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.
Let builders build: reform planning from the ground up
Britain does not have a land shortage. It has a permission shortage. Only about 6% of English land is built on. The reason housing is expensive is not that we have run out of space. It is that the planning system makes it extraordinarily di
The right of every man to have babies if he wants them
It is an inalienable right. The fact that its not physically possible is besides the point. The motion passed 14-2. Francis abstained. He was having a lie down.
Sovereignty means being free to do things we have no intention of doing
We fought long and hard for the right to make our own decisions as a nation. And now that we have that right, we choose to... not change very much. But the OPTION is there. Thats the point. We COULD change our lightbulb regulations if we w
Bin collections should be weekly. End of.
Fortnightly bins dont work. They overflow, they stink in summer, foxes rip them open. Everyone knows this. The councils know this. Bring back weekly collections and stop pretending the smell is somehow encouraging recycling.
GPs should offer same-week appointments for everyone over 65
My mum is 78. Last time she rang her surgery the next appointment was in 19 days. At her age things change fast. Guarantee same-week GP appointments for everyone over 65. Not triage. Not a form. An actual doctor within 7 days.
Every child should be able to get an NHS dentist
My daughter hasnt seen an NHS dentist in two years. We rang every practice within 20 miles. All full. We ended up going private at 80 quid a checkup. Not everyone can do that. NHS dentistry is in collapse. Dentists are leaving because the
We will save £3.50 a year by making difficult decisions about childrens shoes
Look, nobody wants to cut the shoe allowance for under-fives. These are not the decisions we wanted to make. But we inherited a very difficult fiscal situation and we have to be honest with people about the choices ahead. By reducing the c
Cap class sizes at 25 with no exceptions
Cap class sizes at 25. Everywhere. Primary and secondary. Yes it costs money. Its called investing in children.
Benefits need 2 b 4 ppl who actually NEED them
imo benefits in this country have got way out of hand. I know ppl who r getting universal credit and working cash in hand on the side. Everyone knows someone doing it tbh. Pensioners who worked their whole lives deserve every penny. Ppl w/
Require all government policy to pass an independent impact assessment before implementation
We require environmental impact assessments before building a car park. We do not require evidence impact assessments before implementing policies that affect millions of lives. This asymmetry is remarkable. The What Works centres (What Wo
Mandatory registration of all splinter groups and immediate proscription of the Judean People's Front
Mandatory registration of all liberation movements. Any group not on the register is officially designated as splitters. We will chair the committee. Unity is strength, brothers.
Every pothole reported should be fixed within 14 days or the council pays you £50
I hit a pothole on the A38 last October. Two tyres and an alloy wheel. Reported it. Got told it was scheduled for assessment. That was five months ago. The policy: - Report a pothole through an official channel - If its not fixed within 1
Start rebuilding the EU relationship now, with a customs union as step one
The Conservatives spent 14 years pretending Brexit was going brilliantly while every economic indicator said otherwise. Small businesses are drowning in customs paperwork. Export volumes are down. The City has lost business to Frankfurt and
Sectoral collective bargaining to stop the race to the bottom
In countries like Denmark, Sweden, and the Netherlands, wages and conditions are negotiated sector by sector between unions and employers. There is no statutory minimum wage in Denmark because collective bargaining covers over 80% of the wo
Pay farmers for ecological outcomes, not just for having land
The basic payment scheme that replaced EU subsidies paid farmers essentially for owning land. The more land you had, the more you got. A hedge fund that bought 10,000 acres of Lincolnshire received more public money than a hill farmer in Wa
Scrap business rates entirely and replace them with a land value tax
Business rates are a tax on improvement. You invest in your property, you pay more. You leave it derelict, you pay nothing. This is backwards. It punishes exactly the behaviour we want and rewards exactly the behaviour we dont. Land value
Bring back common sense (we are not clear what this means but we are very sure about it)
Everyone agrees we need more common sense in this country. Nobody can define what that means exactly, but thats beside the point. You know it when you see it. And more importantly, you know when its missing. Common sense says you shouldnt
Make it illegal to build housing estates without a GP surgery
New estate of 500 homes went up near us last year. Lovely houses. Absolutely no infrastructure. No GP surgery. No school places. No bus route. No pharmacy. No park. Five hundred families all trying to register at a practice that was alread
A proper integration programme for new arrivals, funded centrally and delivered locally
I think most people in this country, when they are being honest with themselves, accept that immigration has been broadly positive for Britain economically and culturally. But I also think most people, including those who support immigratio
Restore trust in institutions by making appointments genuinely independent
The erosion of institutional independence is one of the most damaging trends in recent British politics. Appointments to quangos, regulators, and public bodies are increasingly made on the basis of political loyalty rather than competence.
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.