The most obvious mistakes

[GT49er]

More seriously: I'd say three government biggies in the past 30 years
Nick Clegg's decision to back the Tories - caused a complete collapse of one party. The Labour government's decision not to ensure control of the banks and the Thatcher government decision to sell of council houses without building additional stock. I'd add the NUM's decision not to call a strike ballot in 1984, it was a tactical error -although I'm not sure ultimately how damaging that was.

Yes, I'd go along with those, but I'd also add the flogging off of everything else we used to own as well as the council houses.
And going to war in Iraq - that lifted the lid on the entire region, and now look at it; I fear it will get worse too.

 

[BensGrandad]

A lot has been posted of times and incidents from history not what posters can actually remember.during their lifetime.

 

[Prince Monolulu]

A lot has been posted of times and incidents from history not what posters can actually remember.during their lifetime.

Sorry BG, I took 'remember' as what I can recall from my memory. As the kids might say, my bad.

 

[BensGrandad]

Sorry BG, I took 'remember' as what I can recall from my memory. As the kids might say, my bad.

Not a problem just interested in what people remember during modern times as being a complete balls up.

 

[Prince Monolulu]

Got it. Hows about the sinking of The Belgrano for starters?

 

[beorhthelm]

Got it. Hows about the sinking of The Belgrano for starters?

if you want to play that card, then you'd have to say Galtieri was the mistake.

along these lines, ulitmatly its God. all went wrong with making Adam.

 

[Gwylan]

Nick Clegg didnt have much choice as the country needed a government not another election in a couple of months.

He had plenty of choice. He could have (and should have) said that he'd support the government when he agreed and wouldn't support when he didn't. He could have joined but made tuition fees a condition of support; he could have joined the Labour party in a coalition. He made a really, really bad choice.

Efforts are now being made to replenish housing a little late but there are alsorts of objections to planning consent being given.

I don't know why you think that: current estimates from the Housebuilders Federation is that we're building 100,000 fewer homes than we need - and that doesn't take into account the backlog. The CBI thinks that we're building 200,000 too few of the number that are needed. There are no signs that there's an increase: in fact the new government is looking to reduce the housing stock still further by selling off housing association property and forcing councils to sell its houses. At the moment, the average home in London is 13 times the average earning, I fully expect that to rise considerably in the coming years

 

[BensGrandad]

Is it not a case that in every housing developement a % has to be set aside for what was council houses.

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

Hitler invading Russia, war on two fronts.
Napoleon invading Russia, war on two fronts.

Very true, and likewise, Japan attacking Pearl Harbour.

 

[GT49er]

Got it. Hows about the sinking of The Belgrano for starters?

A mistake is when something turns out wrong. In the case of the Belgrano the desired effect was achieved - we won. Not a mistake then. Not very nice perhaps, but neither was killing all those poor Germans when they set out to invade us in 1939-45.

 

[Eeyore]

I'm guessing the most common words uttered in the process of making the biggest mistake are 'I do'.

 

[Pavilionaire]

Prince Charles "whatever love is" comment about Diana.

 

[W.C.]

'Mr Archer! Nice to meet you, welcome to Brighton and Hove Albion'.

 

[pastafarian]

Gerald Ratner

seems like an eternity ago now but one of the greatest gaffes of all time

can you imagine how swift the fallout would be in todays online world with facebook,twitter instant news media whores etc.

Ratners would have sunk before he had finished his speech