The Conservative Manifesto Explained

[@darter9000]

Conservative Manifesto: “We could have done this during our long, long time in office, but we didn’t. So we promise all this now in hopes that you will trust us again, even though we probably won’t do anything we actually promised to do.”

[@petermarin]

This is the real problem. I think a lot of people agree with their policies more than the Labour ones. It’s just do you trust the party will actually follow throw with anything?!

[@catherinemartin6258]

@@kevinh4869 😂 good luck

[@clyde2598]

They’re a point behind the Tories now and are likely to become the 2nd biggest party in the polls. They’re definitely on course to get a few seats.

[@luisfilipe2023]

Yep they are fighting an impossible battle

[@electricorcagaming]

​​@@kevinh4869 May I ask why you will vote reform? I'm on the left and don't want an argument I just want to know your perspective.

[@alanb9443]

The fact of the matter is anyone can just turn around and say, well if these are all such good policy ideas, why haven’t you done them in 14 years in power.

[@SmileyEmoji42]

Whilst I have some sympathy with this view, you could also ask why Labour haven't been putting forward their ideas over the last 14 years either and point out that you can only get through so many new bills per year and I don't recall anyone saying that the Tories weren't introducing enough new legislation

[@Daneki]

This is paul merton's joke from Have I got News For You the other week. Doesnt nullify the good point made though

[@jonsmith5058]

@@SmileyEmoji42erm…. do you know how Parliament works? Labour and the SNP put down bills all the time. The house votes and the Tories vote them down, often just for partisan reasons. Labour do this too as you saw them acting apallingly over the SNP bill about Gaza. How exactly do you think Labour will get a policy through our current system unless in power?

[@irwinsaltzman979]

If the hospitals were being built, immigration under control, economy up since Brexit, maybe current government could be trusted.

[@chrisyapp3098]

@@jonsmith5058 I read NickH's comment with the "Labour ideas" and "new bills" as two separate points. Labour have been accused of not putting forward enough policy ideas (rightly or wrongly) in the recent past (hopefully their manifesto will have some interesting aspects to it). Meanwhile the Tories have been putting forward new bills over their 14 years, new legislation will never stop coming, so it's appropriate that the parties update their manifestos every election. Saying all that, they've definitely tried to put some eye-catching ideas in for their target audience (triple lock + on pensions and National Service both definite nods to their older demographic).

[@Alepfi5599]

Oh yeah, the youth will love National Service

[@l.j.turner185]

The only thing I love more than being forced to work for free is being forced to join the army 🎉🎉

[@loc4725]

​@@l.j.turner185You won't have to join the army! You can also get to do unpaid 'community payback' as well! And you won't even need to break the law!

[@RalphdontGAF]

It's not about what you want or what you find comfortable. It's about duty. Those doing national service can quickly and easily take up roles in infantry, which is the only thing that can hold ground and defend territory. If our government isn't forcing the youth to defend the country, another government will be forcing them to give up many more liberties. That is unless you want to completely abandon NATO and commit to 100% to non-intervention. Besides, Tories aren't getting into government. It'll be on Labour to decide if they want to introduce some sort of conscription. And when they do, you'll go silent, because you only critisise if the policy is coming from the Conservatives.

[@loc4725]

@@RalphdontGAF The army has already said they are not prepared (!) for national service and anyway, the Tories have already announced that it's largely not going to be people serving in the army. It's going to be people 'volunteering' for things.

[@cloudyskies1323]

About time the youth experience some physical hardship and discipline. Lost without a phone in their hand today. I scrap the volunteer service junk.

[@mab9614]

“Economic foundations to cut taxes” My dear PM, do we have that foundation to begin with?

[@M.g16300]

Our glorious dear leader thinks his policies had any significanct effect on the economy, when in fact, he hasn’t.

[@Bluer123]

"Are the foundations in the room with us right now?"

[@npcknuckles5887]

Foundations which have been demolished by excessive taxation, regulatory burdens, barriers to entry, currency debasement, restrictions on development, anti-capitalist "green" policies, gov't-imposed energy scarcity, etc. Whenever they say they'll cut taxes, they only ever mean they'll cut it one place but impose them in another. The government is insatiably hungry for the wealth of the nation and has no qualms about stealing as much as it can out of the economy to bolster its own growth and power.

