Election 2010: Readers point out a few more Labour blunders

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So it turns out our list of Labour's biggest blunders was just the tip of the iceberg.

According to IFAonline readers, both Blair and Brown have a lot still to answer for. Our list this morning - CLICK HERE - included Brown's selling off, in May 1999, of more than half of Britain's national gold reserves (good call!) and the Government's abolition of the 10p tax rate. But apparently, there are a few more...

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