It has been quite an eventful day for the businessman, making two political U-turns.
Last week at the Labour conference we saw more U-turns than a plumber's workshop.
One difference between Margaret Thatcher and Gordon Brown is that famously Margaret Thatcher did not believe in U-turns.
She didn't do u-turns, as you may famously remember, so we've got to establish that in everybody's mind.
And because timing is normally controlled by widgets installed in each light, rather than remotely managed, U-turns would be costly.
But despite the lengthening list of U-turns, Mr Cameron seems unlikely to abandon a commitment so central to his reshaping of British conservatism.
The shadow chancellor announced two U-turns - on Bank of England independence and the minimum wage - within days of taking on the role.
In 2009, then transport minister Stewart Stevenson said there was anecdotal evidence of motorists performing U-turns on the carriageway after misreading bilingual road signs.
But Councillor Tim Kent, the Liberal Democrat group leader, said u-turns over some of the proposed cuts show Mayor Ferguson is able to compromise.
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The cynicism that motivated the U-turns turned voters off in droves.
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Despite a series of U-turns - from forestry to school books to the NHS - the Treasury has yet to release any extra money to departments.
When I look back at my own career, it is so full of shocks, surprises, failures, u-turns and right turns, I could never have planned it.
It is the numbers, stupid - falling GDP and rising borrowing - combined with a loss of ministerial competence - all those U-turns - which have spooked the electorate.
Mr Balls drew MPs' attention to previous U-turns on changes to the rules governing tax relief on charitable giving, and imposing VAT on static caravan sales and hot takeaway food.
Mr Ford handled his party's support for water charges more smoothly than during UTV's debate with his assertion that the others would soon be making so many U-turns it would be dangerous to cross the road.
As a young man I thought I knew everything, and as a middle-aged man I still think I know everything but have allowed myself some subtle U-turns on things I once believed to be universal truths.
Together with an unmasked man, both in hi-visibility bibs, they were holding up placards to warn of the presence of a council CCTV spotter car at a place where traffic rules seem notoriously bonkers, and therefore provoke a lot of u-turns.
Once you've squared that away, 7GB of free online storage is yours forever (subject to no dramatic u-turns in the future.) The sharp-eyed among you will have spotted that this is more than Google Drive, Apple and Dropbox are offering for their entry-level accounts.
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Nothing emerged to shake the prime minister's determination to stand by his culture secretary - this evening he has said his culture secretary did not break the ministerial code - but today's evidence and the latest in a series of Budget U-turns have shone a harsh light on the judgements made by the prime minister and his closest ally and adviser, the chancellor.
What sounds so simple in theory--opening offshore areas to increase oil production for the energy-price-shocked U.S. populace--turns out to be incredibly complex.
Mr. El Baradei made a public fuss last week about one British-U.S. claim that turns out to have been false, but which was in any case peripheral to Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.
ActionAce had to incorporate in the U.S. - exposing itself to higher U.S. tax rates if and when it turns a profit.
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As it turns out, they also have a distinctive U-shaped curve, and it looks a lot like ours.
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As it turns out, Man U. lost to Chelsea 1-0 which eliminated them from the FA Cup tournament.
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Bring up the U.S. these days, however, and the mild-mannered former government official turns livid.
In what other profession could I simply call up a former U.S. Secretary of the Interior and schedule a lunch meeting that turns into an engrossing half-day visit covering dozens of issues (including exchanging book lists)?
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