[@shahedali02]

No Because they’ve spent 100billion on a unfinished railway that’s not even gonna go the distance it was meant to Yet in Spain a high speed railway from Madrid to Barcelona around 300miles costed them 8billion Wonder where the money is going on the uk 🧐

[@موسى_7]

​@@shahedali02 In Spain, construction is really cheap for some reason. Maybe it's their large construction industry. RM Transit has videos saying that Spain is the only country in the world which builds transit so cheaply with the exception of China.

[@BOZ_11]

A manifesto without a jobs plan, without a fiscal spending plan for infrastructure, health, education, transport? They really have no clue

[@conormckinley9420]

"we'll get rid of those silly woke micky mouse degrees and make these snowflake they/thems do some real proper british national service!" It's insane uk politics is coming to this but apparently that shit is working for the 65+ age group.

[@tedthesailor172]

And no mention of Brexit...

[@jonasastrom7422]

How are people still keynsian 100 years on? Kinda sad to think this will persist for probably 100 more years until people learn

[@blackchrysler]

@@jonasastrom7422 all these fancy new policies combined with lower taxes will result in more government borrowing, and it's not even on the most important things like healthcare and infrastructure

[@diesel92kj1]

I could not care about any of that anymore, it's been 70 years talking about that rubbish. On them points, they need to stop attacking motorists, end car tax & cut fuel duty by half.

[@lastlast2078]

1.1M 1.2M 1.3M 1.4M 1.5M 1.6M Doesn't matter, Sunak could pledge to build 1B new homes, we all know it won't happen under the Tories, they wouldn't want their rental income being affected now would they.

[@npcknuckles5887]

Planning permission and enviromentalist/nimbyist shutdowns of development prevent that.

[@Solstice261]

​@@npcknuckles5887Have you seen the state of rivers? Building homes willy nilly isn't really something you can afford, beside thet the main problem isn't really a lack of homes to buy is that all of them were bought and turned into rentals

[@npcknuckles5887]

@@Solstice261 It's not a problem for the rest of Europe, which doesn't have the absolute insanity of the UK's planning permission system, which HEAVILY restricts development. Until Clement Atlee brought it in, during the late 1940s, Britain used to have a thriving private building sector. The restrictions need to GO. The only requirement that needs to exist is that buildings be safe.

[@SmileyEmoji42]

@@npcknuckles5887 With the exception of Belgium and The Netherlands, the rest of Europe has a lower population density than the UK (And much lower than England)

[@Solstice261]

@@npcknuckles5887 the rest of Europe, does have rules about where you can build housing, and on top of that, a working sewage system

[@angiki9988]

Tory Manifesto: Please. Please?

[@dariusalexandru9536]

Basically

[@buzzmast3r546]

Go onnn I’ll give u a tax break I promise

[@C.I...]

Zero Seats

[@buzzmast3r546]

@@C.I... Becomes a third party

[@buzzmast3r546]

@@C.I... "oopsie ok we hide now maybe they'll just forget and everything will go back to normal"

[@kanedNunable]

TLDR: they will promise any old shit as they know they wont win.

[@SmileyEmoji42]

@@thiscommentsdeleted It says a lot about the UK that, regardless of the huge mess the country seems to be in, many voters think that the Labour party would make it even worse.

[@3zObafouzr]

but why did they not say they would repeal the Human Rights Act? they actually used to put that in their manifestos!

[@SmileyEmoji42]

@@3zObafouzr They didn't say that they'd repeal the Human Rights act because they've decided that this ambiguity alienates slightly fewer potential voters but, unless the public shifts significantly against the ECHR they would never repeal the act even if they won the election.

[@BananaWasTaken]

@@thiscommentsdeletedThat’d be more concerning if they were voting them because they actually want them in power. It makes more sense when they’re only voting them because they hate Labour even more.

[@dog_chasing_cars7576]

@@3zObafouzr well, repealing human rights leaves the conservatives in charge - based on their record i don't think they are worthy of deciding what "human rights" are

[@11chuckey]

Can we please call out this 'apprenticeship' rubbish? What they mean by apprenticeship is allowing large companies to pay people apprenticeship wages for something entry-level and should be paid at the national minimum wage. I knew someone who got a job as an 'apprentice' receptionist. It cheapens what a real apprenticeship is supposed to be.

[@Septimus_ii]

Real apprenticeships are great, but they're far too open to abuse

[@Pentagathusosaurus]

I saw an advert for an apprentice labourer a while ago 😂 The clowns even wanted a years experience 😂

[@diesel92kj1]

Yeah, I was scammed as a youngster for a "saw mill apprenticeship" turned out 3 months in that it was just working a till for £3.

