Labour 2024 Manifesto: Everything You Need To Know 

If Sir Keir’s father was a toolmaker, let’s hope that his son is not the biggest tool that he made 😮

I know this is a ways off, but I think a future video comparing Labor’s promises to the reality of what they do, after their four year-tenure is up would be a great idea. Just a thought, I’m not even British

Geezer keeping his word. Doing the hard work. Most importantly so I dont have to.

Ensuring labour don't coast by simply for not being the Tories is why it's important that the Tories get utterly obliterated and replaced as main opposition party by the Lib Dems. The Lib Dem manifesto is actually promising impressive shit and is arguably more left wing than Labour's right now.

Honestly, I found the Lib Dems one to be the best. Labour and Tory are shady and are quite literally very similiar churches to each other. (Edit: OMG thanks so much!)

"If you want to know everything that's in the manifesto, I recommend you go read it" Outrageous!

FINE COMPANIES BASED ON A PERCENTAGE OF THEIR NET WORTH / PROFITS. Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.

I liked the Lib Dem and Green Manifestos the best. The Greens are ambitious as Hell (like a 2030 net zero target and investing in green energy in Africa) and I can respect that, but there are just too many obviously impossible things in there that make it obviously clear they are a party obviously unprepared for any amount of power, whereas the Lib Dems strike a good balance between ambitious and realistic. Labor targeting 2040 for net zero is too fucking far. The fact that the Tories are also targeting 2040 says everything that needs to be said.

I actually like the Labour manifesto. It's a good mix of interventionist policy but also allowing the private sector to do its thing such as reforming the planning system and reducing NIMBYism. There was a recent article about how a proposal for 'Europe's largest data centre' in Havering was opposed by residents.

I feel like labour is being aggressively pragmatic in literally every aspect of their campaign, right down to the manifesto entirely because they know how biased and negative the British press is, particularly the English press. I'm curious to see what they do once they're in power

Thing is, Starmer can't make too many shattering proposals until he gets into Number 10 and sees what crud Rishi Rich and his predecessors left.

I was waiting for this video! Your videos on the manifestos have been so helpful - thank you

Heres to hopung that LibDems will put pressure on Labour to fix shit

Thanks Some Geezer- just the right amount and kind of information I wanted. Really not excited enough to read the entire manifesto Tbh, so I appreciate you doing this so we don't have to and giving us the key points

Baby, wake up; a new JSG video about the lukewarm Labour manifesto just dropped

so glad to have found your channel, thanks for the great videos!

It’s crazy how most people will vote Labour because the Conservatives are doing so badly at running the country😂

I would love to vote Lib Dem in my area, but because of our crappy FPTP system I need to vote Labour to punt the local Tory out. Would be so nice if *any* party reformed the voting system to Single Transferable Vote or even Proportional Representation.

Will you be covering the SNP manifesto, Geezer? Scottish subscriber here and was just curious. I know the SNP are not a UK-wide party but they're still important political players. Keep up the good work.

I'm concerned about what the manifesto does _not_ say: not taking railway rolling stock back into public ownership; not scrapping voter ID law; not repealing the recent changes to public order law; not removing the 2 child benefit cap; no rent control; no council house building program; no reform of drugs law; no opposition to genocide being carried out by our allies; and no mention of the expanded "antisemitism" (aka anti-zionism) laws that I'm convinced Starmer wants to introduce.

Good luck, Brits. That's all I got. Edit: those Trump golf courses are great sites for E-windmills.

“For people that are interested in politics but aren’t complete virgins” That is a slim margin online.

Tories are total toast. Labour will win by a landslide.. So go nuts.. Vote for who you really want... Help the other lefter parties.. Do not give torie labour a massive majority, or nothing will change....

Love you work, thanks for the last three quality videos

Hey John, a lot of people love you and we want you to do what's best for yourself

I agreed with most of labours policies other than the more police one, i think of police as more of a gang in this county rather than civilian protection.

Awesome journalism. Keep going guys. ❤️🙏

How on earth have I gotten interested in 🇬🇧 Elections from the USA? It feels that I totally don’t belong here.

I'd be quite interested to see your Reform and Green manifesto videos as well tbh, nice work fella

Enjoying these vids

Now PLEASE cover the green manifesto

Cheers again bro 🎉

I am way too excited about being bored sh*bless by politics. Think we've had enough of the old Chinese curse "may you live in interesting times".... Thanks Geezer, top drawer stuff, as ever. Love you tooooooo

I’m hoping for the best, planning for the worst. It’s not like there is a real choice. Hopefully the LibDems can become the opposition and maybe shift the Overton window a bit.

