Goose+
Well-Known Member
We often slag-off the labour party and post sensationalist Daily Mail headlines on these forums, but today, I?m in a fairly good mood and I?ve been thinking of what has definitely or moderately improved within my life from 1997-2009 under Labour.
Feel free in posting a list of improvements that labour has affected in your day-to-day life. Perhaps we can have another thread to discuss the failings (albeit several threads).
1) Smoking ban. What can I say? I?m health-conscious and I don?t have to put up with other peoples? smoke in my local coffee shop anymore. Thank you for the smoking ban, it?s great!
2) Public transport. The trains have undoubtedly improved from the South-East into London, they largely run on time and they?re clean. From what I?ve read and listened to, the conservatives made a complete hash of privatising the railways under Thatcher. I?ll concede that labour know how to run the trains better
Also the New Saints Pancras terminal is fantastic, likewise terminal five. I would definitely say that public transport has improved in the UK. It?s something we should take pride in, not join Clarkson in moaning about.
3) Congestion charge. This sort of feeds into point 2. Why do you need to drive into London when there?s a decent public transport alternative now? I know it?s quite totalitarian to out-right tax motorists, but South-East England is now the most densely populated place in Europe. The way I see it, public transport is the future for Britain and solving congestion.
So, what has improved in your life between 1997 - 2009, courtersy of labour?
Feel free in posting a list of improvements that labour has affected in your day-to-day life. Perhaps we can have another thread to discuss the failings (albeit several threads).
1) Smoking ban. What can I say? I?m health-conscious and I don?t have to put up with other peoples? smoke in my local coffee shop anymore. Thank you for the smoking ban, it?s great!
2) Public transport. The trains have undoubtedly improved from the South-East into London, they largely run on time and they?re clean. From what I?ve read and listened to, the conservatives made a complete hash of privatising the railways under Thatcher. I?ll concede that labour know how to run the trains better
Also the New Saints Pancras terminal is fantastic, likewise terminal five. I would definitely say that public transport has improved in the UK. It?s something we should take pride in, not join Clarkson in moaning about.
3) Congestion charge. This sort of feeds into point 2. Why do you need to drive into London when there?s a decent public transport alternative now? I know it?s quite totalitarian to out-right tax motorists, but South-East England is now the most densely populated place in Europe. The way I see it, public transport is the future for Britain and solving congestion.
So, what has improved in your life between 1997 - 2009, courtersy of labour?