[@firstnamelastname2971]

Real apprenticeships are good

[@11chuckey]

@@firstnamelastname2971 I completely agree. I did an apprenticeship in security systems engineering. It took 3 years and I got an HNC in electrical engineering. That was a REAL apprenticeship.

[@bruceh9780]

Very easy to make lots of extravagant promises when you have no chance of winning. It's like writing a bunch of cheques that you know will never be able to be cashed.

[@lisas1612]

“Keep cutting -the NHS- National Insurance until it’s gone.”

[@DjDolHaus86]

You don't have to pay for what no longer exists

[@npcknuckles5887]

The NHS is crap anyway; it should rightly be utterly abolished and we should transition towards a genuine free market in healthcare (no, not like the US, which is a deeply unfree market with a ton of government control).

[@chudchadanstud]

NI has nothing to do with the NHS. They've actually added more money to the NHS.

[@chudchadanstud]

Getting rid of NI would be a massive relief for low income earners. They're the ones most affected by it.

[@chudchadanstud]

@@a.demifemiflapo5795 General Tax. Do you not know what NI is mate? You might want to start reading about how your taxes work before you start voting.

[@C.I...]

I just had a look, and there are only two words in the manifesto, presented in large type: ZERO SEATS

[@TheLiamster]

They literally have no chance of winning and it makes me so happy

[@MegaShrooom]

Happy that an even more disastrous party will get in? This country is finished.

[@westay4924]

@@MegaShrooom its hard to be worse than the Tories, we need a change pal.

[@chudchadanstud]

​@@westay4924 A change to what mate? Labour still doesn't have a manifesto. They can't walk into government without one.

[@a.demifemiflapo5795]

​@@chudchadanstudJust get the Tories out.

[@a.demifemiflapo5795]

​@@MegaShrooomAnyone but the Tories (not Reform)

[@berserkirclaws107]

The new Tories Three Part Slogan : Bunch Of Liars

[@martinhartecfc]

I feel like I'm being gaslighted when the tories describe £35k as an average worker. Lies, damned lies and statistics.

[@Septimus_ii]

No, that's about what the median is

[@martinhartecfc]

@@Septimus_ii Hence my comment about lies, damned lies and statistics.

[@martinhartecfc]

@@Septimus_ii Also, it's the mean not the median, which is a very different thing and even more misleading.

[@Phyt5]

@@martinhartecfche said median, not mean

[@chudchadanstud]

It's the median if you don't live in London. But most of it will get eaten up by tax. The UK's tax system is pretty vile honestly.

[@mehfes2]

Imagine a nurse coming into work on the 4th 12 hour shift of the week, only to be told you now need to babysit an 18 year old who doesn't want to be there. The National Service plan is insane.

[@Pentagathusosaurus]

Actual volunteers usually help out with things like helping patients who can't eat on their own at meal times and providing company. So I guess it could work if you took the young guns who were more keen to help out into the NHS and found easier work for the rest. Or we could go absolutely mental and actually pay young people to work without legally requiring them to, but I guess that'd make us communists or something.

[@octolot2005]

There's a huge difference between volunteers who want to be there and those who dont.​ The last person i want to be looked after by when I'm ill is a disgruntled teenager @Pentagathusosaurus

[@Pentagathusosaurus]

@@octolot2005 yeah I don't disagree, I think the whole idea is moronic.

[@DervisSuleyman]

What an insane thing to Say, obviously they would undergo training beforehand. Exposing young people to national service could do them a world of good. Your comment basically reads, because it might be difficult don't bother trying to teach and support young people. Also, you have clearly never visited a hospital. They have staff on nursing visas from all over the world these days - how much training do you think the imported nurses get.

[@mehfes2]

@@DervisSuleyman I was a nurse for four years between 2004-2009. If you think any planning has gone into this scheme outside of appealing to nationalistic dunces ahead of rhe vote, you're deluded.

[@Phil_AKA_ThundyUK]

The best move Rishi could make to boost the Conservative polls would be to resign.

[@jackl47333]

I’m going to be 21 on the day of the election, study politics at university and fail to feel cared about or considered in politics… it’s a shame how little young people feel the need to vote or point in doing so.

[@SmileyEmoji42]

That's self reinforcing - Why try to appeal to people who don't vote? At least you can console yourself with the knowledge that one day you'll be one of the old people listening to a new generation of young people complaining about you. Old people can remember (vaguely) being young once and have young children or grandchildren that they care about but the young have yet to experience being old.

