I've been looking at the Labour and Conservative manfestos that have just come out...
Labour's manifesto is full of broken promises, scaled-back pledges, policies lifted from the Liberal Democrats and proposals that simply don't go far enough. The tax system is less fair than when they came to power in 1997. Inequality has increased. The House of Lords is still in its medieval unreformed state. We've got into messy wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The reputation of politics and politicans is worse than ever. Labour have had 13 years to get it right - why should they expect us to believe them this time? They got us into this mess, so why should we trust them to get us out?
The Tories manifesto is the usual mixture of sound bites and meaningless promises. Their agenda is simply to take help away from those that need it and give it to those already at the top. They're not offering real change - just a return to the 1980s. Cameron is simply saying 'Labout have messed up - so now it's our turn'. They want to get their snouts back in the trough, as Vince Cable puts it.
Our manifesto is out shortly. I'm sure we can do better!
