committed to tackling climate change..." Tony Blair. CO2 emissions statistical data is massively flawed. It does not include international aviation, while public transport emissions are included in "road transport" stats - namely adding them to the emissions stats for private motoring, which bears the brunt of green taxation. Meanwhile, Heathrow Airport has been expanded and Stansted is likely to get another runway.

"Tony Blair announces a referendum on the new European constitution" - BBC news 20 April 2004 calls for a referendum have been staunchly rejected despite a majority of people in the UK being against further EU integration.

"Iraq is not the only regime with WMD. But back away now from this confrontation and future conflicts will be infinitely worse and more devastating.... Saddam [has] weapons of mass destruction ready for firing within 45 minutes... Tony Blair in speech to the House of Commons, March 2003 shortly before supporting a US led invasion of Iraq which had nothing whatsoever to do with oil, no siree. As of August 2008 not a single shred of evidence for the existence of WMD has been found in Iraq. A (conservative) estimate puts the total number of Iraqi civilians have been killed since 2003 in sectarian violence as a direct result of the invasion at 86,557 people.

Still, it's all going to be okay isn't it? I mean in 18 months time, this nice bloke called David who incidentally has a great haircut is going to come in to power and change everything. Isn't he?
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Thu 21 Aug 2008, 21:54, 5 replies)

I never believed them for an instant.
And I think Dad is suitably pissed at Bush- not just for the obvious, but for making Dad's beloved Republican Party look like the gormless, greedy twats I've been telling him for years that they really are.

Dad does NOT take kindly to being fooled.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Thu 21 Aug 2008, 22:28, closed)

REVOLUTION!!!

( idonthaveafunnynickname Drink-Aware? Sure. I'm aware I want another drink., Thu 21 Aug 2008, 23:49, closed)

RAPEATHON!

( rjmrjm, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 0:07, closed)

I think I stopped believing what politicians said when Tony Benn left the cabinet.

I met Michael Foot in 2005 at my uncle's funeral - they'd been good friends since they met in Czechaslovakia in '68 and stopped worshiping the USSR. We lost the last chance ever of getting an honest person inside No.10 when he lost the leadership battle - though I did have time Neil Kinnock (stood on his foot by mistake in 1988). I guess you need to please too many selfish people to win an election these days to keep any shred of decency you may have had as a young man/woman.

No idea what the answer is, but it is a shame Gordo didn't think to 'put a bit by' during the growth years instead of letting house prices rocket to please the swollen masses of middle England.

Click for your ability to rant like a young man PJM - I just mutter into my beer these days.
(Che Grimsdale Best before:, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 13:58, closed)