[@2dradon2]

Lib dems and greens have more policies targeting younger voters. Check the manifestos. Also labour have some policies relating to what would benefit younger voters. These parties have policies include decreasing voting age to 16, Labour want to create a national green energy company, nationalise trains (good for young voters as they use trains a lot and should bring price down) lib dems want to bring in PR voting which is good for democracy as resonates more with younger voters. Green want to scrap tuition fees. The biggest problem is young people don't vote on the day compared to older people usually, so it makes sense for parties like the tories to target older voters. Basically, MAKE SURE YOU VOTE 🙂

[@Ordoscc]

At least vote for the Monster Raving Loony Party or for Count Binface. Show up but be angry at everyone.

[@2dradon2]

Lib dem, green and some labour have policies for younger people such as lib dem bringing in PR voting, green scrapping tuition fees and labour also now bringing in votes for 16+ plus some nationalisation. If young go out and vote in higher numbers then policies will reflect even more. Sadly not many young don't turn up on election day. Everyone should go out and vote.

[@SmileyEmoji42]

@@2dradon2 Why is it sad that older voters show up more? Would it be better if older voters showed up less? How ageist can you get?

[@dbarrett747]

So if all this is so great, why haven't they been doing it for the last 14 years

[@npcknuckles5887]

Because they have no intention of doing it. Instead, they just want to continue doing the same old crap they've been doing, but know they have to fool the public into thinking they're not.

[@djoldschool]

Claiming that they’ve ’brought down inflation’ is like claiming you created the rain to put out a fire. A fire that The Tories, apparently had nothing to do with.

[@npcknuckles5887]

Bringing down inflation would mean deflation. Instead, all they've done is reduce the rate of increase in inflation, so prices will keep rising, but slower.

[@aaronb2779]

@@npcknuckles5887yes because deflation isn’t a thing that’s meant to happen mate

[@npcknuckles5887]

@@aaronb2779 On the contrary, deflation IS meant to happen, as a direct result of increases in efficiency, innovation / scientific development, productivity, etc. Unfortunately, the government completely obliterates that natural deflation by constantly printing money to debase the currency at their "target" rate of 2% no matter what. So everything is always getting more expensive, all the time, so that the government can debase the currency and inflate away their debt. The natural mechanism, absent government/central bank currency debasement, is deflation. The only reason people fear-monger about deflation is because they want their debts to be inflated away and to benefit from newly printed money.

[@markj.a351]

Step one: lie about a bunch of sh*t they know people want to hear Step two: see step one

[@سالمالحجازى-و7غ]

hey if it works it works

[@a.demifemiflapo5795]

​@@سالمالحجازى-و7غWill it though??🤔

[@johnpower29]

They should rename it, 'The Facebook boomer doctrine'

[@billpugh58]

booming is great😂😂 loads of dosh, houses, cars! work harder mate!

[@hendrx]

​@@billpugh58boomers had to work the least out of any generation

[@Ysucj743]

@@hendrxI don’t have a grudge with the elderly over that but I do feel it is truly disgraceful that some of them then have the gall to chalk it (the issues us young people face) up to laziness as if the conditions are even remotely similar.

[@ambivvvvvvvvvalence]

@@Ysucj743It’s not about having a grudge its about pointing out reality.

[@Ysucj743]

@@ambivvvvvvvvvalence ah sorry, I do recognise how I sound like I’m throwing out an indirect accusation. I was just trying to qualify the term “disgraceful” which followed to make clear I don’t hate the elderly in general considering how it could come off otherwise.

[@ThisGuyCarlo]

Their manifesto sure probably won’t be enough to stop the Conservative’s demise

[@FactsB4Feelings]

Don't forget, under the conservatives, in FOUR years, Inflation has risen to 20%, yes, not 2 or 3% as they claim, but TWENTY PERCENT.

[@npcknuckles5887]

The Bank of England deserves the lion's share of the blame, considering that they were the ones who printed ~£700 BILLION, during covid, to fund government profligacy. The money supply went through the gd roof, and the sky high inflation was the result. Print money, get inflation. It's not complicated.

[@FactsB4Feelings]

@@npcknuckles5887 true true!

[@phoenixfire6433]

I’m not exactly a gambling man, but I’d bet on Frye winning ten straight Splatfests before this thing ever sees the light of day, let alone being implemented at all, because we can see through it all now.

