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.
NHS in crisis, not just the railways
I was reading about the state of Scotland's railways and it got me thinking about the NHS, we're always talking about the railways being a mess but what about our healthcare system. I work in emergency medicine and I see the strain the syst
Fix Our Broken Voting System Already
I'm fed up with the way our electoral system is stacked against anyone who doesn't toe the party line, it's like they want to squeeze out any independent thought. As a GP I see the effects of bad policy every day, and it's clear that our vo
Time to Scrap Mandatory Minimums
What's the point of having judges if we're just going to tie their hands with mandatory minimum sentences, I mean it's not like they're just rubber stamps or something. I was talking to a lawyer friend the other day and he was saying how fr
get a grip on criminal justice reform
what's the point of having a justice system if it's just going to limp along with outdated policies and underfunded services. I mean think about it, we're still arguing about the same old issues, stop and search, sentencing guidelines, lega
Time for a Scottish Energy Plan
As a nation, Scotland has the chance to lead the way in renewable energy, but we need to be realistic about how we get there. I've read about the problems with Net Zero targets and I think we can do better. We should be focusing on a made-i
Why are we making up licensing rules as we go? It’s not fair on local businesses.
It truly grates on me how often we see the government flip-flopping on simple things like licensing laws. One minute they say one thing, the next it’s completely different for a football match. It just makes the whole system look like a jok
Scrap First Past The Post Already
I'm getting fed up with the same old excuses for why we can't change our electoral system. It's like people think the current system is somehow sacred just because it's been around for a while. Newsflash: it's not working. I've seen good ca
Scrap outdated laws blocking deportations
I think we should repeal or heavily amend outdated legislation that prevents the deportation of serious offenders, it's just common sense. This would allow us to get rid of people who have committed heinous crimes and are clearly not welcom
Bristol Needs a Living Wage Now
I was at the local food bank the other day and saw a woman who works two jobs just to keep a roof over her family's head, and it's still not enough. She's a cleaner at the hospital and a part-time teacher's assistant, and she's barely scrap
Why do we let people who don't even pay net tax decide our spending priorities?
Tell me, why on earth do we allow people who contribute absolutely nothing, or even take more out of the system than they put in, to have an equal say in how my taxes are spent? It just doesn’t make any sense. It’s like letting someone who’
Enough is enough. Time for a common-sense immigration system that actually works.
Frankly, the current situation with immigration is getting out of hand. It feels like every week there's a new crisis or a report about people arriving who we simply don't have the resources to cope with. It’s not about being unwelcoming, i
Justice for kids abused by grooming gangs means proper sentences and deportation, not just a quick fix to make politicians look tough.
I see those kids every day at school, love. Little ones, some of them not much older than my grandkids. You just want to wrap them up and keep them safe from everything. When I hear about these gangs, honestly, it turns my stomach. It’s not
Kick Out the Bureaucrats from Immigration
I'm proposing we drastically simplify our immigration system by scrapping most of the red tape and quotas that stifle economic growth. This is necessary because our current system is a mess, with applicants waiting years for a decision and
Compassion is Vital, But So Is a Practical Plan for Public Services
It’s easy to talk about compassion from an armchair, but out here on the wards, we see what happens when people are forced to flee their homes. The stories are real, the trauma is real — and these people turn up needing help, right now. The
Why Are We Paying For Defence When Private Companies Could Do It Better And Cheaper?
Seriously, why is the government even in the business of defence procurement? You'd think with all the talk about "crunching trade-offs" and "difficult decisions," they'd consider the most obvious one: getting out of the way. We're talking
Stop Pricing Out Our Kids
I was talking to a parent at the school gates the other day and she was telling me about her son who's just graduated from university and is now working in London, but he's having to share a tiny flat with three others just to be able to af
Small businesses are getting hammered by rates and rules. It's time to stop the madness and let them grow.
Why does it feel like the government is actively trying to make it harder to run a small business in this country? You pay your taxes, you try to make an honest living, and then you get hit with business rates that make no sense and a mount
Stop talking about 'levelling up' and actually fund carers properly in *our* towns
My proposal is to create properly funded, independent Local Carer Advisory Boards in every region, made up mostly of actual carers, to decide how social care money is spent in their areas. We need to stop pretending Whitehall knows best whe
Fund Schools Not Egos
I propose that we introduce a new law that requires all politicians to publish a fully costed and detailed education policy before they can run for office, so we can see exactly what they plan to do with our schools. This is needed becaus
Devolution needs proper funding and actual local control, otherwise it's just more Whitehall bureaucracy with a different postcode.
We should establish truly independent Regional Economic Development Agencies across the UK, drawing inspiration from successful models in federal European countries. Current devolution efforts often amount to little more than moving central
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.