10 LIES PM TOLD TO VOTERS.Here are 10 promises John Major made to voters during the 1992 election campaign when he last climbed on his soapbox. All 10 were broken once he was safely back in 10 Downing Street Downing Street, Westminster, London, England. On the street are the British Foreign Office and, at No. 10, the residence of the first lord of the Treasury, who is usually (although not necessarily) the prime minister of Great Britain. . PROMISE: "Never would it be so wrong to increase tax." March 30, 1992. FACT: John Major brought in the biggest peacetime tax rises in history in the next Budget. PROMISE: "Neither, so there is no doubt, do we plan to raise the level of National Insurance contributions." January January: see month. 26, 1992. FACT: NI was raised from 9 per cent to 10 per cent in the March 1993 Budget. PROMISE: "We have no plans and no need to extend the scope of VAT VAT See: Value-added tax VAT See value-added tax (VAT). ." March 27, 1992. FACT: Eight per cent VAT was slapped on fuel in the March 1993 Budget and only a Labour Commons victory stopped it going up to 17.5 per cent in 1994. PROMISE: "I want children to have the kind of education that best equips them for life." March 7, 1992 FACT: One in 10 of Scots List of Scots is an incomplete list of notable people from Scotland. Actors (see also humorists) Please refer to List of Scottish actors Architects
PROMISE: "We stopped, if you recall, repossessions before Christmas." January 14, 1992. FACT: Since his worthless pledge, 268,000 families have lost their homes. PROMISE: "We've secured stable exchange rates in the ERM (Enterprise Relationship Management) An umbrella term with many shades of meaning over the years. It may refer to the management of information from any or all of an organization's customers, suppliers, business partners and employees. - and we'll keep our position there." April 7, 1992. FACT: After wasting pounds 18billion trying to shore up the pound, Major was forced to devalue and pull out of the ERM on September 16, 1992. PROMISE: "We want police out there on the beat." March 22, 1992. FACT: Police numbers have fallen by nearly 1000 since the last election. PROMISE: "We've cut inflation below the European European emanating from or pertaining to Europe. European bat lyssavirus see lyssavirus. European beech tree fagussylvaticus. European blastomycosis see cryptococcosis. average. Now we need to beat the best in Europe." March 20, 1992. FACT: Britain now lies 11th out of 15 of EU countries on inflation. PROMISE: "A Britain where what were once the privileges of the few can be enjoyed by all." April 1, 1992. FACT: Nearly 900,000 more people are on the breadline and dependent on income support than at the last election. PROMISE: "We will maintain mortgage tax relief." 1992 Tory Manifesto MANIFESTO. A solemn declaration, by the constituted authorities of a nation, which contains the reasons for its public acts towards another. 2. On the declaration of war, a manifesto is usually issued in which the nation declaring the war, states the reasons . FACT: Mortgage tax relief has been cut twice from 25 per cent to 20 per cent and to 15 per cent since the last election. |
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