[@aerosquid262]

Don't bring Splatoon into politics! You never know what the next splatfest could be!

[@riverkath]

New Splatfest just dropped: Conservative vs Labour vs None Of The Above

[@ParasocialCatgirl]

Well, there's only gonna be 3 more splatfests (assuming one happens this month) so the chances of _that_ happening now is zero.

[@eclipse_eternal8178]

Wow a fellow Splatoon fan in the wild... to be honest I agree with you 😂

[@michaelhodges1749]

What a waste of paper.

[@jman7319]

Terrible. More cuts to welfare to pay for lower taxes. Wouldn’t a means tested pension be more fair? There are plenty of wealthy pensioners who don’t need quadruple lock pension whilst the working people and disabled get hammered Interestingly working people today are the first since records began to be more likely to have less income than their parents.

[@dariusalexandru9536]

ll they are the tories after all

[@npcknuckles5887]

Welfare is a crutch for the broken leg the government gave us in the first place, in the form of taxation, regulations, currency debasement, other restrictions on human freedom, etc. And yes, welfare and entitlements are a huge cost, because the burdens imposed on us are so huge. If it wasn't for those burdens, we wouldn't need the crutch in the first place. We'd be able to stand tall and proud. Instead, we're all hobbled and crushed under the weight of this oppressively huge and burdensome government.

[@Pyxlean]

​@npcknuckles5887 Your reply just screams "fuck the poor"

[@npcknuckles5887]

​@@Pyxlean I would argue that those who support the existence of burdens imposed by the state (taxes, regulations, currency debasement, etc) are the ones who TRULY don't care about "the poor". I want the crutch (welfare/entitlements) gone, just as much as I want the burdens (taxes, regulations, currency debasement, etc) gone. It's a Libertarian standpoint. On principle, I am in favour of individual liberty and respect for the natural rights of the individual. That necessarily means opposing big government, socialism, communism, fascism, corporatism, cronyism, etc. What side do YOU fall on: The side of liberty or the side of tyranny? If you advocate said government burdens, then make no mistake in that you are therefore on the side of the latter.

[@TheGamersState]

@@npcknuckles5887 I'm diagnosed with autism and because of that I'm entitled to PIP. If I lost that my entire life would suddenly fall apart and I'd have to leave my flat due to not being able to afford it. Exactly how is that "liberating"?

[@ZachBobBob]

Rolled my eyes so hard at the Mickey Mouse degrees bit

[@danielclark1313]

Right? Tory plan: Lets cut university funding Problem: They have no money to research and stuff Solution: Lets turn them into businesses! Charge tuition fees! Problem 1: Students are loaded with debt equal to more than a house deposit. Problem 2: Universities need more students to balance the books, but can't hire more teachers to actually teach them, so now the teachers are striking because of over work and no corresponding increase in pay. Hence: less contact hours. Conclusion: more expensive degrees and less teaching. Tories: Oh no! These Mickey mouse degrees are ripping young people off!

[@loc4725]

To be fair some are, although they should probably deal with the 'Mickey Mouse' universities like Greenwich first.

[@billpugh58]

@@loc4725 All degrees are a waste of time, we need to get back to the old days before all this degree rubbish came in!

[@RjInvests]

@@billpugh58get off your phone and go for a morning walk or something boomer

[@merlumili]

Genuine question, what do they mean by mickey mouse degrees?

[@linedwell]

"...and older voters.." Dude looked quite threatening when he said that.. 😂

[@simonhopkins3867]

I think he was uncomfortable with that line. Or was it just gas.

[@jayparm]

Conservative Manifesto: 1. X but we won't do it 2. X but we could've done it before, and we still wont do it 3. X but we don't do it

[@_jpg]

The essence: We have a -plane- -plain- -pan- plan. Plan.

[@DDougz]

One last score 🤠

[@joandchrismarchant1080]

You missed out pain

[@ILikedGooglePlus]

Man studied History talking about Mickey Mouse degrees 💀💀💀 (I studied History and Politics)

[@npcknuckles5887]

You could have done worse, much worse. How about doing a Taylor Swift degree, or a David Beckham degree.

[@OsirusHandle]

the government doesnt set that, its for universities to

[@FactsB4Feelings]

They will "introduce a cap on migration" Does NOT specify the REAL issue: ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. Sneaky wordplay. He wants to further punish LEGAL immigrants.

