The Liberal Democrat Manifesto Explained (2019 Election) - TLDR News

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On Wednesday the Lib Dems announced their new manifesto, full of their promises to the electorate. We read all of this nearly 100-page document and compressed it into less than 10 minutes to make understanding their policies easier!
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[@JontyLevine]

Mr Beast: 20 million trees. Liberal Democrats: 60 million trees. Green Party: 700 MILLION TREES.

[@MatthewJBD]

Yup, just highlights how out of touch/unrealistic the Greens are.

[@zesky6654]

@@MatthewJBD Mr.Beast is already at 14mil with just his couple month long campaign, meanwhile Ethiopia and Pakistan are planting 200min and 1bil trees each. The greens plan isn't that unreasonable in comparison.

[@zesky6654]

Actually Mr.Beast is at 16mil currently. My bad, should have checked.

[@periurban]

Nature: 3.4 trillion trees.

[@MatthewJBD]

@@zesky6654 Mr Beast has a MUCH LARGER reach than Greens

[@kisaragi-hiu]

I just realized these are actually TL;DRs.

[@jevongraham5223]

What's de D

[@nagow_360]

@@jevongraham5223 too long didn't read, that's what it stands for

[@TLDRnews]

After uploading this video and publishing we released that the thank you section at the end of the video was missing. As we aren't able to repost the video I wanted to apologise to Nélson who worked hard on this script, reading the whole manifesto, and to all our Patrons who missed out on their thanks. As an apology to both TLDR will be donating £100 to our Christmas fundraising campaign - Jack

[@OMGitshimitis]

Just a note, brilliant video. The description is for another video though.

[@Kaleopolitus]

Quick note, the description of the video is not accurate. "This morning Donald Tusk, President of the EU Commission, confirmed that the EU had approved the UK's extension. The new extension means that the UK will leave the EU on the 31st of January, with two breaks at the beginning of December and January. In this video, we discuss how this extension works and what it means for Brexit going forward."

[@ImprovedTruth]

I appreciate each video that you do and the amount of work that goes in, but almost every video has errors like these, either in spelling or editing. Please take longer to review the video before publishing it in future, as these errors undermine the content somewhat.

[@wr2899]

ImprovedTruth I agree. Every single video has small, easily avoidable lazy errors which detract from the professionalism somewhat.

[@matthewwaldron3712]

Might want to pin this comment?

[@UnkleRiceYo]

This series is immensely useful! You’ll probably be the reason I know who to vote for this year because without you it’s highly unlikely I’d actually go read the manifestos! Keep it up 😊

[@TLDRnews]

Thank you so much, please do share them with your friends and other people you think might find them useful!

[@Sui_Generis0]

Please take manifestos with a pinch of salt before voting

[@kevinconrad6156]

@@Sui_Generis0 There will always be a difference between what a party would like to do and what they end up thinking they will be able to do and what they do..

[@UnkleRiceYo]

@@Sui_Generis0 Don't you worry, I'm not that daft that I don't already know to do that haha

[@SamuelBoshier]

@@Sui_Generis0 More than a pinch when it comes to the Lib Dems...

[@barbariandude]

From what I've read and heard, having a dependent contractor employment status sounds like it's direly needed. Uber drivers, Amazon contractors, etc would hugely benefit from this.

[@crazyrobots6565]

Absolutely. Basic workers' rights are being deprived by companies who want to skirt the law by calling their employees independent contractors.

[@matthewmaylin2268]

Ahh so that’s the kind of person that it would apply to. I didn’t understand what that part meant but it seems like a great idea!

[@vannustube]

@@purpleturtle8841 why work for them? what is the job market like where you are and what options do you have for apprenticeships? would Lib Dems £10k training thing help? (background: I'm also a contractor, but for IT industry where contracting works properly)

[@VictorCopeland]

Having worked ZERO hours, the two main problems is 1. Any negotiation and employer uses some one else 2. No credit as no security. Real solution is to enforce a minimum number of hours e.g. 16 so employer has to commit to fewer staff and there is atleast some security.

[@johnchessant3012]

Wow, the election is less than three weeks away and the parties are just putting out their manifestos? As an American, I am sooooo jealous.

[@MatthewJBD]

The election isn't planned/scheduled. Its a quick turn around.

[@nicholasgraham4402]

@@MatthewJBD Even still, the presidential candidates campaign for upwards of a year and our elections usually happen in less than 2 months

[@paulspira]

the uk has strict laws on how much the parties can spend and at what point before an election they can begin to campaign directly. theres also laws on how long political advertising can be shown for outside of an election which is why you rarely see political adverts in the UK at any other times

[@MatthewJBD]

@@nicholasgraham4402 fair, yeah there is rules against that here.

[@Hecatonicosachoron]

True, but it is a snap election.

[@commercio3564]

I think this channel has the ability to change the way politics in our country is understood - especially for young people. These videos are super concise (as the name suggests) and easily understandable, i.e. not a lot of technical jargon. Good stuff.

[@johnchessant3012]

This (mostly) sounds good, but I'm just worried that the anti-Tory vote will be split between Labour and Lib Dems and hand the victory to Boris again.

[@matthewmaylin2268]

John Chessant so what we want is the Brexit party to become more popular.

[@sykessaul123]

@@matthewmaylin2268 Except they've said they're not gonna challenge seats that the Tories are expected to get.

[@user-xd4sk4pk7h]

And they’re plummeting in the polls

[@shannonf101]

Yea that's my worry

[@ultimateblaze23]

torys have had a grip on the UK for 50 years and will continue to until we all die

[@thenotoriusg]

Respect for keeping comments open, I straight up dislike any videos that don't

[@KoneSkirata]

Content creators don't always have the choice. Under the new KZbin guidelines, many creators are forced to disable comments and other features, in order to avoid legal issues.

[@thenotoriusg]

@@KoneSkirata Really? I had no idea, that seems really unreasonable

[@cheydinal5401]

What if they disable votes but keep the comments open?

[@nntflow7058]

Some companies are forced to disable comment sections because some of their content are ran over by neo-nazis, racist, etc. You can't blame all of them.

[@Infinitystar225]

NNT Flow that reminds me of sky news comments section. It's really bad there.

[@BeniSinca]

The 'Curriculum for Life' is actually brilliant.

[@Merchantwun]

What's that?

[@joshfx3756]

@@Merchantwun teaching useful stuff life skills such as financial literacy etc.

