How about
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* Introduced a smoking ban in all enclosed spaces including pubs, restaurants and offices. - excellent
* Abolition of section 28. - excellent
* Relative Peace in Northern Ireland (strange, you don't mention all the work the Tory Party did previous to 1997)
* A vastly improved NHS service - debatable; better funded yes, "vastly improved" not so sure
* Lowest UK murder rate for over 20 years - excellent; back to the lows of when the Tories were in power - well done, Labour....
* Civil partnerships -excellent
* 14,000 more police officers on the streets - 14k more officers, on the streets, perhaps not...
* Free bus travel nationwide for the over 60s - which local councils can't afford
* Free NHS prescriptions and eye sight tests for the over 60s -excellent
* Scrapped the majority of hereditary peers in the House of Lords - and still appointing new Lords (mostly Labour, funnily enough).
* Debt of poor countries written off - good
* Matrons are back ! - woo hoo!
* Cancer death rates down by 14 per cent - but still the lowest survivability rate in Europe
* Devolved power to Scotland - Yes, that's worked so well, hasn't it?
* Paid paternity leave for dads for the first time - good
* Abolition of anti-discrimination legisilation. - you sure you mean abolition?
* Ban on fox hunting and hunting with hounds of deer, hares, mink and organised hare coursing. - excellent use of commons time.
* 24 hour drinking laws, sale of alcohol on a Sunday - erm.......
* Tax-free Winter Fuel Payment to every pensioner household. - even those who don't need it, otherwise good.
* Free central heating for everyone receiving Pension Credit. - good
Environmental legisilation. - could you be more specific?
* 36,000 more teachers than in 1997, 172,000 more classroom assistants
* Restored London Government (then lost it
)
* Introduced statutory rights for union recognition. Part-time workers have the same rights as full-time workers thanks to Labour. - woo, and indeed, hoo.
* Free TV licenses for over 75s - meh
* Fur farming banned
* Free breast cancer screening for those 50-70
* The cleanest beaches, rivers, drinking water and air than at any time since before the industrial revolution.
* Paid maternity leave increased to 52 weeks
* Number of apprenticeships doubled
* 1,100 new schools built or old schools rebuilt good - cough, cough, PFI
* Record numbers in further and higher education - funding just cut
* Fewer working days lost due to industrial action than under the previous government - Yes, funny that.
* Equal rights for agency workers (pay, holidays etc)
* Everyone over 60 free access to local swimming pools
* Devolved power to Wales
* There are more police on our streets than ever before, up 14,000 since 1997 - I am sure you have already mentioned that
* Gay adoption - good
* Child Benefit increased by 26% since 1997 - how much has inflation risen since 1997?
* Everyone now has the legal right to four week’s paid holiday. - excellent
* The largest hospital building programme since the NHS began: 149 hospitals built or being built, the Tories built one. - cough, cough, PFI
* Police pay up 27% in real terms
* Changes to Vehicle Excise Duty - sales of low-emission cars now outstrips gas guzzlers
* Tax free personal allowances for pensioners now at least £9,030.
* There are 85,000 more nurses and 32,000 more doctors in the NHS than in 1997.
* Nurses pay increased by 58%
* Record number of NHS operations
* Free bus travel for disabled people.
* The minimum wage.
Now I am sure there are many self-interested people who will not agree that all these things have been a success, but not a bad list really.
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