Liberal Democrats 2024 Manifesto: Everything You Need To Know 

The lib dems can help us heal

If they stick to their manifesto and don't forego all electoral chances for the next decade for a crumb of power, mansion and 5p plastic bag surcharge (gained at the cost of further bastard-level sanctions on benefit claimants) then they might be relevant, yeah. I always remember the line from 'Lenin' portrayed by Sir Patrick Stewart - "Don't trust the Liberals, they will betray you"

It's also completely un-costed. The LibDems have the luxury of knowing they won't be in government so don't actually have to deliver on their promises.

​@@ddandymannwhat in particular in this manifesto seems uncostable to you?

@@benfennell6842 Okay I could write an essay on this but I'll just give one clear example for brevity. The Health Foundation, a public health charity, estimates that at minimum an additional £9 billion a year is needed to simply prevent further decline in the NHS. The LibDems promise to do this this and make significant improvement significant improvements for for £8.3 billion. That just doesn't add up. This type of optimistic costing runs all the way through the manifesto, on both sides of the budget.

Yea, but affordable if the fucking 1%ers and mega corporations pay their due

It’s not as expensive as the greens, but my hope is that they are the opposition

Also Trump in a nutshell

I can only imagine it was cooked up by what was once the lunatic fringe (which is now the mainstream) of the Tories. Now here's the kicker; anyone with a few functional brain cells and a postage stamp's worth of political and constitutional understanding will have said that this would face drawn out legal challenges. First off I just thought it was another expensive time wasting distraction and Sunak would turn round and utter something about "lefty lawyer's and woke courts obstructing our grand plan... Blah blah blah... It's all Labour's fault (something about Jeremy Corbyn", move on and bring it up as needed. But no, they doubled down giving time for even some of the knuckle draggers to work out - as we told them from the start - that it was throwing money away and not doing what it said on the tin. Now the question is, was the whole scheme actually part of a greater plan to attack the courts and lever us away from the ECHR? Or was it Sunak's complete political ineptitude and actually a plan to keep the idiot parade in his own party distracted, not realising it would come back to bite him? We know the nut job element, but I can't work out why the saner Tories continued pushing it as if it were important that it succeeded?

Also, it gives assloads of money to some very rich corporations

Tories and Reform fighting over a shrinking portion of society as if that is all that exists.

And they're all going to Reform anyways so

Agreed, i grew up in Coventry and before i left (live in Gloucester now, weird but nice place) they'd closed an entire housing estate rather than pay to manage it after decades of dumping "undesirables" there. Makes you wonder how many times that has happened up and down the country.

Excellent point, where I live they have recently approved building for homes, can't remember exact amount, on a popular green space known as the snipes, meanwhile the local leisure center was shut down now sits empty with it's two decent sized car parks and the town centre is full of empty shops, I am constantly wondering why they don't use these spaces instead

none of them have any economic incentive to live in

⁠@@SuhbanIo How so?

@@wildfire9280 why don't you live in a random cottage in the middle of nowhere with no infrastructure, internet, or toilet?

I'm with you!

Who's wes streeting?

​@@wigpiipgiw1582soon to be health Secretary

There’s no way you get them out. But, voting tactically to eliminate the tories will result in the lib dems being in opposition and thus able to hold Labour to account.

@@ProsecutorZekrom You knew exactly what he meant. Don't be a smart arse.

What happens if the Lib Dems do a coalition with them and become yellow tories?

I live an area that is fairly posh (I’m not btw) but surprisingly voted remain. I’m seeing lots of Lib Dem posters in my area, and I suspect teetering towards this. Fingers crossed🤞🏾

In the meantime, swap your vote to increase their chances.

Same! Labour are entirely out of the running so Libs are the best vote strategically. But actually I like their manifesto too so it works out!

Don't forget the plastic bag charge (good) that they had to yield benefits sanctions being increased by the tories(very bad)

The fact is the libdems are economically liberal, which makes them very inclined too support tory candidates and sell out.

This and then their next leader being homophobic put me off of them. But as we've seen time and time again with Labour, parties can change dramatically so I'll give them a chance

@@hatinmyselfiscool2879 Yeah, that is a concern

Let's be honest here, they were doomed to be junior partner, and in the eyes of the Tories themselves, probably not much above the tea boy. They were dealing with the devil and a chance at power probably blinded them to that fact.

But isn’t Lib Dems more right wing than Labour still?

@@user-lo5kj8im5d Thanks to Starmer, even the tories are barely more right wing than Labour

​@@user-lo5kj8im5dConsidering this manifesto I'm not sure that holds up anymore. Lib Dem might be the left wing party now.

​@@user-lo5kj8im5dnot anymore, labour is more neoliberal

​@zooker7938 labour would have stayed in their left wing circles if the british people didn't push them to become what they are. If nobody wants to vote for corbyn, then the party will become a neoliberal alternative again.

They voted for the Tories because they're far white, and they will vote for reform for the same reason, racist is an illness

Where is this?

i watched it in 30 seconds B)

😔

​@@sapphoschild3019I watched it in 30, but I was blinking rapidly while I did it. I reckon that counts as 15.

Get your mates to vote lib dem

What's CI?

@@FG-ul6yi Capital investment. Basically borrowing that wouldn't add to the national debt as you are left with an asset that pays for itself

@Oflaherty86 that's interesting - don't suppose you know where i can find out more? I haven't heard of it?

@@FG-ul6yi Google is a good place to start, but Ed Davey mentioned it on question time the other night.

Tories are neck deep in cannabis companies, no way they'll let it pass if it affects their mark-up and they'll lobby the shit out of any attempt.

Average lib dem voter

@@wentoneisendon6502nah this is the average green viter

@@wentoneisendon6502 nope , conservative.

Thanks for the heads up mate!

@@justsomegeezer69 maybe worth giving a shout out in case others are getting it, some insidious sh#t apnin👍

You may aswel read it yourself, they have so little actual political literacy that the manifestos not even 30 pages 😂

no the lib dems were the most pro remain party of all

Cheers!

Because it is unsustainable

@@unitedfront9717 Unfortunately. Just too expensive.

​@@unitedfront9717it is sustainable

​@@unitedfront9717 unsustainable in what sense? It's a fully costed manifesto.

​@@zo2bvwho fully costed it?

I'm doing my best to keep it down for these, but all of the pent up swearing is being poured into the next video!

@@justsomegeezer69 That's exactly what I wanted to hear!

I'm sure he will

Have you not paid attention to this video plus greens in General are dumb given their stance on nuclear energy

To be fair, Labour will win. And they will increase their vote share like everywhere in the country. Unless you think the Tories will somehow win in your seat, if it's not already a Tory seat then vote your conscience

@@ILikedGooglePlus Sorry forgot to mention it was a Labour safe seat, not a regular seat. There's little chance of the Liberal Democrats winning, nevermind the Tories or Reform.

Convince the other asshat parties to tactically vote for lib dem lol

@@commuterjack Even still, voting for a minor party directly helps their funding, visibility, and legitimacy. Even if they don't win the seat, national and local vote % is important for them. That said, I'm not trying to convince you which way to vote (beyond never vote Tory). I am not voting LibDem. Especially if you don't like the candidate. I just wanted to help you be most informed so you could make the decision you're happiest with

Does LD support a permanent ceasefire?

A lot of british people join the cadets in certain areas maybe that