The Lib Dems' Manifesto Explained (it's pretty fun)

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With leader Ed Davey having a lot of fun on the campaign trail, many were asking what the Lib Dem's actual policies were. Thankfully, on Monday they released their manifesto and we're on hand to explain everything you need to know and their key pledges.
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@Simalacrum 7 дней назад

Interesting to see Lib Dems shift to the left of Labour

@palatasikuntheyoutubecomme2046 7 дней назад

WRONG! Lib Dems want pissant few billion tax increase with windfalls (which LABOUR tony blair did) and some spending here with healthcare some spending there with food. LABOUR wants national rail and electricity. Stop listening to corbyn he only tells lies thats why he lost to borris

@jacobtrowbridge1811 6 дней назад

Labour-Left here: oooooohhhhhhh how it hurts

@cheesebiscuits6323 6 дней назад

Yeah, new favourite (major) party

@the_BASE_00 6 дней назад

Left wing voters need that right now. Labour have betrayed the left, so parties like Lib Dems, Workers Party, or maybe even Greens would be a good choice

@DefaultMale_ 6 дней назад

Well I wouldn't say they are farther left of labour, definitely moving up and down on the authoritarian-libitarian*(edited) scale however.

@mab9614 7 дней назад

It has been a tradition for some Tory voters that if they are upset at the Tories, they will vote for Lib Dems as a form of “protest vote” The Tories can’t even conduct proper campaigning. Our dear PM left the 80th anniversary of D-Day ceremony early… Shame

@BoyeeSmudger 7 дней назад

He isn't anyones PM, the tories put him there. Although rather that than the tory members would pick - Liz Truss

@SpamMouse 7 дней назад

Time for Reform.

@WhichDoctor1 7 дней назад

@@SpamMouse the reform "party" is a corporation wholly owned by millionaires. We need a change, not more of the same

@SpamMouse 7 дней назад

@@WhichDoctor1 And other political parties are different how? Owned by unions or companies through lobbying, you think your membership card has any value or influence?

@mab9614 7 дней назад

@@SpamMouse I hate to say this but… It seems that one of the reasons why SOME decide to vote for reform is because they support “PR” If that’s one of the reasons to vote for Reform, then you may have just proved why Socrates believed that democracy is flawed.

@giveusascream 6 дней назад

Legalising cannabis and taxing it would bring in billions alone

@ggd1444 3 дня назад

Dreams may come true.

@boobdylan8904 3 дня назад

It would reduce the pointless prison/police/legal burden that comes from prohibition as well. I'm not holding my breath though

@artur24able 3 дня назад

@@ggd1444 Potheads

@ayylmao2569 2 дня назад

It'd also invite increased healthcare costs. Prevention of an issue like alcohol consumption, smoking or drug use is more important than just taxing its revenue to cover its treatment costs.

@saasda6255 День назад

@@ayylmao2569this assumes that people who don’t already smoke don’t have health issues

@vincilo8835 7 дней назад

I'm starting to think that Ed Davey might actually make a decent prime minister.

@richardjames3022 7 дней назад

@@kevinh4869 How could be grovell to the EU when we were one of the big 3.???????? You obviously don't seem to understand the EU

@ElysiumCreator 7 дней назад

I am starting to really like him. He actually seems genuine, especially with helping carers. Hope they do well in this election

@SpamMouse 7 дней назад

@@richardjames3022 The problem was The UK obeyed all EU laws where as other countries considered them optional.

@wattieiscute 7 дней назад

I want him to win

@torak_34 7 дней назад

@@kevinh4869 You think more trade with the EU market is a bad thing? 😂

@LiamDcosta 7 дней назад

One point, On Constitutional Reform, Lib dems specify that they want STV on the manifesto on their website. it says: Ensure no politician can take you for granted, by introducing proportional representation by the Single Transferable Vote for electing MPs, and local councillors in England.

@user-pn4py6vr4n 7 дней назад

That is what I, as an Australian, have been screaming at the US and UK to implement for the past decade. FPTP is grossly undemocratic, and makes it incredibly difficult to elect minor parties. As an Australian, I don't have to vote for the least bad of the big two parties for my vote to matter. I vote for my minor parties of choice first, then my major party of choice, then all of the other minor parties that shouldn't be allowed to run a lemonade stand, much less government.

@alistairwall5470 7 дней назад

Yep, it’s on page 99 of the manifesto itself too

@sirsurnamethefirstofhisnam7986 7 дней назад

As someone who lives in an overwhelmingly labour constituency my vote is essentially worthless because of this. Labour don’t have to do anything to win and stv would be a huge upgrade from what we have now

@thenneklkt7786 7 дней назад

@@user-pn4py6vr4n Lmao yeah. I can fairly blame the establishment in both the US and GB for all the poorly thought out policies there, but every time we get poor policy here in AUS I can be justifiably dismissive of people who complain, because they have the opportunity to back minor parties every election cycle and just don't.

@zeztro 7 дней назад

I'd prefer something similar to the additional member system like we have in Scotland (although I would take any PR over FPTP). I think the best way to implement it would be a ranked choice constituency vote and then a proportional top up system at the regional level.

