tinfoilhat Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 As per the question really. The last 25 years would include John majors last stand, the Blair and brown years, the coalition and Cameron. It includes good times and bad. What policy has any of them brought that makes you think - "wow, that made my life so much better". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astraeus Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 That's a bloody good question, and one that's really got me thinking. This'll be on my mind all afternoon now until I can come up with one where I did actually think, as you say, "wow, that made my life so much better". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quik Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 The indoor smoking ban. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms Macbeth Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 (edited) The increase in the personal tax allowance has made a positive, if small, difference to people like me. My OH and I are pensioners, with no realistic chance of increasing our income. Many pensioners who made the effort to have a little extra in retirement have found that if they hadn't they'd have got pension credit anyway. I'll go with the smoking ban too. Edited June 19, 2016 by Ms Macbeth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runningman1 Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 The tax allowance increase has seen huge benefits to millions of people. The indoor smoking ban was a great idea, but implemented poorly (much like the "bedroom tax"). It shouldn't have ever applied to all pubs or clubs, some should have been able to retain a smoking licence so that people who wanted to could have a beer and a fag. If you didn't want to be in that environment, you simply went to a different pub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Cid Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 What policy has any of them brought that makes you think - "wow, that made my life so much better". The divorce laws in 1973, if I was still married Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unbeliever Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 the divorce laws in 1973, if i was still married 1973+25=1998; 1998<2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Cid Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 1973+25=1998; 1998<2016 I was thinking about the new rules limiting benefits to 2 children, but has that come into effect yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flanker7 Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 No more free plastic bags at supermarket check-outs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeMaquis Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Hunting ban (though too weak), gay marriage, Irish peace process, devolved government in Wales and Scotland, pension credit, return of London-wide government, tax credits, human rights, smoking ban. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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