[@Phyt5]

You mean the illegal immigrants who do jobs that British people link you wouldn’t do?

[@doghat1619]

They've also been promising to reduce migration since 2010, and yet it only ever increases. Neither the tories, nor labour, will ever seriously reduce migration, it is beneficial to their donors.

[@leemccourt1604]

They’re going to deport 90,000 migrants to Rwanda or back to their own countries, ok. When, how, how much which ones

[@piraterubberduck6056]

@@Phyt5 No. Illegal immigrants struggle to find work at all because the government comes down hard on paying illegal workers. For work we don't want to do, we relied heavily on migrant workers, such as all the ones we used to get coming over from the EU.

[@piraterubberduck6056]

@@doghat1619 Immigration has increased more every time the Tories have had power compared to Labour.

[@talideon]

Best to keep in mind that "low quality degrees" in the mind of the Tories equates to "humanities degrees".

[@SocialDownclimber]

Yeah I find it so baffling that the "western culture is under threat" people are also the "lets stop teaching history, politics, philosophy and literature" people. Its under their threat! Its under threat from them!

[@InternetDarling]

As well as any qualification that doesn't lead to a blue collar job.

[@azazelssprachen]

Except when they take them, of course

[@TriangleChloros]

Just for the record, I did PPE (at the same college as Sunak, in fact), so I feel qualified to state that he *definitely* did a humanities degree. Sure, some of the individual modules (especially in econ) might be more mathsy/sciency, but overall the unifying theme of the degree is 'humans, and how they interact'. You can even take law and sociology modules, for precisely that reason. Honestly, I'm pretty sure arts and humanities are fine as long as they're *traditional* arts and humanities. Like, Eng Lit is fine, but film studies? Ew! It's so... modern!

[@npcknuckles5887]

They ain't wrong. Many degrees, including humanities, are not exactly marketable; you're going to struggle getting a decent productive job.

[@jonathanodude6660]

Hopefully enough people will vote against the tories that they wont even win the title of official opposition party by the end of the year.

[@HildeTheOkayish]

the biggest problem for the tories is that they have been the party in charge for so long now. why would anyone be convinced that this time will be different?

[@madders8781]

A tax cut means lower local authority services for higher council taxes. That way they can blame someone else for the potholes, lack of street lighting, less police, longer gp waiting lists, schools in disrepair

[@npcknuckles5887]

A lot of that should be privatised into a free market. There's so much gd socialism in government, particularly at council level.

[@sonicmeerkat]

ignoring literally all the tory cockups over the last decade and a half, why would i vote for a man who'll likely resign before his term is over and get replaced with someone not even in the running with drastically different leadership style? the thing this nation needs is stability and ironically the conservatives have done everything but conserve it.

[@Vorlitch]

National service is a policy that will only be backed by those who are void to do it. Sunak should have started packing his things the moment he announced it

[@SilverMKI]

Hopefully Disney sue for the use of the name of one of their characters :D

[@SmashurstTV]

No matter what they promise, the question is why haven't they already done it after 14 years?

[@capt.bart.roberts4975]

Guys, it looks like the product of a late Monday night, coke and booze fuelled brainstorming meeting.

[@micallef87]

I want VAT to go back to 17.5% as it was before the financial crisis in 2008. Like they said they would do once we recovered…

[@adrian19831983]

Wealth tax on earners over 10 million. Whether it's PAYE or or other income. Make income tax the same, whether PAYE or capital gains. Simple as.

[@freddytang2128]

As a canadian myself national service feel like a meme. What kind of policy is this? 😂 forcing young people to do things they don’t want to do, to maybe appeal to older voters

[@joshjgrimble]

TLDR: Tory, Labour, Democrats, Reform

[@sagnikbhattacharya666]

Yeah👏🙌

[@TheJonesdude]

Typical short term thinking from the Tories once again. No long term ideas. They're a fucking joke

[@nicobruin8618]

Tory manifesto: Please boomers please keep voting for us so that we don't fall below 50 seats

[@steveevans3641]

14 years they’ve had we are poorer, weaker and more divided then ever! GET THEM OUT!

[@audigex]

"Such as younger voters" The party who are also saying they will reintroduce national service... More help to buy schemes etc will not solve the housing crisis, only push prices up. And why trust them to fix it now when they haven't for the last 14 years?

[@BritDad]

What the f... they have been doing in the last 10 years + USSELESS

[@circusmaster1441]

GREAT BRITAIN... Also know as "little India" and the "New Africa" around the world.