@straticfox4600 7 дней назад

The Lib Dem manifesto is pretty good tbh

@CK-cz6ml 7 дней назад

We know it's you Ed

@Unhinged_Salmon 7 дней назад

@@kevinh4869 Aside from being vague on funding basically every way possible

@KrzysztofSzkodaGames 7 дней назад

I agree, because Brexit is a total disaster and still supported by the Brexit peasants

@distinctdipole 7 дней назад

I think it reads like the manifesto of a party aiming to be the official opposition. Here's hoping!

@wildfire9280 7 дней назад

@@kevinh4869 What makes solar panels far left?

@llblumire 7 дней назад

The manifesto did specify STV as the proportional representation of choice. Pretty bad one to miss, especially when you explicitly call out it as not saying

@saturnsandjupiters358 6 дней назад

let's goooo average STV W🔥🗣️🔥🔥

@quintuscrinis8032 6 дней назад

TLDR

@freyamiles3718 5 дней назад

@@saturnsandjupiters358I personally prefer MMP as it's easier to explain and I suspect it's simpler to enact but hey it's better than fpp

@falkkiwiben 2 дня назад

@@freyamiles3718 From a kiwi perspective it can have the issue of being to visual, so the opposition can use the election system as a scape-goat. Sounds daft, but you'd be suprissed how many kiwis hate MMP

@rewindoflow День назад

STV isn't proportional representation though?

@rkace155 7 дней назад

Taxing the oil companies and big banks to pay for public services. YES! Someone has the guts to say it. Labour could learn something from this

@MsSarahET 6 дней назад

How do you expect Labour to do anything when Starmer war bragging about being more conservative on immigration than Sunak during the debate.

@matthewtalbot-paine7977 6 дней назад

@@MsSarahET I mean being more conservative than the conservatives is a very low bar these days which is why their numbers are so shit.

@anthonylulham3473 6 дней назад

the oil firms will just pass on the costs to consumers. like they did with high oil costs in 2022. you can be sure that oil and gas wont lose, just the people that rely on petrol to get to work, or gas to heat their house. Same with the banks. BOE will hold intrest nice and high for an extra quarter to inflict pain on the population. Our entire tax code needs descrambling. The UK tax code is 10 million words and 21,000 pages. that's about 12.5 times the number of words in the Bible (800,000 words). The Hong Kong tax code, which comes in at 276 pages, is about 70 times smaller or 1.5% the size. International tax lawyers generally agree that it is the most efficient. fewer loopholes means less wiggling out of tax.

@mikethebloodthirsty 6 дней назад

They'll just put up their prices?!... well end up paying for it via that way. Its a dumb stupid idea.

@CM-vv8cv 6 дней назад

@@MsSarahET Starmer is also about to win the best Majority Labour has possibly ever seen. He's not saying things that lose votes, and will likely act after the election. People care about immigration, there is an issue, acting like it isn't won't win an election. Under corbyn, guy was great but, seriously an unelectable party leader is worse than one that can stop Tory rule, nationalise the things we need and stop the NHS being privatised. When left goes too far left, they ALWAYS lose the election, and it's all for nothing.

@getnohappy 7 дней назад

I think at this point Lords reform is a waste of political capital. The irony is that, at present, the unelected chamber is acting more in the benefit of Britain than the Tories. Equally, PR for the Commons is far far more important, and it would be a mistake to do both with the same parliamentary term

@disdisc 7 дней назад

The double edged sword of the house of lords is that they are in for life and don't have to worry about the short term and reflection like politicians but on the flip side if you have a bad pm who promotes a bad lord they will forever be bad.

@davegold 7 дней назад

It might be unimportant but everyone knows the Lords is going wrong. Any politician who says otherwise is a laughing stock.

@getnohappy 6 дней назад

@@disdisc It's a complex problem, because they're appointed for life the whip has no control (a good deal of Tory appointees have voted against the Government). I don't think as yet there is an alternative improved enough to warrant the political hassle when there are more direct pressing policies like PR and regional devolution that would have more practical pro-democracy impact.

@adventtrooper 6 дней назад

@@getnohappy I agree. Reforming the Lords is a low priority, yet could easily happen as a way to deflect attention from the problems in the Commons. However, I would like to see appointments to the Lords revised, as that is being abused by incumbent governments; reduction of numbers may be useful too, it has been done before but the numbers are back up again.

@A190xx 6 дней назад

The Lords has historically worked well as a check for government. If we get rid of it, we will have more politicians picking up fixed salaries and pensions whether they turn up or not and more elections. Like by-elections and EU elections, they will be used as protest votes against the encumbant government.

@JulianTheApostateEatingDoritos 7 дней назад

I will definitely be voting for the Lib Dems. Definitely a better choice than the two party system we currently have.

@jasonhaven7170 7 дней назад

More immigration under Lib Dems

@jasonhaven7170 7 дней назад

Lib Dems will increase immigration.