[@Thepinkxx]

@@joshfx3756 wow

[@thepolticalone961]

I didn't know Channel 4 was publicly owned. How interesting

[@redmozzy]

The Poltical One me neither! I need to look more into this.

[@thepolticalone961]

@@redmozzy I knew it was created by an act of parliament but didn't realise that's it's technically publicly owned. I should have paid more attention in class

[@redmozzy]

The Poltical One same here as I had no idea.

[@thepolticalone961]

@@redmozzy it's interesting because they make money through ads. Like that's the model the BBC might have had to take

[@redmozzy]

The Poltical One I hope so because right now I’m paying for a channel I hardly watch. To be honest, I may cut out all live tv and BBC and just save myself the money.

[@JamesAscroftLeigh]

These manifesto overviews are immensely helpful - I have so little time to read! And great they have no analysis (yet). Looking forward to that for the future.

[@phill2065]

James Ascroft-Leigh its still better to read the manifesto’s yourself, as the channel name suggests, the video is TLDR

[@sws113]

Jo Swinson: Has consistently voted against raising welfare benefits at least in line with prices. Almost always voted to reduce housing benefit for social tenants. Has voted against taxing bankers bonuses. Voted for raising tuition fees when she was a minister in David Cameron's coalition. She voted with the Conservative whip more often than Gove or Hunt and wants a statue of Thatcher. (Sources: TheyWorkForYou voting records, Her own Mail on Sunday Article)

[@marksimons8861]

Did she vote in favour of leaving the EU?

[@rek3457]

@@marksimons8861 what does Brexit has to do with people who are dying under austerity which Swinson voted for?

[@rjanarvikk4006]

What’s the problem with wanting a statue of Margaret thatcher?

[@Kallena]

and that there is the problem of the rich getting richer off the backs of the the poor and disabled people! I’ll never trust the lib dem after what they did to the students during the coalition.

[@Yes-gu2wn]

@@rjanarvikk4006 Ikr. Im from merseyside myself and I think it'll be a great idea. About time now we finally will have a government funded shooting target. And if you dont have a firearms liscence we can just use eggs? Like egging rates of houses will drop, as people can now use the Thatcher statue...

[@thomasbybjergbrock2227]

@1:42 There's an error. You say: "Converting the rail network to ultra-low-emission technology by 2030" However, the document you are highlighting reads 2035 Otherwise, thank you for continuous great content.

[@Albimar17]

either way it's probably unrealistic and in any event totally unnecessary. However, based on their brexit stance alone, libdems wouldve been my choice in this election.

[@rocky76dude7]

We are carbon emmiting beings . The cost would be billions they don't have

[@danriley3826]

This manifesto makes me think “I could vote Lib Dem” there track record makes me think again...

[@redmozzy]

Yep, always look good on paper. You could argue it’s the same with all parties but in my opinion, the LibDems have done the biggest u-turns of them all when either in joint power or even their voting records (the leader voted AGAINST more rights for EU citizens , bit a of a contradiction )

[@transpozednb5216]

They can say what they bloody well want when they know they won't be anywhere close to a parliamentary majority! We'd be lucky if they become kingmakers and sneak one or two of these policies past the tories before they get destroyed for the next 10 years again.

[@Wichnam]

Parties can change and alter... Else you are Always stuck with Con or Lab. And note they did wish to alter the voting system... Not all is good, but be honest, is Conservatism better? And Labour keeps the old ways alive, albeit with popular decisions.

[@davidmurphy563]

Their

[@envysart797]

I would still vote Lib Dem if they were the next candidate after a Tory. Definitely don’t split your vote against the Tories.

[@mattlord97]

The 1p on income tax is an old lib dem policy but I think it's a great idea because 1p is such a tiny amount literally no one will notice it, but collectively it will raise a lot for the country

[@thepolticalone961]

Lib Dems campaign to the left, but vote to the right.

[@Sr68720]

They are yellow tories.

[@kizwiz6]

@@Sr68720 Good. Means they can split the vote against Tories.

[@thepolticalone961]

@@kizwiz6 unfortunately they will get Labour votes too

[@kizwiz6]

@@thepolticalone961 Agreed and hopefully so too. They'll likely be getting mine (traditional Labour voter) as I'll be voting tactically to vote out the Tories and my constituency is a typically safe Tory seat so a Corbyn-led Labour has little chance here. Also, can't really back Corbyn when I'm anti-Brexit and he's one of the biggest Eurosceptic parasite MPs we have.

[@thepolticalone961]

@@kizwiz6 well he might be a Euro sceptic but in this case he's sucked it up and he's offering a second referendum against his own views which is big. Just hope he wins things time around

[@scottgoode2609]

Just another note under transport, there is another policy in there to open up the bus and rail franchises to public sector bids, allowing councils and regional assemblies to bid to run the franchises in public ownership. Not as a radical as Labour, but an interesting policy that might have slipped under the radar

[@elsaluvsnutella]

X gender on passports??? for real bro

[@isaacd4776]

I used to think like this but really it dosent effect you

[@Erikster1000]

I just realized I'm a Liberal Democrat... even though I am an American.

[@ilikedota5]

A lot of these policies sound a lot more reasonable, from an American perspective at least when compared to Greens and Labour.

[@jatkinson85]

You mean, you actively screw the very electorate that voted for you by going into coalition with the Tories and bringing in the worst austerity policies since the 1930s and also completely renaging on their promise to abolish tuition fees by tripling their price instead, and end up causing 130000 unnecessary deaths according to the UN. If that's you. you are a Liberal Democrat. Not a single word in this manifesto should be believed after what they did to working people in 2010.

[@LostieTrekieTechie]

@@jatkinson85 sounds like the establishment/corporate Democrats, who immediately capitulate to the right and big companies, rather than fight for anything.

[@jatkinson85]

@@LostieTrekieTechie Yup that's them alright, if anything this year they are trying to run to the right of the Tories on economic policy by not just trying to close the "deficit" but running a 1% surplus every year. Economic Lunacy!

[@Lorryslorryss]

If I was going to choose a political party based on principle and policies rather that tactical voting on a single issue, this would be a fantastic resource. It's still fun to watch though, keep it up! I look forward to using these videos to figure out which party I would hypothetically vote for but won't actually.

[@antoinefdu]

You had me at "stop Brexit".