[@Lica_The_Furry]

Btw, the link for the manifesto in the description leads to the LibDem manifesto, not the Tory one

[@dog_chasing_cars7576]

probably isn't much different anyway hahaha

[@Journey22405]

You are never ever getting rid of the housing crisis and you are never building 1.5 million homes until you scrap the house planning laws that gives 75 year old Karen on the street corner the ability to fully reject any new building.

[@Visherex]

Only got so much better because his predecessors fucking destroyed it

[@modjohn]

The quickest thing consecutive can do to have any hope now is get David Cameron to replace Sunak.

[@IainFrame]

Free unicorns for all!

[@sh.4409]

The shortened version is lies, lies and more lies.

[@robertlaw.]

Congratulations to the conservatives in Britain for their success in co-opting the Labour party. A Knight of the Realm as Labour leader is a sight to behold.

[@magicjack4076]

Strange how theses are already out but still waiting for labours to release? Maybe they are just being more careful as they are expecting to be in government instead of throwing in policies they won’t ever implement.

[@too_oden2199]

A desperate attempt, this is some goblin level behaviour

[@mutelarsorhougbe4606]

Not caring about basic human rights to try and gain some votes is disgusting.

[@iannoble]

I remember when it was frowned upon to appeal to racists to get elected.

[@SCCipher]

I remember when people knew what racism was. Instead of throwing it around to anyone that disagrees.

[@hendrx]

​@@SCCiphernot even racists call themselves racists at this point.

[@RjInvests]

@@SCCipherpeople still know what it is, and most people that say things like you realistically make the qualifications

[@npcknuckles5887]

Racism accusations are so freaking TIRED and BORING. Broken record player.

[@turnopsverdsen9578]

Useful idiot in the wild

[@EeanWooo-to9kd]

Un-thought-out half-baked lies and empty promises for the gullible and the stupid. I wouldnt trust him to boil an egg

[@JohnShaw-zm2pc]

Vote out to help out. Labour needs every vote to make your vote count vote Labour .😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@SCCipher]

We've had Labour lite for the past 14 years. Real Tories got ousted from any leadership roles. So more of the same then?

[@npcknuckles5887]

I'd rather not vote for a bunch of woke communists, thanks.

[@Infinitystar225]

Labour aren't making it easy to justify voting them. I'm leaning towards Lib Dems.

[@11bornrich]

Anyone who can brag or feel proud about this economy is extremely wealthy (nothing wrong with that) but they're certainly out of touch with the majority of the country and therefore has no business governing.

[@jonedson5910]

labour manifesto = try not piss off anyone potential voter

[@merlumili]

It really will be quite a feat if they somehow fumble this

[@shanekent4896]

Then. How will the NHS be funded?. Does not national insurance fund it?. Or have I missed something

[@denzildee3305]

Means nothing as they forget about their manifesto once in power. The Reform Party all the way , A vote for Reform is one less vote for liebour and con's.

[@wildaviation5528]

Ah yes, the housing crisis. A problem definitely not started by a certain Maggie when they stopped building council homes!

[@dariusalexandru9536]

I think they would need more then lies to pull themselves up this time

[@SmileyEmoji42]

I think that you misunderstand how politics works. Most people don't really vote for Conservative/Labour, they vote against Labour/Conservative. You don';t have to believe that your side are good to believe that the other side are worse.

[@shamusson]

​@@SmileyEmoji42 this time they have reform to vote against Labour

[@SmileyEmoji42]

@@shamusson Some will vote Reform but not in any seat where Conservatives could win. Reform will, most likely, get 0 seats.

[@shamusson]

@@SmileyEmoji42 we shall see

[@JoshuaLovesTheTheotokos]

Promise everything, do nothing

[@DDougz]

Can we all just agree weed needs to be legalsied and vote lib dem 💛

[@npcknuckles5887]

I'd rather not rejoin the EU, thanks. We all know their game.

[@DDougz]

@@npcknuckles5887 another brexiteer in denial 😂😂😂 classic!

[@npcknuckles5887]

@@DDougz In denial of what?