@jasonhaven7170 7 дней назад

More immigration under Liberal Democrats

@cazman182 7 дней назад

But our voting system enforces that two party system - unless hundreds or thousands of people agree with you in your constituency and change their vote in unison, then your vote will simply be discarded. I'm hoping that enough people think like you, see how fruitless voting for a third party is, and increase support for a voting system reform.

@hugoboss917 6 дней назад

Having 2 parties to vote for is only 1 up on totalitarian regime

@bob1234881 7 дней назад

Lib dems for future opposition party. 😀

@tobyanderson5328 7 дней назад

When this came out I immediately signed up to volunteer. We can be upset that such good polices are "wasted" on a party that won't win or we can be part of the solution

@ArcTV. 6 дней назад

unfathomably based

@falconeshield 6 дней назад

Then vote for them

@tobyanderson5328 6 дней назад

@@falconeshield I am

@thecrimsondragon9744 5 дней назад

I’ll be voting for them too. There seems to be a glimmer of hope finally.

@bj6515 День назад

But nothing on our Nuclear Deterrent, especially needed when facing a very aggressive Putler.

@samuelmelton8353 7 дней назад

Beats Labour - and they support PR.

@SirSupremmmmmmme 7 дней назад

LD too leftist.

@jasonhaven7170 7 дней назад

More immigration under Lib Dems

@danburke6568 7 дней назад

They lied before on PR. They joined the Tories in government saying they would give us the vote on PR. Then we didn't get it. They did let us vote on some random system no one wanted. Never trust them again. Evil.

@channel7zip 7 дней назад

The person above me is a grifter.

@CrusaderZav 7 дней назад

Reform also support PR.

@nraketh 5 дней назад

When one of a party’s basic tenets is to stop dumping sewage into the river, it makes you wonder what the hell is going on in a country.

@AssassinIsAfk 7 дней назад

Lib dems are going to have my vote

@palatasikuntheyoutubecomme2046 7 дней назад

Labour is better. They want a national rail and electricity company

@AssassinIsAfk 7 дней назад

@@palatasikuntheyoutubecomme2046 realistically labour is gonna win but lib Dems are the second best option

@alia7960 7 дней назад

@@palatasikuntheyoutubecomme2046No. PR automatically makes the Lib Dems better. You can’t support democracy and then not support PR. I would even be willing to get reform into government over Labour, as they will actually implement PR.

@jakemorgan7242 6 дней назад

@@alia7960 lib dem support PR

@phanton8129 6 дней назад

⁠@@alia7960Labour would lose their seats if PR did occur, not surprised

@philguer4802 7 дней назад

More leftist, pro-EU and democratics than Labour. I'm far left, but I would support them to see if they keep their promises.

@ashg9023 6 дней назад

Lib dems don't keep their promises, we should have learnt our lesson.

@reubenl8810 6 дней назад

It’s difficult to hold a grudge when all the other parties have broke our trust more recently and frequently

@quintuscrinis8032 6 дней назад

@@ashg9023They have only been in government as part of a coalition. Yes they didn't get everything through, but they did get many victories like equal marriage; the Green investment bank, delaying Brexit; and keeping a cap on tuition fees (both faces of the Labservatives had promised to follow the Brown report in allowing universities to charge whatever they wanted)!

@Ha-lw2cn 6 дней назад

What makes far-left as opposed to just left out of interest?

@feelmehish8506 6 дней назад

please don't have children.

@polsalaprat4726 7 дней назад

Why are liberals almost as left as labour?I am here for it

@samuelmelton8353 7 дней назад

Because Labour sacrificed all their principles to become electable - but what is the point of being elected if you have no principles?

@evilmiera 7 дней назад

Well, Labour is sliding away from the left at a fast rate. They're basically Tory Lite at this point.

@lewisbaitup6352 7 дней назад

They are lefter at this point lol, and their party's foundations were of the spintering of right wing labour members because labour was too labour for them lol.

@Infinitystar225 7 дней назад

Starter decided to so a Tony Blair and push Labour right to win and election. Lib Dems are more left wing at this point.

@jasonhaven7170 7 дней назад

More immigration under Lib Dems

@rainbowappleslice 6 дней назад

Ed Davey is doing a great job of showing people that he’s not some detached politician with no understanding of how people live their lives.

@blackroseangel123 7 дней назад

That's actually... Not bad

@shzarmai 7 дней назад

Britain really needs Georgist policies....

@GamersAdventureWorldGAWYT 6 дней назад

Georgism mentioned!!

@mapk1516 6 дней назад

Based Georgism

@paisleepunk 6 дней назад

it'd sure as shit beat what we've got now (speaking as a filthy american)

@PBI45 6 дней назад

GEORGISM MENTIONED!!!!

@mrgaudy1954 6 дней назад

I read that as “Greggs policies” and got a craving for a sausage roll

@jameschambers9969 7 дней назад

Wait, dumping raw sewage isn't illegal?

@TheLycanDragon 7 дней назад

It was, then Liz Truss decided with all the uproar instead of holding the water companies to account, she relaxed the limits for it so no-one could shout at the companies for breaking the law.