[@kawaiielephant7772]

😂

[@casperes0912]

So the lib-dems have gone way more lefty than labour... Interesting. This manifesto series is pretty great. Honestly, I think the lib-dems could do extremely well, if strategic voting wasn't against them. That and the "I vote the same as I always have, like my parents before me" mentality that may still exist in places

[@crazyrobots6565]

Plus the class issue. Labour is string among working class, Tory among upper working class and above. Lib-dem doesnt have a comfortable home anywhere, so people don't trust them.

[@protagonist3046]

I'm from a labour voting family but Lib Dems is who I'll be choosing at the ballot box. First GE I'm voting in and I'm nearly 40, will be second time I vote at all after the referendum.

[@1LittleTinker]

@@protagonist3046 now is more important than ever I think. Tory background here and haven't always bothered to turn out. This time the lib dems will get my vote I think

[@Dk-ns3ge]

Casper S� I’ll be voting LibDem but unfortunately I live in northern labour heartlands

[@cai739]

How are LibDem more lefty than labour? Corbyn even calls himself a socialist and wants to nationalise different sectors and industries which is getting pretty far left.

[@jemmagibbs486]

Thank you for this channel!

[@the33rdguy]

Damn it what about nuclear energy. Why do none of the clean energy parties want nuclear it's super safe and clean.

[@sykessaul123]

Coz there's not much point when we can just have renewable instead. The UK has more than enough coastline to be reliant on offshore wind alone nevermind onshore wind, solar, hydro and tidal.

[@the33rdguy]

WeirdestWolf but wind power kills birds and the batteries to store the energy in are very very bad for the environment. As well making the wind mill makes a lot of co2 never mind the energy to extract the resources from the ground. Nuclear on the other hand is cheep to make. We already have bombs to power them so no need to mine and if you want thorium is very safe to min not radioactive in a way like uranium and doesn't take up much land or kill birds like wind and solar. I'm not saying go 100% nuclear. But look at France their energy is so cheep cause of thorium that they export it to the heavily renewable country Germany.

[@sykessaul123]

@@the33rdguy You don't need batteries to store electricity, you can convert it to potential energy by pumping it back up hills and hydrodams for when you need more electricity. Wind power kills negligible birds compared to oil spills. And I'm not saying Nuclear isn't good, I'm just saying what's the point paying for fuel when we can have free energy generated by the elements? (of which we have plenty in the UK xD)

[@coolpeopleit]

@@sykessaul123 Hydrodams are relatively efficient compared to batteries, but neither of those technologies are efficient ways of storing power, and both do have an environmental impact. The benefits of nuclear is that it is a huge watt per land area production compared to wind and solar which require much more space, and the actual pollution from a nuclear power plant is really low due to the high safety standards surrounding nuclear. It's also a very steady power supply, that can be kept at a near constant rate for an extended period of time. The downsides are that it cannot be turned on and off rapidly, the reactor must be slowly raised to its maximum yield then when the control rods are lowered the fuel may need to be re enriched. There is also a problem with nuclear waste, but waste recycling is much more effective now and passive cooling technology is on the horizon. Nuclear is probably the best way to power cities and big industry, renewables have a place in this infrastructure as a good way to fill the gap, but I wouldn't build my entire energy structure out of them as they have a high carbon footprint in their production and use a lot of land.

[@almondandfriends]

i would agree that nuclear is better then nothing but until any of the major fusion programs come out there is little to no reason why nuclear power is superior to other green energy options, it has its pros and cons but one of the strangest things ive noticed is people who are pro nuclear power are heavily anti other greener energy as if nuclear power is the only way to save us the birds thing is a bollocks argument though

[@ghastor1393]

WRITTEN CONSTITUTION? got my vote

[@Crispman_777]

Why?

[@ghastor1393]

@@Crispman_777 Brexit and the neverending conlicts and constitutional crises thereof have laid bare the instability inherent in British polotics due to our lack of constitution. Every rule that structures our government is tradition, followed voluntarily and interpreted differently between different people with no clear authority or refernce point. This has always been the case, Brexit just made it obvious. I beleive that a codified, written set of rules to govern our democracy will ensure future political stability by making clear what the actual rules are in a single doccument.

[@Crispman_777]

@@ghastor1393 Well that's the whole reason we have The Speaker.

[@legomovieman2]

@@ghastor1393 >implying a written constitution is a good thing

[@CrystalblueMage]

You've got to ask yourself. Who is more impartial. The Speaker, or Judges - cause that's where you end on a written constitution.

[@garymorgan75]

All sounds good but will they keep their promises I don’t think so

[@secondtimearound2539]

Garry Morgan They didn't in 2010 so I wouldn't expect them to this time if they get any sniff of power via the Tories. Labour are in truth the only party big enough who can oppose the Tories and even if a quarter of their manifesto is successfully carried out (given the opposition it will receive from Tory, LibDem and other parties opposed to Corbyn) it will transform this country for the better. All the old Liberals have done is join with the SDP of the 1980s (which in turn resulted in their splitting the vote and ensuring more years of Thatcher) to form the LibDems. A bit like the (mainly) ex-Labour MPs who have now, through various and several 'changes', via Change UK - Independent - 'Whatever looks good for Me Party' morphed into LibDem 'MP's' (voted in as MPs on a Labour ticket.)

[@apjbrw]

@@secondtimearound2539 and if Labour are to carry out just a quarter of their manifesto our economy will be in even bigger shambles. We don't have the funds to sustain such idealistic goals, especially in the long run. The only realistic way to fund any of what they desire is higher taxes which will ultimately lead us into downfall.

[@TheSm1thers]

Why not?

[@freedomgeek2]

Overall looks pretty good to me. But unfortunately I'm not sure they actually have any chance at all of getting a majority and we all know how coalitions have gone for them.

[@phill2065]

freedomgeek2 9/10 people honestly don’t vote for LibDems purely on that bases, but even so, it’s better to say you voted for what YOU want, not tactically

[@breaddboy]

@@phill2065 generally yes vote for what you want. But the UK is on a knifes edge. People can't afford to not vote tactically.

[@Hecatonicosachoron]

This is a great series Some well-intentioned advice: is it possible to convert big spending amounts from absolute figures in £ to percentage of GDP and percentage of govt spending using 2018 figures? Because with inconsistent units used across different documents it’s hard to make comparisons.

[@joelmccunty5108]

Maybe after doing all the manifestos do a jumbo video with them all for those of us who tldr tldr please?

