1.   The draconian Special Powers Act was never repealed despite the election promises.

2.   The government has broken all its election promises.

3.   The public is cynical about election promises.

4.   The government has failed to carry out its election promises.

5.   They had to fulfil their election promises that the days of austerity were numbered.

6.   The moves were immediately attacked as reneging on election promises by John Major not to raise VAT.

7.   There was concern among Conservative back-benchers that this was reneging on a election promise last year by the Prime Minister not to extend VAT.

8.   The Budget also marked a head-on collision between Conservative Party election promises and the real world, however.

9.   The Opposition has had a field day with the charges of betrayal it could with so much justification fling at the Government over broken election promises.