New Posts For Thread: Worst thing a UK govt has done in your lifetime?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30711319/worst-thing-a-uk-govt-has-done-in-your-lifetimeIraq war for me. by some distance. Puts privatisation and a few closed mines into perspective when you consider 100,000 dead (some say a million) and the continuing problems going on in the middle east now."Worst thing a UK govt has done in your lifetime"Where do you start with this one ?I purchased off AMAZON "Britain's Trillion Pound Horror Story"So if you want to know just how incompetent successive British Governments (Labour and Conservative) havehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30711319/worst-thing-a-uk-govt-has-done-in-your-lifetime?post_id=549261705#549261705"Worst thing a UK govt has done in your lifetime"Where do you start with this one ?I purchased off AMAZON "Britain's Trillion Pound Horror Story"So if you want to know just how incompetent successive British Governments (Labour and Conservative) haveThu, 07 Jul 2016 03:28:45 -0500The Dr Beeching Report and subsequent closure of so many rail links and stations was a big mistake.Something had to be done but it just went too far.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30711319/worst-thing-a-uk-govt-has-done-in-your-lifetime?post_id=549261607#549261607The Dr Beeching Report and subsequent closure of so many rail links and stations was a big mistake.Something had to be done but it just went too far.Thu, 07 Jul 2016 02:46:04 -0500Tony Blair - Meant to be 'NEW LABOUR' but seemed more like 'New Tory'Cemented all of Thatcher's Policies. Stripped all the benefits down to underpants - no safety net.Started wars for oil.Started the PFI bullsheet. Sold the Gold.All 'NEW LABOUR' remihttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30711319/worst-thing-a-uk-govt-has-done-in-your-lifetime?post_id=549261043#549261043Tony Blair - Meant to be 'NEW LABOUR' but seemed more like 'New Tory'Cemented all of Thatcher's Policies. Stripped all the benefits down to underpants - no safety net.Started wars for oil.Started the PFI bullsheet. Sold the Gold.All 'NEW LABOUR' remiWed, 06 Jul 2016 19:57:51 -0500911 was an inside job.hthhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30711319/worst-thing-a-uk-govt-has-done-in-your-lifetime?post_id=549260765#549260765911 was an inside job.hthWed, 06 Jul 2016 18:44:23 -0500Since the Iraq invasion i should sayhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30711319/worst-thing-a-uk-govt-has-done-in-your-lifetime?post_id=549260725#549260725Since the Iraq invasion i should sayWed, 06 Jul 2016 18:34:45 -0500Two good posts.I might add this bit "The subsequent years have actually been remarkably free of Islamic atrocities in the West, certainly nothing comparable with 9/11." is ridiculous.Terrorist threat has greatly increased since 9-11.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30711319/worst-thing-a-uk-govt-has-done-in-your-lifetime?post_id=549260723#549260723Two good posts.I might add this bit "The subsequent years have actually been remarkably free of Islamic atrocities in the West, certainly nothing comparable with 9/11." is ridiculous.Terrorist threat has greatly increased since 9-11.Wed, 06 Jul 2016 18:34:21 -0500Lesson learned in 1945?We should have attacked Germany before1939????????????????????We were in an even worse state to stack before 1939 than we were in 1939.The mistake was to neglect our own defence that was all.If you really believe attacking othehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30711319/worst-thing-a-uk-govt-has-done-in-your-lifetime?post_id=549260711#549260711Lesson learned in 1945?We should have attacked Germany before1939????????????????????We were in an even worse state to stack before 1939 than we were in 1939.The mistake was to neglect our own defence that was all.If you really believe attacking otheWed, 06 Jul 2016 18:31:40 -0500screaming from beneaththewaves • July 6, 2016 7:33 PM BST It wasn't putting troops into Iraq which was the problem. There's a good argument that going into the Middle East with trained soldiers was a better option in 2003 than sitting back and lehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30711319/worst-thing-a-uk-govt-has-done-in-your-lifetime?post_id=549260705#549260705screaming from beneaththewaves • July 6, 2016 7:33 PM BST It wasn't putting troops into Iraq which was the problem. There's a good argument that going into the Middle East with trained soldiers was a better option in 2003 than sitting back and leWed, 06 Jul 2016 18:27:24 -0500He won three consecutive General Elections with massive Parliamentary majorities. Yet it's virtually impossible now to find anyone who voted for him (and presumably therefore applauded the Iraq invasion).https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30711319/worst-thing-a-uk-govt-has-done-in-your-lifetime?post_id=549260583#549260583He won three consecutive General Elections with massive Parliamentary majorities. Yet it's virtually impossible now to find anyone who voted for him (and presumably therefore applauded the Iraq invasion).Wed, 06 Jul 2016 17:54:08 -0500Blair got a standing ovation from the Labour party conferences for many years,strange how the left want to rewrite history ?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30711319/worst-thing-a-uk-govt-has-done-in-your-lifetime?post_id=549260561#549260561Blair got a standing ovation from the Labour party conferences for many years,strange how the left want to rewrite history ?Wed, 06 Jul 2016 17:50:31 -0500