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Official (if AtW allows) Labour Manifesto Thread
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Where does 123k come from? Seems a bit random.
I bet the Tory manifesto won't be nearly so interesting, it'll just be meaningless bumf i.e. carry on as we are. I have absolutely no idea what the LibDems are standing for!Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by d000hg View Post
As Laura K. writes, we certainly can't .....
one day at a timeComment
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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostWhen are you standing as a lib dem candidate? Just need to know so I can come help you with the leafleting.
You are welcome to come for a glass of wine (or vodka if you prefer anyway)Last edited by AtW; 16 May 2017, 12:12.Comment
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostThere was another 'live' thread as it went on but let's have a proper thread now it's done?
What have we got then?
- 45% income tax on 80k, 50% on 123k
- Special levees on companies with very high earners ~300k
- No raises to NI or VAT
- CT rising to 26%
- Abolish tuition fees
- Nationalise rail, postal service and water
- Part-nationalisation of energy companies
- free nursery provision for children 2-5
- Triple lock pensions guaranteed
- Brexit as long as it preserves British jobs
What else...? Let's get it straight before we tear it apartComment
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostWhere does 123k come from? Seems a bit random.Comment
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Originally posted by Bee View PostNationalise it's a communist strategy.Comment
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Originally posted by jamesbrown View PostYes, there's definitely a choice this time. However, to quote von Bismarck, politics is the art of the possible. It isn't what McDonnell and Corbyn say that worries me (although it does), it's what they believe. When the mask slips, they have seriously hard-left views, not moderate views a half-step from the centre ground. The manifesto isn't hard-left, but it's the product of a policy process that's designed to dilute. You literally cannot take them at face value.
Regardless the party isn't Corbyn and McDonnell, and struggles to support them. I don't think the party would allow them to drag it further and further to the left, do you?
I actually think that the things Corbyn says he wants to do as stated are OK. 1)IF as you say it's what they actually want to do, and 2)IF the sums add up. 1)worries me less, but 2)seems a huge problem. If we were a country with vast natural resources and politicians who knew what they are on about, a state-run infrastructure is to me a nice ideal. BUT, it IS an ideal... I think the manifesto is idealistic.
Others here will say it's intrinsically wrong even if was affordable, but we end up in the same place I think.Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by jamesbrown View PostWith the Tories, it'll be to soak the rich with stealth taxes (I predict).Comment
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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostWhen are you standing as a lib dem candidate?
Just need to know so I can come help you with the leafleting.
One thing is clear though - real desperate need for volunteers in area, because money spending is limited at very low level (even if party can raise it)Comment
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