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...His U-turn was opposed by a group of Conservative free market enthusiasts, who, in 1973, formed the Selsdon Group, publishing their own Selsdon Manifesto, whose free market aims apparently influenced Margaret...
...From Margaret Thatcher’s refusal to U-turn to Tony Blair’s insistence that he had “no reverse gear” our leaders picture themselves in the nation’s driving seat....
...This year, Keir Starmer’s team will be at pains to stifle dissent over his U-turns on tax, tuition fees and universal credit, on all of which the left is demanding a more ideological approach....
...Months in the making | The genesis of this U-turn, which Sunak announced in the very city to which HS2 was intended to run, began last autumn, not long after he entered Downing Street....
...The genesis of this U-turn, which Sunak announced in the very city to which HS2 was intended to run, began last autumn, not long after he entered Downing Street when Truss was forced out of office....
...Only Margaret Thatcher, the British prime minister who became his great political rival in the 1980s, could rival his mastery of detail....
...In yesterday’s newsletter, prior to Rishi Sunak’s U-turn, we asked you if the ban on sales of new petrol and diesel cars should be pushed back....
...Having banned Gary Lineker, the former England international, from presenting the football highlights over his intemperate tweets about Conservative rhetoric about asylum and immigration, he has now U-turned...
...The UK prime minister’s chief of staff will be paid directly by the government rather than a private consultancy, in a U-turn following criticism from opposition politicians....
...He U-turned to attend COP27....
...To this end, Unilever offers a programme called U-Work that allows staff to leave full-time employment while staying on a retainer, with staff benefits including a pension and private healthcare, in return...
...Now, less than two years later, Haley, the 51-year-old former governor of South Carolina long seen as a rising star in the Republican party, has made another U-turn by launching her own campaign for president...
...Another minister added: “Even Margaret Thatcher sometimes changed tack. We’ve listened to backbenchers, so people can be onside with what we’re doing.”...
...The new government may have dreamt of emulating Margaret Thatcher, but the reality may involve looking a lot more like Osborne in the years ahead....
...The Conservatives, whose political colour is blue, have had three female prime ministers — Margaret Thatcher, Theresa May and now Liz Truss. Red Labour has had none....
...Result: a lot of public pressure on Thatcher and a partial U-turn....
...To reassure the markets, Truss had no option but to U-turn on income tax cuts for high earners....
...He described the latest plans as a “radical vision” but also “a realistic one” that harked back to Margaret Thatcher’s tax cutting agenda in the 1980s....
...“There is no such thing as public money,” Margaret Thatcher once said, “only taxpayers’ money”....
...On October 3, the top rate of income tax was restored, then on October 14 Truss sacked Kwarteng and announced a U-turn on corporation tax....
...Bale added: “Unlike her, Johnson is willing to U-turn on almost anything, so policy is not the driving factor today....
...But it was too much of a U-turn for the government, which bizarrely handed the role to the yet-to-be-created Audit, Reporting and Governance Authority, built on the Financial Reporting Council....
...But in 2006, Blair delivered a stunning U-turn....
...Simon Kuper compares the Conservative party’s obsession with Margaret Thatcher to the cult of Mussolini in Italy or Perón in Argentina....
...Domestically, political leaders may succeed in making U-turns but, given the variable dynamics of international affairs, changes of tack are far more difficult to effect....
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