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Originally Posted by STEED
http://news.sky.com/story/government...-rise-10794757
So what, this pledge was made under David Cameron who was leader of the Conservative party who went on to win the election. Yes it would be a shocker if he was still PM but he is not. DC stepped down as PM and then stepped down as a MP, the Tories elected a new leader Mrs May so we have a new government and cabinet.
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That's a nice line in reasoning. Elected Conservative party members of parliament can't be held to account for breaking manifesto promises because there is someone else in charge now? Who exactly put May in charge?
It is one thing to be cynical about election manifestos, but another thing entirely to invent entirely fallacious justifications for ignoring them. If Tory MPs want to argue that circumstances have changed, they can do so - but pretending that they weren't elected on the basis of what the manifesto said is ridiculous.