The coalition is over two years old, fast approaching the half way
stage. Just for fun I thought I would
put together a series of interactive blogs to see who can remember what Labour
were saying back in 2010.
Simply read the 3 texts below and identify which one was in the
Labour party manifesto. Simply click on
the ‘read more’ to reveal the truth.
A) We will
be rapidly reduce the deficit, increase National Insurance, save £1bn by
capping public sector pay and make significant savings through tough reforms to
public sector pensions. We will not
increase the top rate of income tax.
B) These
are tough fiscal times and it would be wrong to pass the failings of the
financial sector on the British Public.
That’s why we will continue to invest in our schools and hospitals and
fund this by closing loop holes in the tax system and introducing new rules and
governance to our banking industry to secure monetary stability.
C) We do
not recognise the financial constraints faced by the next government. Whilst Britain has significant and spiralling
debts, our researchers were watching Cartoon Network the other day with Ed Balls
and saw an advert for a loan company.
They reckon you can consolidate your debts into one easy monthly repayment
and could have enough spare to build a runway at Heathrow and cut VAT, so we’ll be ringing that number as soon as we're back in power.
The answer is
A. These statement were all mentioned in Labour's
manifesto.
B. All
sounds rather nice, but no party offered this package, though Lib Dems were big
on closing those loop holes and new rules for the banking industry and are delivering both in government.
C. I
completely made this up although you’d be forgiven for thinking this was
Labour’s current policy!
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