Remember, you’re not a British political party unless one of the first things you do while in power is to start passing authoritarian, freedom restricting laws.

Not too bad of a manifesto, makes me want to support them even more now

This has been a great series. Honestly. Thank you. Not enough people do it and that’s we end up arguing about things we clearly have not researched. I actually went and read them my self and I feel more informed. For me it’s about the economy, health, and equality. On that basis I’ve made up my mind about who I will be voting Lib Dem. The proposal to close cushy tax holes that the super wealthy, big Tech and big banks benefit from is especially appealing. And reducing capital gains tax so that we actually make money when we sell our houses or other assets. I just wish people would give them a bit more time👏👏👏👏

Pretty fantastic summation😁❤️

I'm glad you mentioned the overload of Starmer photos in their manifesto. I noticed that immediately and wondered if it was just me.

Thank you very much for this.

Thanks for the work mate, this is the most useful way my uneducated european mind is getting updated on british politics xxx

The problem I see with the manifesto, is that spending is predicated on economic growth over 5 years...if I understood it correctly. Forecasting economic growth beyond. 12 months is next to impossible. Making plans is fine, it's events that throw you off. I hope they get in but equally, that they haven't bet the farm on growth. Where's the backup plan?

Well done. My guess on why Labour is so non specific is to avoid oneupmanship with any of the other parties but mainly the Conservatives. They are ahead and have nothing to gain by stating numbers which can then be bested by the others.

Hope u go far I just subscribed finally someone who speaks proper English ❤😂

You are literally my top 5 favourite youtubers

Really useful and digestible video! You did keep saying you found the lack of figures disheartening but I prefer it, id rather they broadly outline plans than throwing impossible figures in the air they then don’t achieve 😅 Its a refreshing change

The only thing that really lights my fire in this manifesto is re-nationalising the railways

We have cancelled every payment we used to donate to charities, we cannot afford the payments now.

Starmer’s Labour; the death of hope

Well sorted.

Would be nice if you put these into a playlist.

That will save me looking at the tory manifesto.

I do actually want a new parliament for British people

12:27 got me good, fair play

Electoral Reform: They should do away withthe FPTP and replace w proportional representation. This will completely do away w the Torries

You had me at Bum Chocolate!

Let's hope there's a huge turnaround and Labour remember they are supposed to be socialist. This needs the public to remember that they aren't all about to become millionaires and should therefore support more socialist ideals for their benefit.

what is gb energy it doesnt seem to include building PowerStation's nor wind or solor its a great headline but i cant find out what exactly it means

Honestly, a pretty disappointing manifesto, certainly a step in the right direction but not nearly ambitious enough, I think it really speaks to how years of austerity have made the british in general think in minutia rather than be ambitious with what our country can acheive. Also, really good video, the humour was absolutely on point

You haven't mentioned about spouse visa requirements, as you said other things about migration but then you said the rest might go back to normal so the requirements of spouse visa will go back to £18,600 ?

This time around, I’m going LD. Their manifesto speaks to me the most and more importantly, they don’t back Brexit. Also, they seem to want to address the constant sprawl of new housing estates popping up (who wants a used new-build?) with a genuine alternative, so that’ll hopefully appeal to Millennials and Zoomers.

I like the pledge to hire 6,500 new teachers, and it is great that it is costed, with the funding coming from the reintroduction of VAT on private school fees. But it seems light on detail. How will they recruit them? Upping wages for teachers? Subsidising or making teacher training free? Particularly in the case of the latter, how long will it take for the teachers to be hired and in place in schools?

Is stopping new flats from being sold as leaseholds a good thing?

"Angela Rayner: Every part of Britain will take fair share of migrants" "Party deputy leader insists all authorities must house successful asylum seekers who will be eligible for places in new 1,500,000 social housing" The Telegraph 26/6/24

Please can u do a video on reform uk party manifesto?

I dont understand when people insult a politician or party by calling them 'boring'. In my opinion, Boring is the best possible thing a politician could be. Good leadership always looks boring.

What We need to know is what's being held back for fear of compromising their campaigns. Such is the nature of what is being painted as honest and credible.

…there’s brands on school uniforms in the UK?