@kingthomasthehun8408 7 дней назад

The british sewage system is quite old so when there's lots of rain its filled to capticty so sewge companies have to dump it otherwise it would overflow into houses and such

@jameschambers9969 7 дней назад

@@kingthomasthehun8408 why dont they upgrade the sewage system then

@qhu3878 7 дней назад

@@jameschambers9969 money

@Proteus_Ridley 7 дней назад

@@jameschambers9969They are, but at a cost of all our water bills rising. Some by 100% and there's nothing you can do!

@TrevorSturman 7 дней назад

I am starting to like the Lib Dems and Ed Davey more and more and glad they have differed away from the image of the 2010 Lib Dems. I would vote for them but in my area they are predicted third massively behind Labour in first and Tory in second (so going Labour). I really hope they gain a good amount of seats and start pushing towards being the opposition in time for the 2029 election (unless things change in that time)

@dvidclapperton 6 дней назад

The thing is that nobody realised it until Clegg cosied up to Cameron.

@RedXlV 6 дней назад

Nice to see that Lib Dems are apparently not Yellow Tories anymore.

@kaiharris3065 7 дней назад

Havent watched the video yet. But im voting lib dems to give the tories as few seats as possible. Im 18 and i believe the tories do not care for the youth, as if you could even say they care for anyone at all but themselves

@palatasikuntheyoutubecomme2046 7 дней назад

Tories should come third. So by all means, vote LibDem

@kaiharris3065 7 дней назад

@palatasikuntheyoutubecomme2046 yup and I want to make that "should" as absolutely sure as possible. Realistically, I am a labour voter, but I know they'll win landslide. So I'm giving my vote to a smaller party. Probably Lib Dems. Maybe even Reform (not that I want them in, just to maximise Sunak's pain)

@zoranblackie5921 7 дней назад

@@kaiharris3065 Reform is not offering anything for young people, they're geared towards elderly Tories and Brexiteers, not providing improved employment chances, access to housing and openly dismantling the NHS

@dallysinghson5569 6 дней назад

To use your vote so flippantly... No wonder the country is such a mess XD

@jakemorgan7242 6 дней назад

i reckon tories may acutally come fourth or fifth, labour will most likely win but reform and lib dem are doing pretty decently and greens are eh

@CKW10001 7 дней назад

If I was English I would be voting for the Lib Dems.

@BearHeadedWerewolf 7 дней назад

Yeah I like these policies. I'm supporting Lib. Dem.

@Skkrt-uu6vk 7 дней назад

That actually sounds pretty amazing

@aceofplymouth 7 дней назад

Loving this manifesto.

@alchemik666 7 дней назад

That's a really good manifesto, quite a few catchy policy goals that don't sound like vapid pandering, but still have a broad appeal. If I was a Brit they'd definitely have my vote.

@FarrisG 7 дней назад

Out of the poor candidate options that we have i.e Labour and the Tories, I'll take my chance with Lib Dems.

@samuelmelton8353 7 дней назад

They should nationalise water companies and bus companies - they haven't gone far enough.

@thegrowl2210 7 дней назад

Everything else is a step in the right direction though. Labour aren’t even committing to nationalisation last I checked, please correct me if I’m wrong. Can’t have it all.

@samuelmelton8353 7 дней назад

@@thegrowl2210 Absolutely - no party is perfect. Besides tactical voting, which I dislike, there seems to be no reason to vote Labour. If you are on the left, Green has much better policies, and if you are a centrist, then why vote for Labour over Libdems - who also have better policies and haven't lost their core principles to gain power. Being electable is pointless if you no longer have anything you wish to implement.

@howardmurphy743 7 дней назад

whats the point, some conservative pm 20 years later would sell it off to their school friend from Eton

@samuelmelton8353 7 дней назад

@@howardmurphy743 Hopefully Tories remain a small party forever.

@palatasikuntheyoutubecomme2046 7 дней назад

@@thegrowl2210 Labour wants national rail and electritcity

@manana1444 7 дней назад

Getting rid of FPTP seems great, though I doubt any established party would end up actually going with it.

@matthewparker9276 7 дней назад

I could see the lib Dems making it a condition for support in a minority government or coalition deal, but otherwise there just isn't any incentive for any government to make such a change.

@Randoman590 6 дней назад

The last time the Lib Dems were in power was in the Coalition with the Tories. They tried to push for a Proportional Representation system. They got a referendum on switching to Alternative Vote, in exchange for breaking one of their flagship pledges (no raises on tuition fees) and suffering the political consequences that came with it. Then the Tories backstabbed them by throwing all of their weight into campaigning tooth and nail against the change, so the vote didn't pass.

@battlep0t 6 дней назад

Labour did back it at their conference but I can see Starmer sitting on it as a "Break glass in case of emergency" policy in the event they're polling poorly in 2030.

@thecrimsondragon9744 5 дней назад

This is what worries me. On paper, it all sounds great (only thing missing is renationalising water). But will they actually deliver? At the end of the day, they’re still politicians (ie professional liars).