[@bosserman444]

As an American, this all sound super intriguing

[@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770]

Very much so.

[@ca984]

What about the protection for squirrels tho?

[@owenhall5742]

Are you nuts???

[@snowcold5932]

Good joke :) On a side note, if anyone believed that, that story was proved to be a hoax

[@thetntsheep4075]

Paint 50% of grey squirrels red to revive the endangered red squirrel population

[@marconatrix]

@@thetntsheep4075 I believe squirrels seek out and eat nuts ... so quite a few MPs etc will need to watch out ;-)

[@erector5953]

Squirrels need to be exterminat !

[@BenCG]

What is the point of pushing the Tories for a people's vote if Labour's already promising one?

[@secondtimearound2539]

Ben CG No point whatsoever, unless they plan to support the Tories again?

[@ultimatetadpole9607]

@@secondtimearound2539 that's the Lib Dems for you.

[@olliefolayan3246]

Thank you

[@_b-e-n_]

Well cannabis regulation, ending teaching to test and proportional representation are all things I can fully get behind

[@Albimar17]

that is, if they stick to their promises ;PPP

[@TheFlyingP1g]

You missed the new foreign constituencies!! Best thing ever for expats!!

[@MMartec]

Quite a good manifesto I must say! Thanks for letting us know ! ;)

[@conoro3414]

Let's not forget what Lib Dems did with student loans.

[@zac5307]

Just legalise class C drugs and tax the shit out of them and place huge tariffs of tobacco and alcohol this reduces alcohol tobacco and dugs consumption and use and generate huge amounts of funds for the government which could be spent on the NHS

[@Shakis87]

Love your videos! You guys must put it so much tine and effort to make these and you should definitely get paid for it. However, multiple adverts in the middle of a video cutting you off mid scentence is jarring AF. Perhaps you could write segways into your video to transition into an advert more smoothly?

[@ifandafydd7432]

I'd check the description if I was you guys

[@KingofCabal]

So much Pie in the Sky.

[@shankar_vshankar]

It seems as thought there are some significant overlaps between the parties - it would be really interesting to see a video that covered that..... and perhaps things that might be (policy - not personality) sticking points for alliances in the event of a hung parliament.

[@svenwillett1750]

Well it's not like they will even try to actually get any of this done... more likely to go into a coalition with the Tories.

[@shankar_vshankar]

@@svenwillett1750 That's kinda why it'd be interesting to see the overlaps with other parties.... Not just the LD's but between all the parties.

[@kimwarburton8490]

Labour greens n libs essentially the same re climate change action. To me a greater threat than brexit/eu fears

[@secondtimearound2539]

@@kimwarburton8490 Which is why I'd like to see the Greens and LibDems promise to support any Labour Govt, minority or otherwise, after the GE on 12th December. They won't though, sadly. I have a lot of time for Caroline Lucas, but her voice is only 1 from over 600. I have no time for Swinson, or most of the LibDems, in particularthose ex-Labour MPs who only got voted in on a Labour ticket in any case (once they'd decided that Change UK etc weren't going to further their careers) or those who have consistently voted with Tory policies.

[@NicklasLinnemann]

Please do more thorough explanations on these manifestos, maybe a separate video just with your face without too much editing (to make it easier), or on the podcast. Thank you for the videos.

[@user-or7ji5hv8y]

Wouldn’t Libdem have a better chance of keeping UK in E.U. by working with Labour? What good is it if you lose the war in return for gaining a few more seats?

[@secondtimearound2539]

Ciao! Yes it would, but Swinson has been too arrogant and self-serving in her stance to work with the Her Majesty's Opposition Party, despite having been given ample opportunity to do so. This lot remind me of the SDP of the 1980s and their morph with the Liberals into the LDs. The 2010 coalition is still far too recent to trust the LibDems imo and their current stance only helps the Tories.

[@TriangleChloros]

Labour refuse to make a pact with the Liberals, the Liberals refuse to make a pact with Labour. Ask the supporters of either, and they will say it's totally reasonable when their party does it. Case in point above. There's a reasonable chance they'll vote together on Brexit if they get a majority together after the election.

[@jamespfc7570]

I understand that but corbyn hasn't stated what side he is on. If we go back him he might turn around and say "oh btw i lied hard brexit here we come"

[@mattmellor4597]

As a student, lost me on minimum unit price for alcohol...

[@Powerof7even]

Lost me when they went back on their scrapping of tuition fees in the coalition.

[@Luredreier]

Hum, I'm voting Green in my own country, however after seeing the UK greens and UK liberal democrats it seems like the lib dem are more in line with my values in the UK. In comparison they're just my third choice after the greens and socialist left party in my own country.

[@Septimus_ii]

The UK greens are extremely left wing. In most countries, the Greens have become a lot more moderate over recent decades, probably due to experience of being in government.

[@Luredreier]

@@Septimus_ii *Extreme* left wing, no so much. Only a few of their policies match *our* extreme left, the Red party. I prefer a more center-left approach myself but with a heavy focus on the environment. The UK greens are more similar to our Socialist Left party then to our Greens in some ways, but with a mix of policies from our Red and our Green party and a few unique local twists. I'm kind of surprised by their policies. For instance our Greens *also* want to look at things like universal income. But they don't actually propose to begin *using* it, only to start using pilot projects testing it out and its effects. They're very focused on policies being evidence based and want proper research to inform political decisions. And there's a lot of other things like that. Outlawing private schools? Over here the center left position (not necessarily the *green* one) is to outlaw making a profit on education but to still allow private ones funded by the state in order to advance pedagogy and just in general to give people a bit more freedom in how they deal with things. And so one and so forth... Anyway, I wish the UK lib. dems. took a few pages out of the UK greens book about the environment. But overall they seem like a pretty decent party that's slightly less right wing then our own liberals. Edit: Something I forgot to add earlier. The Lib Dems want to add some *much* needed electoral reforms to the UK, and seem like the only party that does so that I'm aware of. So that's also part of why I think I'd vote for them if I was a UK citizen. Even if they're not a perfect fit with my beliefs they would do much to improve the representation of that half of the population that's currently unrepresented due to the first past the post system... (First past the post tends towards two political parties that while they in a proportional system might fit the preferences of 60% of the voters combined, 20-30% each, they tend to lose support in a first past the post system since voters feel more and more blackmailed into voting for them due to a lack of viable alternatives and the *need* for tactical voting in a fptp system leading to said parties only being equivalent of the values of less then half the population after some time of fptp, even if more might be voting for them at times in order to avoid the one of the two parties that's seen as even *worse* , it encourages people to vote for the party they hate least of the two options instead of the parties they actually agree with, meaning that the values of half the population is in essence not represented neither by a political party with any real power nor in the political debate, now the differences between different parts of the UK has helped the country keep *some* diversity in party politics but you still get a similar effect, in any one electoral seat there's only two real alternatives, or in some cases just one...) Having more parties with real political power would actually reduce the conflict level a bit since there would be more then one path to a majority unlike with the current system where the two major parties hold so many seats that you *need* some of them in order to get anything done most of the time and even when you can't you only have one real combination of third parties that is possible to combine in order to achieve a majority for either of the big parties.

