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.
Work, pay and welfare
Benefits, pensions, minimum wage, the four-day week. Rewrite the social contract.
Scotland's NHS deserves better than Westminster's wars
As a nation, we need to get our priorities straight, and for me, that means putting the health and wellbeing of our people first. I'm aye frustrated by the lack of investment in our NHS, while Westminster continues to squander billions on m
Teachers aren't therapists: We need proper mental health pros in every Scottish school, not more pressure on staff.
Why do we keep pretending teachers can be everything to everyone? We're expected to be educators, social workers, and now, increasingly, mental health counsellors, all while managing a classroom and preparing lessons. It’s simply not sustai
Dignity in Dying: A Compassionate End to Suffering, Not a Shortcut for the State
It’s absolutely right that we talk about dignity at the end of life. No one should have to endure unnecessary suffering. However, I’m deeply uneasy about the focus on assisted dying as the primary solution. My concern, as a teacher and a mu
Why are we still letting kids leave school without knowing how to actually manage money?
Seriously, what’s the logic behind marching teenagers through years of quadratic equations and Shakespearean sonnets but never a single lesson on budgeting, mortgages, or taxes? It’s madness. We're setting them up to fail financially before
Sort Out History Lessons in Schools
My son came home from university the other day and I was talking to him about his courses, he's studying engineering but he's also got to take some general studies, and I was shocked when he told me about the way they're teaching history no
Scrap the bloated education bureaucracy
I'm fed up with the way our education system is being held back by pointless red tape and inefficient bureaucracy, it's like they want to stifle innovation and progress. As someone who's tried to work with schools to set up coding clubs and
Dying with Dignity, Not Just a Privilege
As a Labour supporter and a teacher, I believe that the right to die with dignity should be a fundamental human right, not just a privilege for those who can afford it. The current system is failing those who are terminally ill, and it's ou
Cut the Red Tape Already
I was talking to a mate who's trying to start his own cafe in Sheffield, and he's at his wit's end with all the forms and permits he needs to fill out. It's taking him months just to get the council to approve his plans, and that's before h
Stop Hammering First-Time Buyers
I think we should scrap stamp duty for all first-time buyers to help them get on the housing ladder. It's getting ridiculous how much young people have to save just to get started, and it's no wonder so many are giving up on the idea of own
Honestly, the student debt crisis is a joke. It’s time we just made university free and stopped pretending it's fair.
It makes me so angry that we're still talking about student debt like it's some kind of personal choice or investment. It's not. It's a massive financial burden that hangs over us for decades, forcing people to pick careers based on potenti
Enough with the endless Ofsted meddling, let schools actually teach!
It drives me mad how much time teachers waste jumping through hoops for Ofsted. Every year it’s a new initiative, a new way to measure things that can’t really be measured. It’s all about ticking boxes and making the inspectors happy, not a
Tax the billionaires who own our media
I think we should introduce a new tax on billionaire media owners to fund independent journalism and community-led arts projects. This is needed because right now a handful of rich people have way too much control over the stories that get
Enough with the endless testing - kids need actual learning, not exam cramming!
I'm sick to death of hearing about league tables and SATs results dominating every education conversation. It feels like we're just churning out kids who are brilliant at ticking boxes for Ofsted but have no idea how to think critically or
Enough With The Testing Treadmill For Kids, It's Not Working
I’m so fed up with seeing kids being put through the wringer with endless tests. It feels like all they do now is prep for exams that don't really tell you anything useful about their actual ability or potential. My own kids have come home
Scrap the soft justice nonsense
What's the point of having a justice system if it doesn't actually punish people for breaking the law, I mean think about it, we've got career criminals walking out of court with a slap on the wrist and a warning, it's absurd. The problem
Stop Dumbing Down Maths & English in Schools – We Need Real Skills!
It drives me absolutely mad seeing the focus in schools shift away from core academic subjects towards what feels like a tick-box exercise in ‘wellbeing’ or some vague notion of ‘life skills’. Of course, those things matter, but not at the
Scrap Uni Fees for Trades
I was talking to a kid the other day who just left school and he wanted to be an electrician, but his parents were worried about the debt he'd be in if he went to college. I told him about my own son who did an apprenticeship at the local g
Backing Our Local Pharmacies, Properly
I've lived in Grimsby all my life, love, and I've seen how much our local pharmacies do for the community, but they need more support, not just a bit of extra cash. We should be looking at a more comprehensive approach, one that ties fundin
Scrap GCSEs for Local Skills Training
I think we should get rid of GCSEs and replace them with local skills training that actually prepares kids for the world of work. This is needed because the current system is failing to give young people the skills they need to get a job an
Dignified Death, Not State Sanctioned
The idea of assisted dying is a complex one, but it's clear that the state has no business being involved in it. As someone who believes in personal responsibility and individual freedom, I think it's crucial that we allow people to make th
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.