@edgy55 6 дней назад

I like it when politicians don't take themselves too seriously actually

@AGW99-df3yg 2 дня назад

you mean when they pretend to be relatable so you'll vote for them?

@jonathanwilliams9697 2 дня назад

@@AGW99-df3ygEd is having the time of his life on this campaign. At least he's connecting with people unlike The D Day Dodger aka Rishi Sunak

@alex_zetsu 7 дней назад

Honestly I'd rather have Ed Davey than Starmer as PM. Heck I'll take Baron Newby. You know if Nick Clegg ran again, I wouldn't mind him.

@StrikeBolteafc 6 дней назад

The thing about nick clegg is he sounded good but threw all of it away by joining up with the tories in the coalition

@alex_zetsu 6 дней назад

@@StrikeBolteafc I mean honestly except for the Brexit fiasco, that coalition government was better than anything PM Gordon Brown or worse Jeremy Corybn would have had. And one good thing out of the coalition is that they dropped the Lib Dem's idiotic pledge to lower university tuitions. Their economy, health, Europhile and environmental agendas were great, the tuition thing was either an economically bad but politically conienent pledge that the coalition thankfully made them drop, or Nick actually thought it was a good idea for the country (as a whole) for some reason and not just college students.

@mrECisME 5 дней назад

Nick Clegg has a six figure salary doing PR for Facebook.

@thecrimsondragon9744 5 дней назад

Nick Clegg was a moron. Ed Davey is leagues better.

@MyCygnusX1 6 дней назад

So happy how much caring is being mentioned by politicians - actually surprised by a relevant topic that relates to my real life being talked about!

@user-dt5nj3uk2s 7 дней назад

They actually sounds awesome. Starting to like them alot. I think if I were British I would vote for them. But I’m in American in Eastern Europe 😂

@DoomDutch 6 дней назад

Respect to the LibDems

@alancavy 6 дней назад

As much as I have always been a Labour supporter, my support may swing toward to the Lib Dems this time around.

@Kuiruben 6 дней назад

Genuinely really like Ed Davey, hes a genuine man who has actual stake in the game with his son who has severe disabilities and he doesnt chat out his arse like Starmer and basically every tory. Glad the Lib dems have a chance in my Constituency and i dont feel bad tactically voting for them

@VOTE4CHANGE 7 дней назад

Nick Clegg did irreparable damage to them. The worst thing is that his manifesto was mainly targeted at people who weren't even old enough to vote yet so that betrayal is going to felt for a lifetime

@jjrilla___2664 7 дней назад

Exactly I remember Clegg. Not seen enough of Lib Dem’s to think there would be any substantial change. Clegg made loose all faith in a 3rd option.

@Arksimon2k 7 дней назад

That was 14 years ago, everyone that promise even affected are no longer in university.

@zoranblackie5921 7 дней назад

@@Arksimon2k Agreed, and can the Tories say they are the same as 14 years ago, when they were a EU friendly, socially liberal, economically respected party

@davegold 7 дней назад

If you think back to the best British governement over the last decade or two then by default you are probably going to get the conservative-liberal coalition with Clegg because the rest have been so bad. You have to skip Brown, Cameron sinking in Brexit, May, Johnson, Truss, Sunak and go back to early Blair to find decent government.

@jjrilla___2664 6 дней назад

@@davegold maybe it’s a matter of perspective or age. But from my point of view that was the beginning of the mess we are in now. You are right it went down hill from there but it started there.

@flamingpizzareuploads4724 7 дней назад

It's a shame LibDem have no hope of having a majority in parliment, but it's good to see they have the most rational policies and will have a good number of seats.

@isoroxuk 5 дней назад

Labour will have a massive majority, there is an outside chance currently of Lib Dems being the opposition though, which would be hilarious.

@MerrickKing 7 дней назад

Pretty sure they specified Single Transferable Vote in there

@Westica 7 дней назад

Yeah they did

@volodymyrkovalskyi2061 7 дней назад

If they are serious about rejoining the EU - they got my vote.

@pianotunez3174 6 дней назад

Finally, a political party prioritising our environment and only home. This has won you my vote 💚🌍

@danielcraig4974 7 дней назад

Free kayaking for all, hooray. Thanks Lib Dems

@SpamMouse 7 дней назад

True !

@Ramos18 6 дней назад

I am voting lib dem

@whynotzoidburgg 7 дней назад

Looks great, they’ll be getting my vote both tactically and as a hope for a future win. More thought through plan than Labour without being too far left.

@lordyrich 7 дней назад

I will vote for them in Melksham to get Michelle Donelan out!

@dylangoddard7449 7 дней назад

The manifesto is pretty great but will they actually do it?

@alchemik666 7 дней назад

They won't be in the government, so no they won't. Still a pretty good platform, better than Tories' "Trust us, this time it won't be a disaster" and Labour's "We're not sure we'll do anything at all, but at least we're not Tories". xD

@dylangoddard7449 7 дней назад

@@alchemik666 Of course they won't get in government, just from a theoretical perspective. I mean the last time they made big promises they made a coalition with the Tories and did nothing they said they would.