[@secondtimearound2539]

@@Septimus_ii Extremely left-wing? I suppose you think that going back to old Labour party values with Corbyn is communism? There is nothing extreme about the Green Party, or the Labour Party. This Labour Party manifesto is nothing like as radical as the 1945 Attlee Government was and look at how much we as a country benefited from that. The problem is that this country has seen such a large shift to the right of the centre ground as to make current Tory policies seem only slightly right of centre when in truth they are a very right-wing party.

[@Luredreier]

@@secondtimearound2539 Yep, from the outside (but within Europe) England seems *very* right wing... Scotland on the other hand while not quite having the same political center as we here in the Nordic countries still feel a lot more similar to us. Mind you, it's all a matter of perspective. Comparing the UK with the US and the UK seems positively communist by comparison...

[@ej.crusing6130]

So they want a second referendum vote for the uk but oppose a second referendum for Scotland. Seems like a bit of a double standard to me.

[@Henry-xu5jg]

At 1:45 you said they wanted to convert the rail network to low emission technology by 2030, it’s actually 2035.

[@ReverseBees]

I like the majority of these policies and the way that they are honest on tax. 1 percent on income tax was mentioned, as is the £10 bil from capital funds, but it says it's all ringfenced for the NHS, so what pays for the education policies, transport policies and everything else?

[@robinjones5874]

Gosh, some compelling policies there! Certainly tugged at my moral compass, but no brexit? I like Alot of this and it feels progressive, but seriously, no brexit?! Even if they want to remain, why disregard a referendum? How can such a compassionate manifesto override such a strong public voice?

[@secondtimearound2539]

@robin jones The only way that we will get a fair referendum on the EU is by voting for a Labour Government (or at least stopping the Tories and making it a price of any Lab/LibDem/Green coalition or support that they would drop the revoking of A50 as the only option.) Otherwise the people of this country (at least according to the press and social media) will be at each other's throats until we are totally ruined, all for the sake of a crackpot idea emanating from Farage and supported by Cameron only to keep the Tory Party extant. A major condition also has to be the requirement of a super majority if the referendum vote were to be set in stone. Last time it was only advisory and the courts did not require a super majority because of this.

[@robinjones5874]

@@secondtimearound2539 sorry, but I disagree. I've lost a tremendous amount of respect for Corbyn, and frankly when they held their conference unveiling their own manifesto, they were not only wrong on several issues, but still throwing mud rather than delivering a powerful message. Aside from the fact that he's completely isometric[sic] 😄 brexit aside - he's weak, and quite laughable. When you then consider his stance on brexit, he plans to renegotiate before putting it to another referendum. To clarify; 6 more months of negotiations, before putting to a vote. How many times has a deal been struct down both Parliament and the EU now? It's ambitious at best, egotistical at worst, and could be a total waste of time anyway as the referendum would be whether you like his deal. Bottom line: with labour we could still be going through all this in a years time, without an end in sight. Oh, and interest rates will increase. The minimum wage rises, working hours fall, and the cost of borrowing, buying, home owning goes up = many more people are poorer... And this is the labour party?

[@Fluxquark]

Jo Swinson personally voted against half of this manifesto 😂😂😂 She only takes positions if she can think she'll win an election with them, she'll drop them 5 minutes after the results are in

[@kristos77]

I want legalised Cannabis.

[@protagonist3046]

I'm choosing to see this as a one issue election, but to be fair I agree with the majority of the manifesto content. Legalise weed for sure, I think this will have massive knock on impact to crime, not to mention create a new revenue stream in the wake of falling fuel and tobacco tax. Vote Lib Dem...unless it's tactically worthwhile keeping Boris out of #10!

[@SuperSmashDolls]

Wait, the UK restricts abortion and divorce? And they never got around to cannabis legalization? That's a TIL and a half for me.

[@daniellee2343]

Mainland uk is pretty much abortion on demand

[@Septimus_ii]

@@daniellee2343 And Northern Ireland is having some of the most liberal abortion laws in the world pushed through at the moment, with minimal consultation and no major votes

[@daniellee2343]

@@Septimus_ii oh cool

[@TrueDerro]

pretty sure you have the wrong video description up also

[@MongoIndyleo]

I wish lib dems were the main "other party' rather than labour 😭😭

[@ShrunkedDude]

Why? You'd just have Tory vs Tory.

[@kvthe2nd903]

Why is lowering the voting age even a policy? Idk, it sounds stupid to me.

[@temptemp4174]

KV the 2nd young people tend to be more kind hearted so they vote liberal. The older and more bitter they get, the more likely to vote conservative to fuck over everyone else

[@phill2065]

Well, on the one hand I guess it’s to engage young people into politics, on the other hand it’s to grab votes from young voters

[@eddiejohnson5183]

You think children are mature enough to vote, but not old enough to smoke weed. You cant have semi adults. You either make 16 year old adult or you don't.

[@Silver-st2zq]

To get younger votes who more easily believe BS to vote for them.

[@dominicchallis2928]

@@Silver-st2zqAs opposed to the clairvoyance of old people who consistently vote against their own interests in the Conservative Party.

[@stevetalon7888]

You can’t sign up for the Mogul news app...

[@razabadass]

Thanks :)

[@Acidpunk101]

"We couldnt keep all of our promises" - Lib Dems when the finally get some power. Never forget.

[@gregoryfenn1462]

Some. They weren't in charge of Education, Foreign Aid, or the Treasury. Where they WERE in charge, re the climate, equalities, and business, they made great policies such as increase in wind energy, business obligations to report on gender disparities in work in large firms, gay marriage, massively increased minimal wages, and funding for an influx of apprentices.

