Osbornes's U-Turns

[testing times]

First the Pasty tax and the change of mind over static caravan VAT; now Osborne has changed his mind over tax relief on charitable donations. If Osborne carries on with his rate of U-turns he's going to need a sat nav to find his way back home.   

[Lucy Lass-Tick]

Whilst being no fan of Mr Osborne, I do find it refreshing when politicians are prepared to admit that something's wrong, and to reverse their decisions.

[testing times]

Refreshing yes, but hardly confidence building. A better way of proceeding would be to research your proposals properly before announcing them. I see a group of ex-public school boys and their wives sat around a dinner table in Chipping Norton when one of them shouts out, "Hold On! I've had an idea......!"

[Inspector Knacker]

The critics say you aren't listening .... so you listen and agree with them and change your mind ...... then your slagged off as being weak  by the same people.  

[steveL]

Yes there's a bit of that, particularly from the opposition whose goal is always to claim a scalp. Even so, some of these ideas seem to fall at the first fence so a bit of basic research beforehand wouldn't go amiss.