@alchemik666 7 дней назад

@@dylangoddard7449 I guess, but 10 years ago is kind of an eternity in regards to UK politics, so much has changed. And hopefully they learned their lesson with how hard they flopped electorally after that coalition. :]

@dylangoddard7449 7 дней назад

@@alchemik666 Hopefully so

@bertiewooles3093 7 дней назад

I understand the frustration with the coalition, but the solution is that if you like Lib Dem policies to vote Lib Dem. The only hope of getting all of these policies implemented is a majority Lib Dem government

@ikkec2674 6 дней назад

Lib Dems might make some noise...

@matsal3211 6 дней назад

Vote Liberal Democrats lets win

@Kewickviper 6 дней назад

Guarantee Reform will get far more votes than these jokers but far less seats. How democratic.

@Gabrielm624 5 дней назад

This Manifesto is everything that Labour should be promising…

@danielcraig4974 7 дней назад

Is that Ed Davey or action man😂

@20storiesunder 7 дней назад

Huh, they are cooler than I thought

@bogdancorda День назад

Does nobody remember them raising tuition fees for students after running the whole campaign on not raising them? And then Nick Clegg doing PR for Facebook.

@Ealsante 5 дней назад

Sir Ed Davey's Bizarre Adventure rolls on. I for one am here for it!

@chrisl3314 7 дней назад

The Manifesto has the Single Transferable Vote as the method of PR if I recall?

@ILikedGooglePlus 7 дней назад

I like it

@lukesimpson1507 6 дней назад

Great video, will you be guys doing manifesto explained videos for the other parties?

@Minimmalmythicist 7 дней назад

I did one of those "who should you vote for" quizzes and got a mixture of the Greens and Labour. I probably will reluctantly vote Green in my seat.

@Srindal4657 7 дней назад

For a food strategy, I recommend locally grown produce

@CrusaderZav 7 дней назад

Reform want to protect and heavily fund British farmers :)

@ChineseKiwi 6 дней назад

@@CrusaderZav UK farming is an inefficient joke that shouldn't exist in reality but hey, votes and food security eh - yours, Australian and NZ farmers.

@123mrmaynard123 6 дней назад

@@CrusaderZavNet-zero immigration, really really good for agriculture 🤣

@Infinitystar225 5 дней назад

@@CrusaderZav Reform also don't believe in Climate Change. I doubt agriculture will benefit from that.

@chiefbeef9905 День назад

@@CrusaderZavSo they're going to create lots of very low paying jobs in farming, and cut off the supply of people willing to work for low wages? Lmao, they're just telling people with no sense what they want to hear, Farage has been doing it for years idk how you people haven't caught on yet.

@KrzysztofSzkodaGames 7 дней назад

I will be voting Lib Dems, because rejoining the EU Single Market and the Freedom of Movement would be a great deal for every young British citizen in the UK who wishes to work in the EU for Summer Jobs. After all, we don't need so called Brexit Peasants to force young people to work in Labour jobs, that's why we need immigration who are willing to takeover. After all, Brexit was a total failure and successfully made the UK as the sick man of Europe.

@captainnice1881 7 дней назад

In other words you want to see housing prices rise even more accompanied by the immigration floodgates and our public sector under even more stress all for a deliveroo delivery.

@KrzysztofSzkodaGames 7 дней назад

@@captainnice1881 But we never had the problem before Brexit, may I remind you, there are a lot of old buildings not being renovated at all, since the Tories prefer building expensive housing and luxuary flats

@howardmurphy743 7 дней назад

@@captainnice1881Too many old people having pensions, strain on economy and tax payer, economy cant build houses. Increase immigration, more workers, less strain on the economy, economy can build houses. You don't understand basic concepts because you're in an echo chamber of Farage and Reform.

@jasonhaven7170 7 дней назад

@@KrzysztofSzkodaGames Well, we prefer non-EU immigrants.

@jasonhaven7170 7 дней назад

Also, the Lib Dems will increase non-EU and EU immigration.

@jsrodman 6 дней назад

It's impressive how much better "giving people what they want" sounds, even if you don't think it's necessarily sincere.

@stanttv6479 6 дней назад

5:50 - actually, they said they were gonna switch to STV for electing MPs, although its in a different place in the manifesto from what I can see

@_MrMoney 7 дней назад

If it doesn't include substantial funding for professional British watersports then I'd consider what they're doing false advertisement.

@Lennyk07 6 дней назад

As a younger voter the Lib Dems are doing a great job, the conservatives have lost most of the younger ones with the threat of National Service and constantly working against the want of us, the future of the country that we will have to live in. Where as the Lib Dems seem to be taking everything on board and saying hey we will give it our best shot! and Ed Davey feels like someone everyone can feel connected with, his funny side, his professional side, and his caring side, instead of being disconnected as we our with many other party leaders.