[@mattlord97]

I think they shouldn't have ever gone into power with the conservatives. That's the problem. Everything else they're not really to blame for because they didn't really get a lot of say, and in some cases they actually managed to hold the tories back a bit. But yeah, they were definitely in the wrong for going into the coalition to begin with

[@tmarritt]

@@mattlord97 there were two other options, go to a second election where they would have lost their momentum & the tories would have likely won by a landslide. Or form a minority government with the losing parties in a fragile coalition (and we have seen the result of those recently) nothing would get done in perhaps the most fragile economic time of the uks recent history. Never mind that labour had more cuts that the lib dems allowed the tories to do in their manifesto. Ih and edd balls literally walked put the meeting 20 min in with the libdems.

[@mattlord97]

@@tmarritt fair points, I always thought it was probably better having some lib dem mixed in with that tory government than just straight up conservative government. Still sits funny with me

[@gianni7415]

A lot of things in common with labour.

[@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770]

Hear hear.

[@secondtimearound2539]

gianni bude The big difference between the LDs and Labour is that the latter would not enter into a coalition government with the Tories like LDs did in 2010. Swinson's voting record is very suspect and I wouldn't trust her as far as I could throw her. No-one who is scared of a Tory government should vote LibDem, particularly in any constituency where Labour are the main challengers. That includes, for example, Duncan-Smith's and Johnson's constituencies.

[@gianni7415]

@@secondtimearound2539 thats is for every politician. I trust nobody of them. But what i want to say if there is a coalition they could work togehter if they want.

[@rondamon4408]

Expenses, expenses, expenses....

[@CM-hp5nk]

Not sure if you already have but please consider doing a video on the first past the post electoral system. So many people I know are still unaware.

[@MatthewJBD]

Sounds a lot more realistic than the Greens

[@spoopytime9928]

1:50 I thought the UK had fiber optic internet since the population density isn't low and they're richer than us, and we got fiber optic...turns out it's copper wire.

[@shaun1293]

spoopytime only Virgin media has true fibre optic; all the ground cables are optic as well as the cable into your house. All the other companies rent out BT’s cables, which are working on full fibre coverage, but mostly the cables into the house have not been upgraded, hence they’re all mostly limited to 76mbs.

[@MrRishik123]

The last 300 meters or so is copper cabling. Which is kinda shitty. It really is just an archaic system we use here even for me in the outskirts of london i get 140mbps through BT. But my friends who are on virgin media, have got 400mbps for the past 5 years for the same price im paying for BT -__- . The problem with for profit companies like that is that they wont invest in areas that have no returns on investment. My area doesnt have a decent return on investment for Virgin, so BT has an effective monopoly in the borough. So having government investment into "true" fibre isnt actually a "bad" idea. It has decent potential since many of the ex communist countries like Estonia and poland have MUCH faster internet than us and are drawing a lot of remote workers and server hosting areas because of their governments investment into the country for high speed internet.

[@jc_hd23vods81]

@@MrRishik123 i only get 30mbps LMFAO

[@spoopytime9928]

I just remembered that most British houses are old unlike here in South Korea, where everything was burnt to the ground in 1953. Economic growth happened in a few decades so almost all buildings are new and thats how we got fiber optic and like 70mbps(edit: even in my crappy cheap room, decent houses faster). Crazy population density also forced everyone to live in apartments, making cable installations easier. Would not recommend our Thanos snap route of getting fast internet.

[@MrRishik123]

@@jc_hd23vods81 F

[@andyp123456]

I'd willingly vote for most of the suggestions put forth in this manifesto, but I wouldn't vote for Jo Swinson. She ruled out a coalition with Labour, but I never heard her say she'd rule one out with the Tories, and look what happened last time.

[@Silver-st2zq]

Well said and i would not vote for her either.

[@bencebalint1956]

Increasing the minimum wage for zero hour contracts will just result in everyone having 16 hour contracts. The promise however will surely get some votes from that block. This is why I'm not a devoted democrat anymore. It's all about promising extra pennies to certain voting blocks. Although I have to say, coming from a country that suffered 50 years of soviet occupation, I'm not exactly keen on dictatorships either. Something needs to change though.

[@NotHPotter]

I'm not sure I see much light between this manifesto and that of the Greens.

[@sandsybabes]

scrapping trident is the biggest difference makerto make me vote green, plus the lib dem's green targets seem a little half hearted compared to the greens'

[@NotHPotter]

@@sandsybabes Eh, I can see some difference of degree in some of the proposals, but it largely strikes me as the sort of stuff that would ultimately look fairly similar once being put through the sausage making of parliamentary debate and amendment.

[@matthewmaylin2268]

Mike Sands btw you might not have a choice with their Unite to remain pact. You should check out TLDR’s other video on that and see if your constituency is one where the greens or lib dems have decided to not field a candidate. In my constituency I couldn’t vote green even if I wanted to!

[@1LittleTinker]

HS2 and nuclear power was out for the greens, but not lib dems. The first I don't care about but the second we might need a bit longer...

[@serban031]

The biggest I noticed was that the greens are insanely ambitious on green policies, anti trident, higher taxes and a heavily reformed income tax from the greens. The libdems didn’t say no to nuclear power which is good because it’s the only consistent source of non-gas, non-coal energy to work toward low/no emissions worldwide. Some other ones but those were the big ones.

[@rufioh]

This was a lot better than the Green’s manifesto

[@HansVonMannschaft]

It soooo is.

[@1LittleTinker]

Similar but more realistic than idealistic

[@AJBlue98]

Well, that was abrupt.

[@MatthewJBD]

A little worried about what impact the alcohol price raises will have on pubs and restaurants.

[@decapitatedBunnies]

But not concerned about how much alcohol costs the tax payer with policing peoples Friday night and the burden and cost to the NHS?

[@MatthewJBD]

@@decapitatedBunnies people not being able to handle their drink or have self control shouldn't tax the pubs into closure.

[@decapitatedBunnies]

@@MatthewJBD So your saying people should drink less... which would still mean less revenue for pubs etc. Personally i think the drug should be banned.

[@MatthewJBD]

@@decapitatedBunnies no, I'm saying this will make more people drink at home because they'll be priced out of pubs and restaurants putting people out of work.