The manifesto itself is… fine, but it’s everything else around current Labour that gives me concern. Obviously not the point of this video, but if these vote projections are accurate & they gain a fucking massive majority holding them accountable is going to be massively important. Great video as always, thanks for the series 👏

Are you going to do one on snp, green and reform?

its amazing how they can put out a mannifesto thats 136 pages thats also completely blank

Go geezer❤

The best surprise thing they can and should do, is introducing PR.

I'm a Murrkin. Most of what I know about contemporary British politics (and some of what I know about contemporary Murrkin politics and other things), I know from your fine channel. I was wondering how the Conservatives had managed to stay in charge of the UK for 14 years. Then I saw this video and it became slightly clearer. Punishing corporate execs for literally dumping **** into your water is definitely better than deporting refugees to Rwanda. But having a better way is not much good if you put people to sleep trying to explain your better way to them. Maybe the Lib Dems will pressure Labour into sexy-ing up their presentation a bit? Clearly, for now, "We're not the Tories!" is a winning slogan, but once you've got power, you've got to keep it, and voters tend to very quickly forgot how horrible the last guys were.

Will you be doing reform?

Wasn't the smoking thing announced by the other lot? Looks like more work for our hard pressed dealers. Like the new houses thing .... but as with the £6.6bn announced towards energy efficiency, to what standard is it intended to raise how many domiciles? Will the new stuff be built to full Passive House standards (or better ... it's possible)? OK. Unreservedly like the railways thing. The privatised companies have had WAY more public money than old BR ever got. Hope that is done with some sympathy for Scot Rail and TfW, or there'll be fireworks. Something specific regarding intentions for expanding OHLE (electrification) and increasing freight by rail would be nice .... but I'm a rail nerd. Nowt much in democratic overhauls? Odd omission.

Algo boost!

Regarding LGBT rights, they are becoming as bad as the Tories. So bloody disappointing 😔

I feel Labour has been secretive on Defense because they know they will have to spend more the an 2.5% gdp , I also feel that they will massively increase Defense spending when they realise the threat.

Great vid as always! Labour's manifesto is okay, though the Lib Dems' remains my favorite 'cause it seems like they're more eager to take bold action and give everything a new lease on life without breaking the bank. Their focus on social care and housing is especially fetching.

Does the manifesto mention anything about ending zero hour contracts, stopping channel crossers, a vision on handling AI in workplace and education, making houses more affordable and preventing rich landlords from buying up homes and renting them out to multiple not-well-off young people?.... if not, then still not got my vote yet then as these are the biggest worries for the country at this time!!!

They had a chance to win me back but they fucked it. I’m going all in on the Lib Debs

We’ve already voted 💚

“I don’t need a hundred thousand pictures of Kier Starmer looking all stoic and sexy. That’s what my bedroom wall is for.” 😂

Thank you for spelling "Pewtin" in a way that is phonetically accurate for most British people 😆

A knight of the realm as a labour party leader 🤦‍♂

Please consider doing a video about Google and project nimbus

Purely coming from the video here, haven't read their manifesto. But on the healthcare stuff, I'm not sure if training thousands more gps really means much because gp is a popular training pathway that thousands will aready be going into over the next parliament anyway whatever the government does or does not do, would like to see actual policy on how they're going to affect that. Also the community pharmacy prescribing service already exists and has done for a while so mot sure what that's about.

I promise to introduce oxygen to our environment, water in our rivers and some other things probably.

Yup they did

“That’s what my bedroom wall is for!”

If they stick to this I will be happy I am not sure what more you would want?

After 14 tough years -especially for the poorest -and this is what Labour has to offer....a continuation of 'One Nation' Conservativism. There will no doubt be more cuts (under a new fancy name), protecting the wealthest whilst saying 'we are having to make tough decisions because of the mess we were left with' - just like Cameron and Osborne did. Actually, the tougher decisions would be to be bolder and braver and introduce a wealth tax instead of constantly cutting services.

Their manifesto is not even that bad. It's so boring because they've only included things they can actually achieve. If you conpare how previous governments have delivered to what Labour are pledging now, it's actually quite good.

Both big parties need a shock.

This is so cool. I have a question and I hope someone will answer me. Why is right wing bad and left wing good? And which is more realistic and can make life better for everyone?

As an American, I can't vote. But if I could, I'd actually vote for the Liberal party over Labour, just for their manifesto on health care reform. (I'm American remember 😅)

Are you planning on doing green or reform ?

I’m just pissed he made my name less cool

will you do green party?