So many manifestos — who has the answers?
Create the party
you would vote for.
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?
scrap mp second jobs
We should ban MPs from having second jobs or taking paid directorships while in office, it's a no brainer. This is needed because it's a clear conflict of interest, you can't serve two masters and expect to do either job properly. I've seen
Introduce ranked-choice voting for all UK elections
The way we vote in the UK is fundamentally outdated, often resulting in a situation where the winner doesn't have the support of the majority of voters. This can lead to a disconnect between the government and the people, as well as creatin
Why do we bother voting when half the votes get binned? Time for a system that actually counts our voices.
It makes no sense that millions of votes just vanish into thin air. You vote for someone, they don't win, and that's it, your voice is gone. Then we get a government that barely half the country voted for, claiming a mandate. How does that
Why do we let people who don't even pay net tax decide our spending priorities?
Tell me, why on earth do we allow people who contribute absolutely nothing, or even take more out of the system than they put in, to have an equal say in how my taxes are spent? It just doesn’t make any sense. It’s like letting someone who’
The endless Westminster carousel needs to stop turning for Wales.
It’s infuriating, this constant focus on internal party politics in Westminster. It feels like a perpetual leadership contest, completely detached from the actual needs of people in places like Aberystwyth. While they’re squabbling over who
scrap party lists for local elections
I think we should ditch the party list system for local elections and go back to first past the post. This is because the current system is too focused on party loyalty rather than local issues, and it's more important than having a fancy p
Lords is a Joke, Time to Sort It
I'm fed up with the whole House of Lords system, it's a relic of the past and it's about time we did something about it. You've got people being appointed to it left and right, often because they've got the right connections or they've dona
Scrap First Past The Post Already
I was at my local constituency meeting last week and it was the same old story, the same two parties slugging it out for the seat, with the smaller parties barely getting a look in. It got me thinking, is this really the best way to do demo
Fix Our Broken Voting System Already
I'm fed up with the way our electoral system is stacked against anyone who doesn't toe the party line, it's like they want to squeeze out any independent thought. As a GP I see the effects of bad policy every day, and it's clear that our vo
Clean Up Politics Now
We need a law that makes all big donations to politicians totally transparent, so we can see who's really pulling the strings. This is needed because it's getting ridiculous, all these dodgy deals and backroom handshakes, no one asked us if
Constituencies Are Broken, But Lists Are Worse
The argument that safe seats render votes meaningless is a bit of a red herring. The real problem isn't that votes don't count, it's that the current system encourages parties to focus on a handful of swing seats while ignoring everyone els
Enough with the First Past The Post Fiasco! It's Time For Proportional Representation.
I’m sick to death of seeing my vote feel like it’s wasted. Every election cycle, we get these huge swings based on a handful of marginal seats, while huge swathes of the country barely register. It’s maddening. We’ve got parties with massiv
Scrap First Past The Post Already
I'm fed up with the way our electoral system is rigged against smaller parties, it's like they want to keep the same old faces in power forever. Every election it's the same story, people voting tactically because they don't want to waste t
Stop pretending councils work: real local democracy means proportional representation
I was at a planning meeting in Leith last year, arguing for better public transport links and more accessible green space around a new development. It felt like shouting into the wind sometimes. The councillors, bless them, seemed more inte
Let's Sort Out Our Voting System
What's the point of having a by-election where the winner is basically decided before a single vote is cast, I mean it's not like the outcome was ever really in doubt, was it. I think we need to look at introducing some form of proportion
Why do half our votes get binned? We need a system where every vote actually counts towards who runs the country.
Honestly, sometimes I wonder why we even bother turning up to vote. You look at places, especially around here, where the result is basically set in stone before a single ballot is cast. Your vote, my vote, all the mates down the pub, it ju
Why are we still using a system that gives more power to rural Tory voters than urban Labour ones?
What’s the point of everyone having a vote if some votes just matter more than others? We’ve got these constituencies that are miles apart, with barely anyone in them, and then others packed with thousands of people. It’s madness. You can h
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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.