[@DDougz]

@npcknuckles5887 brexit = mistake You don't believe = denial EU made after ww2 as a sense of unity Ignorant people like yourself don't understand it and focus on immigration . Immigration now even more worse so you didn't get what you want and the country is a lot worse off. And that's just the start of it. Please educate yourself and stop reading the sun

[@DDougz]

@@npcknuckles5887 in denial that brexit worked, the country is far worse off due to nigel ferrage. People only voted on brexit for one thing . Immigration which has sky rocketed after brexit. Brexit was a huge mistake pushed by peoples personal agenda rather than whats good for the country. The UK was a major player in the EU and we made a lot of the decisions. The eu wanted to tax nigel and his rich mates so that's the real reason brexit happened. We are now a laughing stock and the eu is stronger than ever. It was made after ww2 for a sense of unity all our brave soldiers made it happen. Then ignorant people many years later made a dumb decision and only the people who read the sun or daily mail were hyped about it. Brexit = worse off than before We were better of in the EU. You can believe what you want but st the end of the day. Maths and statistics don't lie so you can sit there with your head in the sand and drown in your ignorance.

[@AGerm332]

The Tories: "We promise the same that we always promise and once we are in office we won't do any of it, like we did the last decades, because we were so busy getting rich by making ordinary all Brits poorer. But THIS time, after 200+ years of nver doing what we promised, we will finally, absolutely do everything we have promised. Trust us. We are the Conservatives!" This is their manifesto right? 😂😂 So again trying to lie to voters, like they always do.

[@philjones8427]

They must be joking after all the BJ promises, Liars all of them. Vote the effing lot out REFORM for me and mine.

[@_jpg]

Yeaah, we want our con-artists to not just be conservative, but far-right!

[@c.m5043]

I think it's time for "Big beats manifesto".

[@timesnewlogan2032]

"We're going to pull the ladder up behind us, and pull the rug out from beneath you."

[@droptheleash1992]

"Mickey Mouse degrees"... Sounds like Tory speak for degrees which actually, y'know, equip people with critical faculties.

[@roryfriththetraveller4982]

there are more words put into "defining sex and gender" than to any solid plans for how to pull out of rising poverty. jumping on culture war bullshit like that feels like the death throes (please lol, i just want to piss in peace)

[@hahaplease97]

Doesn’t sound bad for a false promise. They’re going to be funding all those billion pounds spendings with ‘Trust me bro’.

[@NuSpirit_]

Did nobody tell to Rishi to first watch "For and Against National Service | Yes, Prime Minister" and every other episode to NOT make those mistakes?

[@mysteriousfox88]

do tories float like a duck if the people tossed them into the thames?

[@MrLeeFTW]

"Promise everything; Deliver nothing." - The Conservative manifesto.

[@carlosmiguelteixeiraott3643]

"How (Sunak) did the hard work to build an economic foundation" Piss off! You don't get to ask for a round of applause for cleaning up a mess, when you're the one that shat on the floor to begin with.

[@scale_model_apprentice]

One take away from me as an American is how are candidates do not put out pamphlets or manifestos on their policy ideas. Even as a two party system, many people dont even know what their voting for.

[@tonyb9735]

The Conservative Manifesto Explained ....Same old incompetence and corruption, now with added performative cruelty.

[@JoshNunnyt]

The Tory manifesto would be fantastic, if they actually implemented it which they won't

[@RomWatt]

The problem with always cutting taxes is, you eventually run out of taxes to cut... and money to fund anything.

[@tarnopol]

Cut Sunak a break: he's still recovering from PTSD brought on by not having a maximally full cable package as a child.

[@evanman1011]

If you want to stop the boats you should stop the bombs first...

[@ThePixey1000]

I am not just talking the talk I am walking the walk because I really really do want real change I am NOT a seesaw voter Labour Torie Labour Torie Labour Torie - I will be voting REFORM UK.

[@paul8161]

The manifesto isn't worth the paper it's written on, yet more promises to be broken..# get lost sunak.

[@wildfire9280]

Well… it can’t be any worse than the last conservative manifesto, can it?

[@random-username5]

Maybe you wanted to send the Conservative manifesto instead of the Lib Dem one

[@EzRida04]

How about no

[@Bksjsos]

I think the team have linked the wrong manifesto in the description.

[@thewatchman6074]

"The Conservative manifesto explained in a nutshell".............14 years too late

[@denar5721]

Damn, if only the conservatives had been in power for the previous 4 or 5 governments, then they might actually have had a chance to implement some of this stuff

[@getnohappy]

That 'growth' graph is a perfect example of why paying attention to the units on the Y axis is important

[@lutethemage5053]

As a lifelong Tory voter, I think this was good. You have the most relatively most unbiased take but obviously a slight left tilt. I understand it.