[@florencebourgeois8472]

They’re so similar to labour’s- someone’s fishing for a coalition

[@Silver-st2zq]

Labour will not go there with them after they got into bed with the Tories but the SNP?

[@Powerof7even]

The liberals are just stealing votes at this point to keep their party alive.

[@sms4774]

Jo has said she woudn't have a coalition with either party so long as Jeremy Corbyn or Boris Johnson are there... but if they wern't there? Possible

[@danielastorga2296]

Who else got LibDems as their first choice in Vote for Policies?

[@ShrunkedDude]

Definitely not me, they are Tories.

[@huwgrossmith9555]

Copied almost entirely from Labor but they've been further right in the parliament...

[@cai739]

Lib Dem are very different to Labour when it comes to social issues. Lib dems want the legalisation of weed and decriminalisation of drugs which labour is very against. Lib dems have been calling for a change in prison policy for years which labour have started to campaign for but not as extreme as the Lib Dems. Lib dems aren't planning on nationalising like Labour are. Lib Dems also aren't planning on borrowing as much. If you actually look at both manifestos there are some similarities but are different and have different long term goals.

[@nativeteacher0025]

@@cai739 I honestly do not at all believe them. To all intents and purposes they are stepping in to the right of centre shoes of the Torys and the Torys are going Fascist.

[@NeroPop]

can you also please talk about plaid cymru's manifesto as nobody ever talks about them and they're currently my constituences mp

[@helpimstillintherestaurant]

I like how these videos use the exact verbs and adjectives the original party uses, I found it a bit jarring in the Brexit Party manifesto but on reflection it's really important as it demonstrates your commitment to purely summarising the manifestos, with no spin

[@lordgong4980]

The Lib Dems seem to have a manifesto much like the Greens. But with a much broader look at education and health. If i was a Brit i would most likely be a Lib Dem but here in America i am just a Moderate Democrat

[@nninjastrike2127]

6:28 What does minimum unit pricing for alcohol mean?

[@Silver-st2zq]

Helped bring in way higher tuition fees and nothing about scraping them if they get into power but please forget all that younger votes and vote for us!

[@cai739]

I believe you'll find it was labour who brought in tuition fees.

[@secondtimearound2539]

@@cai739 I believe you'll find that it was not tuition fees but a grant to be repaid by those who could afford it, and it was nowhere near the £9,000 that the LibDem-Tories brought in. Labour has made a manifesto promise to scrap any future fees and are looking at ways to annul or greatly reduce debts currently choking post-grads since 2010.

[@Silver-st2zq]

@@cai739 Your right i should have said helped bring in £9000 tuition fees and yeah at least Labour will scrap them unlike the Lib Dems.

[@cai739]

@@secondtimearound2539 a grant to be repaid? If you need to repay it then its a loan not a grant, so either way students had to start paying for university. Also, I never said I agreed with the huge tuition fee rais by the lib/con coalition. I was just pointed out it was Labour who first introduced fees. Also I don't think uni should be free, we need to reform the university system. There are too many people going to uni for the sake of it and getting worthless degrees when they would be much better off going into apprenticeships. The tax payer shouldn't be wasting money for these people to go uni. Instead, university fees should be subsidised based on economic needs and wealth. Students from wealthy backgrounds who can afford it shouldn't receive as big a subsidy as someone from a lower income family. As I also mentioned degrees should be subsidised depending on what the economy needs. If there's a shortage of nurses, heavily subsidise nursing degrees to encourage more people to take it. If we have a shortage of civil engineers subsidise that so there's an incentive for people to take it. Making uni completely free is a waste of money.

[@thetntsheep4075]

Will you do the Monster Raving Loony Party manifesto? 😂

[@Paranoid_Found]

And Count Binface

[@realnoahsimpson]

yeh, Corbyn's just launched it

[@jameslewis2635]

It all sounds very nice (apart from the support for HS2, a sheme that only makes sense if you live in London) until you think about how it could be made possible. Unfortunately this is all cloud cookoo land. There is no way the Liberal Democrats could ever make this manifesto a reality and they know it. Quite simply, this is a pledge list of someone who knows they are not going to be in a position where they will be expected to live up to it. This is a simple tactic to build up the number of Liberal Democrat MP's in the next government rather than being able to form that government. It will also have the unfortunate effect in taking votes away from the Labour party who are the only realistic hope for those wanting to avoid a hard-line or no-deal Brexit.

[@kimwarburton8490]

Its essentially the same as labour, bar brexit n cannabis

[@edd0195]

Does the pay rise for the police extend to other public sector workers, such as the armed services and the civil service?

[@jproud6]

How do I get the manifestos?

[@ozbaz99]

Vote Liberal Democrat 🙂

[@BIZKIT551]

I want LibDems to win because they will allow Hong Kong citizens who hold a BNO (British National Overseas) passport to finally have the right to abode in the UK. Which is a huge relief for the HKers who are trapped in the tight grip of the CCP at the moment.

[@danielwebb8402]

When they say a single set of tax rates for income, capital gains, dividends I understand what they mean. But they also say inheritance. But no mention if to include lifetime. Are they going to tax pocket money as income? That is what it reads like.

[@matthewmaylin2268]

daniel webb even if there was no age limit for taxation, each person still has a personal allowance. So you don’t need to file taxes unless you earn more than £12,000 a year. If your pocket money is more than that maybe you should pay tax on it 😂

[@KikomochiMendoza]

oooh I like this tint of Blue

[@DaveMcKeegan]

I'd like to know what the Lib Dems stance on Brexit would be if they managed to get a majority of seats but the majority of UK votes were in favour of pro-Brexit parties ... since with the proportional representation system that they want to introduce the government would actually have a Brexit majority - In that instance would they actually be democratic and proceed with Brexit or become the Liberal Dictators and cancel Brexit anyway?

[@Steve-si5nq]

They would cancel article 50 for sure, because they promised it in the manifesto. And allow me to give the same question to you, what would the brexit party do if they won a majority in parliament despite most people being pro-EU? Why call it a liberal dictatorship? There is no need to be hyperbolic in the comment section or anywhere on the internet.

