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Re: Brexit Discussion (Follow First Post Rules!)
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Originally Posted by Chris
There are no binding ones - constitutionally. It’s not possible. You are however (perhaps deliberately) ignoring the very powerful moral obligation of Parliament to do what has been committed to by manifesto, and yes, by referendum. I know there’s not a lot of precedent, hence my use of the phrase “limited precedent”  |
https://www.newstatesman.com/politic...-queens-speech
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7 Tory manifesto pledges quietly dropped in the Queen's Speech
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2017 Manifesto omissions, tbf, number 5 has happened.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics...as-implemented
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2010 manifesto pledges not met by 2015
1) Emergency budget within 50 days of election to help pay down the bulk of the deficit.
Not met – The emergency budget took place but the deficit has only fallen by around a third. It has only halved as a proportion of national income.
5) Consumer Protection Agency to address high levels of personal debt.
Not met – This is still under the remit of the new Financial Conduct Authority.
6) Smaller class sizes.
Not met – Average primary school class sizes are up from around 26 to 27 pupils.
10) Pay off the student loans of maths and science graduates who become teachers.
Not met – This does not seem to have happened and the TES reports that the Tories are looking at it again.
Health
1) Scrap waiting-list targets.
Partially met –The target of a GP appointment within 48 hours was scrapped. The target of 98% of A&E patients being seen within four hours was replaced with a 95% target.
2) New 24/7 urgent care service and weekend access to GPs.
Not met – This is now being promised again by the Conservatives.
3) Stop closures of A&E and maternity wards.
Not met – Of 29 hospitals with wards under threat before the election, 14 of the hospitals have seen casualty and maternity units closed, downgraded, or still at risk of closure, according to a Labour analysis.
2) Instant grounding orders for antisocial youngsters.
Not met – Home secretary Theresa May scrapped the asbo and introduced something called the community trigger – requiring police to investigate any single incident reported by at least five people.
3) Prison sentences for carrying a knife.
Not met – This was the subject of a coalition row and blocked by the Lib Dems. An amendment passed by a backbench Tory introduces a mandatory jail term for those caught carrying a knife on the second offence but it is unclear when this will come into force.
7) Abstinence-based drug rehabilitation orders.
Not met – This idea, championed by work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith, was shelved in 2010.
9) Human Rights Act to be replaced by British Bill of Rights.
Not met – This never happened after a commission failed to agree how it would be implemented. It is, however, likely to make a reappearance in the 2015 manifesto.
10) Annual limit on non-EU economic migrants.
Not met – Non-EU migration has fallen but there is no formal limit.
11) Overseas students at new or unregistered institutions to pay bond on arrival.
Not met – Home secretary Theresa May had a plan to make all immigrants pay bonds but this was blocked by the Lib Dems.
2) Conservative government will freeze council tax for two years.
Partially met – The government could not force local authorities to freeze council tax but offered incentives for them not to. A large proportion turned down the cash.
3) Ending tax credits for households earning more than £50,000.
Not met – There were a lot of benefit cuts but this was not one of them.
4) Set up a new permanent military command for homeland defence and security.
Not met – This does not seem to have happened although the military has played a significant role in domestic events such as the floods and security around the Olympics.
5) Cut MoD running costs by 25%.
Not met – In August 2010, then defence secretary Liam Fox only unveiled cuts of between 10% and 20%.
The environment
1) To make the UK “the world’s first low-carbon economy”, including becoming a world leader in green goods and services.
Not met – Britain is the around the sixth in the field but experts have warned output is faltering.
8) Local authorities could pay people to recycle.
Not met – No evidence of this found.
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2015 manifesto pledges not met
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politi...ories-10371384
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