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.
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
A fair system for new arrivals: balancing support with responsibility and proper planning.
It's clear that the current system for managing new arrivals isn't working as well as it should. There's a real public concern about the pressure on local services and the perception that some people arrive without a clear plan for how they
Stop Propping Up Dictators with Our Aid
I was at a medical conference in London last year and met a doctor from Yemen who told me about the devastation caused by the ongoing civil war. He described how hospitals were being bombed and medical supplies were scarce, and it struck me
Simplify Research Funding, Not a Free-for-All
I understand the frustration with the current research funding system, it's a bureaucratic nightmare that can stifle innovation and waste valuable time. However, I'm not convinced that simply handing over a large sum of money to top univers
Why are we still pretending sanctions actually work? Time for a different tack.
When did we decide that crippling a nation's economy with sanctions was somehow a more effective tool than, say, talking to them? It feels like we’ve been doing this for decades with predictably dismal results, only now with added complexit
Enough is enough: Foreign aid needs to serve British interests first, not just global virtue signalling.
With all due respect, does anyone actually understand why we send billions in foreign aid every year, often to countries that openly oppose us or where the money just disappears? It’s baffling. We have struggling communities here in Tunbrid
Streamlining Research Investment for a Sustainable Future
I agree that the current system for research funding is often too cumbersome. The sheer volume of bureaucracy can indeed stifle innovation, and I’ve heard from colleagues about the frustrating application processes. It’s vital we support ou
Enough With The Grandstanding, Let's Actually Help People Abroad
I was talking to a mate who works for one of those big international aid charities the other day. He was telling me how much of their budget gets eaten up by the administrative costs of setting up new projects, dealing with endless paperwor
Why are we paying energy companies a fortune when my mum's heating is off again?
So, how much profit did the energy giants make last year while people like me are choosing between heating and eating? It’s honestly a joke. They get bailed out, we get told to wear jumpers. This new policy is simple: cap their profits at a
Let's get solar working for everyone, not just the roof-owners
I get the frustration about subsidies, especially when energy bills are so high. Seeing all those expensive solar arrays on some houses does make you wonder where the taxpayer money is going, particularly when you think about small business
Should we really be telling developing countries how to run their economies?
What's the point of giving aid if we attach so many strings that it ends up being more about us than them? We often hand over money with all these conditions about market liberalisation, austerity, and so on, supposedly to make them more 's
Freeing Scotland's Railways from Red Tape
I've been looking at the state of Scotland's railways and it's clear that the current system is a mess, but I don't think bringing it back into public ownership is the answer. All that would do is replace one set of bureaucrats with another
Scrap Foreign Aid Waste Now
I'm sick of seeing my tax money being thrown away on foreign aid to countries that don't even like us. It's like we're being taken for fools, with billions of pounds being squandered on projects that never seem to achieve anything. I've wor
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,
Scrap stupid ASBOs already
What's the point of giving someone an Anti-Social Behaviour Order if they're just gonna breach it anyway, I mean come on, it's like slapping a fine on someone who's already clearly not bothered about the law. I was talking to one of my re
Electing police commissioners? What a joke. Time to get rid of them.
Why are we electing politicians to oversee the police in the first place? It’s just another layer of bureaucracy and political posturing that doesn’t make anyone safer. The whole system is a mess, and this latest development just proves it.
Build on Brownfield Sites Not Greenbelt
We should be building new homes on old industrial sites not on green spaces that people around here actually care about. This is just common sense, we've got loads of old factories and pits that are just sitting empty, why are we letting de
Revitalise Rural Transport with Community-Led Solutions
I'm deeply concerned about the decline of rural bus services in our area, it's not just a matter of convenience, but a question of social justice and environmental sustainability. As someone who's passionate about sustainable transport, I t
Stop Wasting Our Money Abroad – Focus on Britain and Real Trade, Not Handouts
I was looking at some government figures the other day, as you do, and the sheer amount of money we still send overseas in foreign aid is just staggering. We're talking billions every year, often to countries that don't seem to have our bes
Scrap Corporate Tax Breaks for Outsourcers
I'm proposing we stop giving tax breaks to companies that outsource jobs abroad, it's a simple matter of fairness and common sense. These breaks were meant to encourage investment and job creation in the UK, but all they're doing is lining
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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.