So many manifestos — who has the answers?
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you would vote for.
Borrow the best policies, fix the ones you don't like, and craft a manifesto that finally makes sense.
Work, pay and welfare
Benefits, pensions, minimum wage, the four-day week. Rewrite the social contract.
Stop giving Lottery money to museums no one visits, start funding local arts centres!
Why are we still giving National Lottery Heritage Fund cash to the same few big national museums that already get massive public funding, when so many local arts centres and community hubs are struggling to keep the lights on? It makes no s
Why are petty crimes treated like major felonies and vice versa?
Seriously, why does shoplifting a pack of biscuits get a criminal record while deliberately polluting a river gets a slap on the wrist fine that the company just writes off as a cost of doing business? It makes no sense. We're essentially t
Local Jobs for Local People, Not Just Lip Service
What's the point of having all these big corporations in our city if they're just going to import workers from elsewhere and not even bother training any locals. I mean it's just common sense that if you're going to set up shop in our commu
Politicians bickering while the country's going to rack and ruin. What a surprise.
Why do we even bother with these by-elections? It's all the same old waffle from people who've never done a day's honest work in their lives. They talk about the issues, but they never actually fix anything. Just more hot air and promises t
Scrap the Youth Justice System
I think we should get rid of the youth justice system and treat young offenders like adults, they should face the consequences of their actions. It's time to stop mollycoddling them and expecting the rest of us to pay for their rehabilitati
Scrap Stop and Search, it's a racist mess
I was at the Brixton market last weekend and saw a kid, no more than 15, getting stopped and searched by the police. He was just standing there, minding his own business, and the next thing you know he's being told to empty his pockets. I'v
End automatic early release for 'short' sentences - brings the whole system into disrepute.
The current system of automatically releasing prisoners serving less than four years after serving just half their sentence needs to end. It’s a policy born of a misguided attempt to manage prison overcrowding, not justice. Margaret and I w
Enough With The Green Blob’s Virtue Signalling Already
I’m sick to death of seeing my council dig up perfectly good roads for yet another "cycle superhighway" that’s barely used, while the actual traffic grinds to a halt. It’s all performative nonsense, isn't it? They’re not actually solving an
Stop locking up petty offenders – it's a waste of everyone's time and money
We need to stop sending people to prison for minor, non-violent offenses like shoplifting or minor drug possession. Instead, we should invest that money into community-based rehabilitation programs. Think about it, a short prison sentence o
Put Belfast First, Not Last in Line
I think the idea of prioritizing local needs over global ambitions is sound, but it needs to be applied with a bit more nuance, especially in a place like Northern Ireland where we're often forgotten until it's too late. We've got our own u
Justice system failing rural Wales
I'm sick of seeing kids from round here getting locked up for minor stuff while city folk get off scot-free for worse crimes. It's like the system's stacked against us, no understanding of how things work in rural areas. I've seen lads get
Enough with the flimsy greenwashing, let's actually fund real environmental stuff
I was walking by the river last week and saw this huge pile of rubbish someone had just dumped. Plastic bottles, old tyres, bits of carpet – the lot. It’s depressing, isn’t it? You see these big government announcements about net zero and c
cap donations from billionaires
I propose we introduce a strict cap on individual donations to political parties, so no one person can give more than 1000 pounds in a single year. This is needed because the current system allows wealthy individuals to exert disproportiona
Our Children Deserve More Than Just Promises: Real Investment in Education
It’s easy for politicians to talk about the future, but for those of us on the front lines, the future is in our classrooms right now. My priority, like most parents and teachers, is ensuring our children get the education they deserve, not
Restore Trust in Policing
We need to establish an independent review board to oversee policing practices and ensure accountability, this is the only way to rebuild trust in our police forces. As a retired headteacher I have seen firsthand how a lack of trust can ero
Enough with the "levelling up" nonsense. Let's actually balance the books.
I was down in Dover last week visiting my sister, and you can't help but notice the strain. So many new faces, and frankly, it feels like the local infrastructure is creaking under the pressure. The shops are packed, the buses are full, and
Law and Order: Rebuilding Trust, Not Just Rhetoric
It’s all well and good talking about community hubs and school resources, but if people don’t feel safe walking down their own streets, none of that matters. My priority, and frankly it should be everyone’s, is ensuring the rule of law is u
Enough with the Net Zero Madness, Let's Get Real About Energy
I’m sick to death of hearing about Net Zero targets that seem to ignore basic physics and economics. We're meant to just wave a magic wand and have this perfect green energy system overnight, while people freeze and industries collapse. It’
Enough with the endless red tape strangling small business! Time for some common sense.
Why do we make it so incredibly difficult for someone with a good idea and a bit of grit to actually start and run a business? It feels like every other week there's a new form to fill, a new regulation to decipher, a new box to tick that s
scrap business rates for pubs
what's the point of having a system that punishes pubs for having a decent location, I mean my business rates have gone up just because the area's gotten a bit more popular, it's like they want us to fail. I was talking to one of my regul
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.