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Originally Posted by ianch99
Don't forget that the labelling has changed a lot since the Conservatives were in power in the 1960's. The Vote Leave Tories in power now are a pale and shallow imitation of the mostly one nation Conservatives up until the mid-1970s.

Hardly. Link.

The early 1970s were U-turn central. Here's a tickle from the link:

It certainly doesn't compare to what Ted Heath, undisputed king of the U-turn, got up to in 1972 – the year he earned the derision and despair of the Tory party's proto-Thatcherites by exercising a series of screeching U-turns on what they had been led to believe was the road to redemption.

On your point about lying - that's standard for most politicians. It's unfortunate that they've (Guvmin) got themselves into the current series of incredulous statements. I can't defend it.

Overall, though, the Guvmin policy on treading carefully before relaxing measures is easily supported.