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.
Work, pay and welfare
Benefits, pensions, minimum wage, the four-day week. Rewrite the social contract.
Defence spending needs a dose of reality
I've been thinking about defence spending a lot lately and I'm not convinced that a zero-based budgeting approach is the way to go. It sounds good in theory, but I think it's a bit simplistic. We need to take a step back and look at what we
Solar panels on every new house – make it happen!
We need to mandate solar panels on all new housing developments. This isn't just about hitting green targets; it's about long-term cost savings for families and boosting our energy independence. Right now, energy bills are a massive worry
We need to get serious about funding local policing, not just have the usual empty promises.
It really grates when politicians stand up and talk about 'law and order' but never actually say where the money for it is going to come from. We see police stations closing, fewer bobbies on the beat, and then everyone acts surprised when
Protecting the Vulnerable from Crime
I was talking to my wife the other day, she's a teacher, and she was telling me about one of her colleagues who's been getting these really disturbing letters from an ex-partner. The police are doing what they can, but it's just not enough,
Stop subsidising fossil fuels already! It's 2024, not 1974.
We need to immediately stop all government subsidies and tax breaks for fossil fuel companies. It’s baffling that we’re still propping up industries that are actively destroying the planet, especially when renewable energy is now cheaper an
Enough of these energy companies fleecing us! Time for local power.
We need to establish community-owned energy generation hubs in towns like ours. These wouldn't be massive power stations, but smaller setups using renewable sources like solar and wind, maybe even geothermal if we're lucky, placed strategic
Scrap the Bureaucratic Mess Around Research Funding
What's the point of having some of the brightest minds in the world if we're just going to strangle them with red tape and paperwork, I mean have you seen the application process for research grants, it's like they want to discourage people
Pragmatic Energy: Reliable Power, Realistic Investment
I understand the concern about energy bills. As a school governor, I see how rising costs impact everything from classroom heating to the PTA's budget. We need a plan that ensures our homes and businesses have secure, affordable power, but
Stop big energy firms ripping us off. Let's make our own power, locally.
My proposal is for a national rollout of local community energy hubs, letting towns and cities generate and manage their own renewable power. This means setting up local schemes for solar, small-scale wind, or even micro-hydro if the geogra
Enough with the subsidies for pointless sheep farming!
I’m sick to death of seeing vast swathes of the Highlands, perfectly good for rewilding or even dense forestry, churned over for sheep that mostly end up as expensive mince. We’re subsidising an industry that is actively detrimental to biod
Enough of energy giants laughing all the way to the bank while we freeze: Public ownership is the only answer
Last winter, my heating bill nearly gave me a heart attack. I was wrapping blankets around my kid just to avoid turning the thermostat up, while these energy giants were announcing record profits. It’s a farce, honestly, that we’re still le
Enough of this green nonsense, what about keeping the lights on?
Barnaby and I were out on our walk yesterday morning, same as always, and saw young Tom down at the village pub looking absolutely furious. His gas boiler packed in on Monday, and he's been quoted nearly £15,000 for a heat pump and all the
Scrap Tax Breaks for Polluting Corporations
I think it's time we stopped giving tax breaks to corporations that are polluting our planet, it's a no-brainer. These companies are making a fortune from destroying our environment and then they have the cheek to ask for a discount on thei
Make MPs Face the Music Sooner
We should introduce a system where MPs can be recalled by their constituents at any time, not just at election time. This is needed because too many politicians make promises they don't keep and then just coast until the next election. It
Scrap the Bureaucracy in Youth Services
I'm fed up with seeing kids in my community fall through the cracks because of all the red tape in our youth services. I run a youth centre in Bradford and it's heartbreaking to see talented young people not get the support they need becaus
Cut Defence Waste with Business Sense
I think it's time we applied some business sense to defence spending, rather than just throwing more money at it. We should be looking to private sector expertise to help identify areas of waste and inefficiency, and then cut them out. This
Scrap First Past The Post For Good
I'm proposing we ditch the first past the post system and replace it with a proportional representation system, it's the only way to make sure our votes actually count for something. This system is outdated and it's time for a change, we ne
who needs westminster in scottish sport
what's the point of having a scottish football association if westminster's just going to stick its oar in whenever it feels like it, I mean come on, can't we just make our own decisions for once, it's not like the scottish fa is incapable
Why do we even bother voting when half the country feels ignored? Our system is broken.
It honestly just pisses me off how much our votes don't really count for anything. You see results on election night and some party gets a massive majority with like 35% of the vote. What's the point? All those people who voted for smaller
Our Defence Budget: Public Money for Public Safety, Not Private Profit
It’s easy to point fingers at government spending and say it’s all inefficient. Of course, there are always areas for improvement, and nobody wants to see public money wasted. But the idea that handing over something as fundamental as natio
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.