[@DaveMcKeegan]

@@Steve-si5nq I'm not suggesting it would be acceptable for a pro-Brexit party to act the same way in the reverse situation, however a few reasons to answer your question The first is that this is a video specifically about the Lib Dems not the other parties Second is the Lib Dems are literally named 'Democratic' so it would be especially hypocritical of them to act in such a way Thirdly is that the Lib Dems are pledging to change the voting system to proportional representation, so they'd then be in a position that they would be introducing a system that would have prevented them from being elected in the first place. I imagine its all hypothetical anyway as it seems unlikely that the Lib Dems will win a majority, more likely form a coalition with Labour or Greens who are both pushing for a referendum rather than a straight cancellation

[@Steve-si5nq]

@@DaveMcKeegan It would be hypocritical for all of the parties, they all claim and are democratic. And the name although symbolically significant in no way would make it more or less hypocritical then if any other party did It. I mean the Brexit party could have been the democratic brexit party and it's action and promises wouldn't cary any more or less weight just because of the name. It just seems to me that you are unfairly picking on the Liberal Democrats here when they would be as guilty as anyone else.

[@DaveMcKeegan]

@@Steve-si5nq Not the case Steve, I put the same scenario in the video regarding the Greens manifesto in the hope that TL;DR will put it to the party member they are going to be interviewing I would also put the question to the Brexit party (or any other party for that matter) It's an interesting potential situation, do you honour your manifesto or the majority of people?

[@Steve-si5nq]

@@DaveMcKeegan I feel you are being dishonest. The question whether they will follow their election manifesto or the "will of the people" ended with the phrase "liberal dictatorship", which was a pretty blatant attempt to attack the Liberal Democrats dedication to their democratic wiews. This is how a conserned impartial citizen would word a question. You pretty obviously don't like them, and pointed out a fault of there's that every political party in almost any country would share.

[@Buzzer]

Gender neutral school uniforms, lmao are they serious.

[@Togepi-tj8kr]

Ye idiots

[@kittycatwhiskers2094]

I think its an okay idea, not that it is necessary and yes its a bit random, however I find it will be a lovely thing in this day and age

[@Buzzer]

@@kittycatwhiskers2094 Gender neutral uniforms is stupid and shouldn't be compulsory, but if they want to wear it then they should at least have the option to.

[@callum9513]

I think I'm lib dem. Thought I was Green, Lib dem benefits me more

[@callum9513]

@Michael Havelin I'm trying mate.

[@Azz156]

GreazeOn MySleave dont fool yourself, vote labour if you don’t want brexit. Tories 42%, Labour 30% & LibDem 15% You guys use first past the post voting, so if you vote for libdem your voting for brexit by splitting the remain vote.

[@BrestFanTV]

@@Azz156 depends were you live, voting labour in Bath for example is a wasted vote as that seat in contested between conservative and lib dems, labour are often a distant third place. In that instance voting labour would be helping conservative take that seat.

[@robinbeckford]

Bit lacking in public spirit there, aren't you?

[@Azz156]

@@BrestFanTV in that case vote lib dem, or if your in scotland vote snp other wise vote labour

[@alisonmurphy-maley8957]

Could they possibly pull their finger out and get their bottoms moving before 2030, positive results sooner rather than later as more and more are having to use foodbanks and homelessness is on the increase

[@trainman07011]

What are the principle differences between this and the Green Manifesto? What is stopping the Lib Dems and the Greens from uniting to become more influential?

[@phill2065]

Andrew Kiely the voters maybe would be dissatisfied on the Green Side

[@davedogge2280]

David Owen / David Steel steel and Paddy Ashdown look like titans Vs these lot which are like Pee Wee Herman.

[@qyuburt2796]

They lost me at "oppose Scottish independence" Was looking good as well.

[@crazyrobots6565]

Lost me at proportional representation

[@solhsa]

I suppose if they start from the position of staying in the eu, scotland doesn't have that much to complain about..?

[@karlmarx1868]

@@solhsa Scotland would still have a good case for Independance the main reason Brexit is useful is the quote the SNP gave in 2014 was " A referendum for Scottish independance should be a once in a lifetime event unless something dramatic happens such as Scotland leaving the EU" many unionists like to shorten the quote to use against the SNP but the quote has made a great case for another referendum

[@crazyrobots6565]

@@solhsa aye, but the two issues aren't necessarily mutually exclusive. If they can't stop Brexit, will they then support independence? I doubt it.

[@cheydinal5401]

"We need a second referendum because the people need to be allowed to change their mind on whether they want to leave the EU" "Second referendum, you say...?"

[@beastieboy3926]

The L D are beginning to realise that their policy to revoke brexit may not be as popular as they thought,so now seem to be leaning towards a second ref.The trouble with that stance is that Jo Swinson is on record as saying if vote in second ref supported brexit she would ignore it. Food for thought!

[@selfmademannorrie]

Will you be making a video about the SNP manifesto?

[@marksimons8861]

I hope the LDs have learnt from the disastrous policy of joining a coalition in favour of keeping the parliament hung and only supporting a minority government on a case by case basis. For this to work I'd like to see and end to opposition for the sake of opposition. There is a strong history of cross party collaboration on issues that really matter. I felt that the self-imposed minority government of BoJo was just what the country needed to prevent recklessness, and consequently that the fixed term parliament should remain.

[@vikb4151]

Orange tories

[@susanmerriman4520]

I read the labour manifesto short and now this one, I want to know exactly which groups are being side lined and how we are going to pay for this ?.

[@secondtimearound2539]

Susan Merriman Labour manifesto goes a deal of the way to explain that if you read it? Also, 'Funding Change'.

[@Dave-hn5tl]

1:20 Sneaky red bus there.

[@ShopSongs]

Nothing on there about University Tuition Fees? Interesting..

[@manchild.]

See: Labour

[@svenwillett1750]

Yep. Except for the skills wallet, which is a scam, as it would pay for almost nothing. Also, you only get a considerable amount after 50, long after you need the money for study.

[@ShopSongs]

@@manchild. I know, but it's just interesting because a lot of people refuse to vote lib dem because of the university tuition fee rise they passed through parliament in 2012 after they pledged in their manifesto to remove tuition fees completely, which is what made so many people vote for them in the first place, and now they're not even mentioning it? Maybe they would rather us forget that.

[@manchild.]

@@ShopSongs Ha! Yea, pretty sure they'd love if we would. I think too many people have. But I wouldn't trust LDs with anything. They're dangerous opportunists

[@airdraken]

@@ShopSongs Yeah they definitely would rather we forget it. If they mentioned lowering tuition fees, i think they would get alot of backlash and it'd be a huge talking point for them that they couldnt promise that last time!