A makes sense manifesto

Gilly

Gilly

Gilly

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I would back a party that:

  • Ceases to put other parties down for the sole aim of make itself look better
  • Proposes long-term changes with transparency to the public
  • Completely overhauls our welfare system with harsh penalties for those abusing it and the right money going to the right places
  • Provide benefits on a geographic location and case-by-case basis through localisation and means testing in line with local cost of living
  • Ensure that businesses that are taking money out of our country return a fair portion of that
  • Consolidate local government departments - a one-stop for all public service requirements
  • Introduce variation in public sector pay meaning that pay not only reflects performance and output but also cost of living
  • Lays out a proper approach to immigration, without hint of xenophobia but protecting the people we already have
  • Tighten tax and benefit restrictions, close the loopholes that allow people to avoid what should be paid (not currently must be paid)
  • Eradicate the divide between the 'classes'. The higher income sections of society believe they are handing those on welfare a life of riley, those on welfare believe that those in higher tax bands are rolling in it and can't even find enough things to splurge their money on.
  • Provides clarity to the public when one of the own has been found to have been acting in a way that is not in the interest of the public.

I can't think why they aren't doing this already. Am I alone in thinking this? Is it just pie in the sky?

The only problem I can see is political parties not wanting to lose their current membership for changing their approach. Is that it?

Have I just lost the plot?
 
Because the shake up that would be needed would be massive and would cause mayhem. Sadly. Would be brilliant if someone did do it though.

I hate PMQ's for the sole reason they just use it as a stage to **** each other off.
 
I agree with much of your thoughts. The present parties and their members seem to be the last people that should be in any kind of power. Each blames the other for anything and everything, and there is not enough transparency for the common man.

I don't vote because I feel that they are all as bad as each other. Also, I genuinely don't understand how they are so incompentant on obvious issues. The cynic in me thinks that it is all a big, linked old boy's club, anyway.
 
Edrof said:
I don't vote because I feel that they are all as bad as each other. Also, I genuinely don't understand how they are so incompentant on obvious issues. The cynic in me thinks that it is all a big, linked old boy's club, anyway.
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Same for me, I do not vote either because like you say, at the end of the day they are all as bad as each other.

Not one of them seem to stand for the ordinary people of the country.
 
Maybe it's because the leadership of all political parties seem to be mostly made up of (if not completely) incredibly rich people who have no idea what it's like to be in the middle of society or further down.
 
If that was the extent of my manifesto and I told you that I was a normal bloke with little knowledge of politics would that be a bad thing for you, or a good thing?

Would you vote for someone saying that?
 
It's just that I think I would, as a social experiment more than anything else.

It would probably end up in the person putting this forward being railroaded into things more experienced politicians wanted, or them becoming compromised, but I think I'd go for it.
 
Gilly said:
If that was the extent of my manifesto and I told you that I was a normal bloke with little knowledge of politics would that be a bad thing for you, or a good thing?

Would you vote for someone saying that?
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We'll all take your manifesto and push ourselves in our local areas. Get a party going in no time.

:D

Vive la Revolution
 
Gilly said:
If that was the extent of my manifesto and I told you that I was a normal bloke with little knowledge of politics would that be a bad thing for you, or a good thing?

Would you vote for someone saying that?
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Honestly, I would vote for you. I really would.
 
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