@aL3891_ 7 дней назад

Having ben present this particular one is pretty funny given the last podcast ;)

@seraaron 6 дней назад

Ed Davey is essentially taking a leaf out of Boris Johnson's 2019 (and brexit) playbook, by being a bit of a buffoon, being disarming and friendly and trying not to take the election to seriously. I'm surprised that no other news outlets or commentators seemed to have picked up on this, and I'm equally surprised that that tactics seem to be working (again)

@richardjames3022 7 дней назад

Sounds good to me

@banicans5299 7 дней назад

6:30 they've got my vote then 😂

@bbgbear 6 дней назад

Politics aside he comes across as a lot more relatable than the other two.

@annamariyad 6 дней назад

Sounds good on paper! Will vote for them, thank you TLDR!

@plasmacannon1198 6 дней назад

It’s beyond me why anyone would vote for tories or Labour ahead of lib Dems, apart from strategic reasons

@MEHOLE 7 дней назад

Hell yeah, legalise it!

@CrusaderZav 7 дней назад

God I hope not.

@whynotzoidburgg 7 дней назад

@@CrusaderZavwhy?

@zoranblackie5921 6 дней назад

Damn right, but don't let the corporations ruin this for everyone

@ChineseKiwi 6 дней назад

@@CrusaderZav the economic and societal benefit FAR outweighs the harm. You tax it and police it like alcohol. Alcohol is FAR more harmful to society, however I don't want a stoned person driving a car either. So yeah, legalise and tax and police like alcohol. The money goes to the government in taxes rather than criminals too. And you know what you are getting regarding buying it.

@AB-cn6iu 2 дня назад

@@whynotzoidburggLearn from Thailand?

@Aeronwor 6 дней назад

banning raw sewage being dumped into rivers - the bar seems super low.

@IamTheHolypumpkin 5 дней назад

If I would be a Brit, I would be convinced and vote for them.

@hughjass1044 7 дней назад

No hope of winning means never having to keep your promises. Therefore, you can promise whatever the hell you like.

@Kenny_J 7 дней назад

Good video, but somethings up with your lens or editing, cause every view of the presenter directly looks washed out/fogged up.

@jakethegardenrake8418 18 часов назад

As a 16 year old, giving people my age the vote seems.. yeah please don't

@DanPhillips-in6qn 2 часа назад

The undeniable truth is that everything is getting busier, more traffic on the roads, more queues in the shops, more overflowing bins. Have you seen Bournemouth beach recently on a sunny day,? good luck finding a parking space that's all I can say. Look it doesn't take a genius to realise that quality of life is going down for the majority of people as the population reaches new heights literally day by day. It actually isn't mentioned enough that we are a relatively small country with a large population relative to size already. Do we really want less countryside and wild places as more and more houses, hospitals, roads etc need to be built in our constant attempts to keep up with mass immigration only for more people to come in the following year all over again. The UK already has the highest population it has ever had in its entire history, if you have kids that will grow up here you should be concerned about this.

@gp-1542 6 дней назад

Tory turmoil was a blessing for the dems They legitimately have a chance to be on par with labor

@lunkycultist5519 7 дней назад

Dont agree with all of it but overall, pretty good.

@fantasypvp 7 дней назад

Yeah mostly seems pretty good, but tbh I'm just concerned that immigration would just get worse under them, not to mention there being no "common sense" side of the argument against any radically woke policies if labour and libdem are the two biggest parties

@lunkycultist5519 7 дней назад

@@fantasypvp that's why FPTP needs to change, people should have more choice than just 2 party's.

@fantasypvp 7 дней назад

@@lunkycultist5519 yeah Def, I think a coalition between libdem and reform would be ideal tbh, reform for their pro-small business and non wokeness and libdem for everything else

@jonahworledge111 7 дней назад

@@fantasypvp that would be a crazy coalition. I'm not sure if it could do anything except change election rules and trigger a new one.

@kingpig8732 7 дней назад

@@fantasypvpwhat do you mean by wokeness? I don’t think the Lib Dem’s are that woke in the bad way, they just seem to be on the libertarian side socially

@henrychu01 6 дней назад

Can we get one of these for each of the UK parties?

@matthewtalbot-paine7977 6 дней назад

I thought the idea of less taxes like reform are doing was a better idea than higher minimum wage. Like the poorest people are barely worth taxing and you shouldn't be struggling while the government makes a tiny amount of money from the poorest people.

@thedentist8232 6 дней назад

As a young voter myself I do think that the lib dems have a lot of good ideas, however I find the lack of talk on immigration most alarming. In my opinion it is one of the most pressing matters of modern times and affects pretty much all aspects of life from NHS wait times, to house prices and even in some cases violent crime. Not only does ignoring immigration levels mean all these issues are only going to get worse but more and more people are going to keep dying in trying to cross the channel. There is nothing wrong with letting people into the country legally as we have done in the past but that can only happen once we have gotten our net migration numbers down to a reasonable level and given the country time to catch up, otherwise I fear that nothing will ever get improve.

@sadjaxx 5 дней назад

You are Not a young voter. Sell old fish somewhere else.

