So many manifestos — who has the answers?
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Borrow the best policies, fix the ones you don't like, and craft a manifesto that finally makes sense.
Fix how we're governed
Voting systems, House of Lords, devolution, MP accountability. What's actually broken?
Seriously, can we just sort out the money for Northern Ireland already?
How many times do we have to go through this? We're constantly stuck in a loop of funding negotiations for Northern Ireland, while essential services are left in limbo. It's frankly ridiculous that a functioning executive and budget are hel
Why are we chasing tourist pennies when our own shops are struggling? Let's fix our high streets first.
Why do we keep looking outwards for economic fixes when our own town centres are crying out for help? It just seems a bit backwards, doesn't it, to focus on making things cheaper for short-term visitors when local businesses are fighting to
Another budget, another tax hike rumour. Time to actually cut state spending.
Why is it that every time the Treasury needs to balance the books, the first place they look is into the pockets of hardworking people and successful businesses? We hear endless talk about "difficult decisions" but it always seems to mean f
Why do we let party leaders parachute anyone they want into seats?
So, this Nigel Farage chap has picked someone to lead his party in Wales. Does she actually live there, or is she just someone he knows from somewhere else who fancies a go? It seems mad that we end up with politicians representing areas th
Price caps are a daft idea, let's focus on real solutions.
I was in the village shop the other day, picking up some essentials. The price of a loaf of bread has gone up again, it’s quite shocking. It makes you wonder how families on a tight budget are managing at all. David and I are comfortable, t
Time to actually invest in towns like Grimsby, not just talk about it
We need a "Towns First" economic strategy that forces national investment into struggling high streets and industrial areas, not just endless consultations. This means government grants and tax breaks specifically for businesses opening or
Stop Ladling Out Cash for Empty Schemes – Fund Bristol Businesses Directly Instead!
Bristol First proposes a direct grant scheme for small and medium-sized local businesses that have been operating successfully for at least three years and can demonstrate a clear need for funding to expand or maintain operations. This isn'
Why Are We Still Paying Polluters To Pollute? Enough Is Enough.
Seriously, how did we ever get to a point where we subsidise industries that are actively destroying the planet? It’s like paying arsonists to buy more matches. We’re essentially giving money to the very companies that contribute most to th
immigration
Seriously, how did we get here where basically anyone can rock up and claim they want to work, without proper vetting or proof they're actually needed? It’s just not efficient. We’re supposed to be a serious country, not a charity or a free
Enough with these 'boosts', let's get some proper graft going.
It’s the same old story, innit? A bit of sunshine and blokes kicking a ball around and suddenly the papers say the economy’s booming. Meanwhile, me and the missus are watching our bills go up and up, and the cost of getting a bit of grub fo
Enough With The Billionaire Tax Cuts, Invest In Actual Future Builders
Honestly, the way they keep talking about stimulating the economy by giving more money to people who already have too much is baffling. It’s like they think the answer to everything is just hoping some of it trickles down. But I see kids ev
Enough of these pub closures, we need to cut business rates NOW!
Saw young lads clearing out The Swan yesterday. Proper sad, that place has been there since I was a kid. It's the same story everywhere, really – the big boys can absorb it, but places like that, and mine, we're getting squeezed to death by
Devolution needs a balance sheet, not just vague promises from the City
My husband was talking to a mate who teaches in Manchester, apparently the local council there is still scrabbling around for funding for basic road repairs. They've got all these grand devolution plans, which sound great on paper, but the
The Royal Mail is a universal service. Regulate it like one, not like a parcels startup.
Last week a Royal Mail delivery driver knocked on my door to hand me a parcel addressed to a neighbour two streets over. She had given up. The van was running. The backlog of redirected parcels in the back was, by my rough count, about fort
Stop outsourcing critical public services to Capita, Serco and friends. They keep failing. We keep paying.
A non-exhaustive list of things Capita has been paid large sums of public money to mess up: Army recruitment. The contract was so badly managed that recruitment fell by 30% in the first year. They kept the contract. Teachers pensions. The
Give Small Pubs a Break
I was talking to my regulars the other day and one of them mentioned how his mate's pub in Sutton Coldfield is struggling to stay afloat due to high business rates. It's a shame because that pub has been a staple of the community for years,
Enough with the meddling, let the doctors do their jobs!
We need to put qualified, experienced nurses and doctors in charge of hospital budgets and decisions, not some bean counters in Whitehall. They’re the ones who know what’s actually needed on the wards, not some politician who’s never seen a
Leave my tax allowance alone, Andy. It’s not rocket science.
It’s frankly insulting that they even toy with the idea of fiddling with the tax-free allowance. It feels like they think we’re all stupid, just waiting for them to decide how much of our own money we’re allowed to keep. Carol and I work ha
Why Are We Paying People Not To Work When We Could Just Let Them Get On With It?
What’s the point of all these taxpayer-funded schemes and endless bureaucracy designed to get people into jobs that don't even exist? It's like trying to force a square peg into a round hole with a sledgehammer. We're pouring money down the
Enough of this 'levelling up' crap. Why are we still sending jobs overseas?
Why are we still letting companies offshore their manufacturing and then begging for them to come back with tax breaks? It’s madness. We’ve got perfectly capable people here who’d jump at the chance to build things. They just need the inves
How it works
Build your party
Name it. Give it a colour. Write a tagline. Every great movement starts somewhere, even a fictional one.
Write your policies
Make your case. Explain how it works. Let the community vote, debate, and challenge your ideas.
Vote, debate, fork
Vote on other people's ideas. Disagree kindly. Fork a policy you like and adapt it to your own manifesto.