@Rick-vm3xx 7 дней назад

100% got my vote with EU relationship 👍🏼

@vaclav_fejt 3 дня назад

The UK changing its voting system would be the biggest change since the emergence of the office of prime minister.

@deadcat8167 2 дня назад

I was in highschool when the coalition government gutted education and I still haven't forgiven the Lib Dems... But this manifesto is solid.

@Kj16V 7 дней назад

I'm voting Lib Dem. Thanks to FPTP, it will be a completely wasted vote, but when the only choices are Blue Tories or Red Tories, what else can you do.

@palatasikuntheyoutubecomme2046 7 дней назад

Stop being a corbyn cope individual. LibDems want pissant 9 billion tax increase and a little spending here and there on health and food oh boo hoo Keir Starmer good he is further left than Lib Dems he wants national rail and electricity because he is a lefty. Lib Dems are just slightly going further to tories. Labor will go much further but corbyn won t tell you that neither will politics joe so stop reading them

@RJD2838 6 дней назад

If everyone had the brain to vote for the other parties we would break the fptp system

@robertbones326 7 дней назад

🔶️LIB DEM🔶️ 🔶️LIB DEM🔶️ 🔶️LIB DEM🔶️ 🇪🇺REJOIN🇪🇺 🇪🇺REJOIN🇪🇺 🇪🇺REJOIN🇪🇺

@herbivorethecarnivore8447 7 дней назад

You know spamming the same thing over and over does just make you look like a lunatic?

@gabrielridley6457 7 дней назад

@@herbivorethecarnivore8447i dont know why people do this it speaks to the type of guy that goes to a demonstration just to parrot of slogans. Its a bipartizan signifier of an unserious person

@JR47846 3 дня назад

There will be no joining 😂 why would we want you back after all the issues we already strugle with immigration we dont want to add more. Uk brings only problems and no benefits no way all european countries would agree to this

@DarkHarlequin 7 дней назад

"While some people think this makes him look unserious..." Ben did you demand that line to be in there before you agreed to read Zacs script Ben? 😁😁

@rw3899 7 дней назад

If anything, the campaign's been really fun so far

@hqew6662 7 дней назад

Don't like their CGT plans... like wtf.. up to 45%!! taxed on your income, make investments and take risks, thanks we'll tax those too. What's the point of saving and investing in this country...

@Rossy167 7 дней назад

These aren’t going to impact you unless you make millions upon millions, and at that point would it even matter to you? The alternative letting companies get a free ride and placing the burden on working people. Your position is not rational and you know it. You’re not a temporarily embarrassed billionaire.

@hqew6662 7 дней назад

@@Rossy167 Thats not true though if you look at what they've listed as their bands. Nowhere near 'millionaire/billionaire' status. More like middle class. For info they've stated: 20% (for gains up to £50,000), 40% (between £50,000 and £100,000) and 45% (over £100,000)

@zoranblackie5921 6 дней назад

@@hqew6662 So that brings it in line with our top income tax rate is 45%, less than in two thirds of EU countries. And if you wish to reduce inequality you need to tax assets more than income

@hqew6662 6 дней назад

@@zoranblackie5921 sure, but a third of Europe is cheaper and so is most of the world. We’re in a global competition for investment and business. Our economy is in the gutter. Even places you mention as more expensive like Finland struggle to attract talent. Even Germany has 0% capital gains tax once you’ve held the asset for more than year. We can’t tax our way out. It’s just a band aid. Also, 100k gain is hardly ‘billionaire class’. This policy is just targeting the middle class again…

@zoranblackie5921 6 дней назад

@hqew6662 You need to address inequality or its a race to the bottom, plus theyre eliminating CGT on landlords selling to tenants. It's not about increasing overall tax burden but there's more to make it fairer, and shifting from income taxation to wealth taxation... if it were up to me, and it couldn't be evaded, I'd recommend an 80-90% inheritance tax over 10 million quid... that would get the super rich actually spending in their lifetime to grow an economy and improve the lives of working and middle class

@TheWirewitch 7 дней назад

Back in 2010, Lib-dems promised me the abolishing of tuitions fees, instead, once they got into coalition, they tripled them. I have three-times the debt because of their broken promises. Never voting for lib-dems again.

@CrystalController 7 дней назад

You blame the lib dem but it's just as much the torys, people don't slag Tory off for tuition fees in recent years

@TheWirewitch 7 дней назад

@@CrystalController I slag them all off. They're ALL terrible.

@metamorphoses100 День назад

Actually, no. You probably wouldn't have a degree at all. Tuition fees were introduced by New Labour. Ed Millibands policy was to double the fees, the Conservatives to triple them. The only contribution from the Lib-dems was to set up (in super-quick time) a national system of guaranteed loans for each student. Without this, you would have had to pay each year's tuition fees yourself in advance. Like many others, I would not have been able to afford this.

@not_David 6 дней назад

1:25 “at 116 pages long…” missed opportunity for a segue to the Too Long prints coming out

@JamesL42 6 дней назад

Alright guys I have a challenge. When you report on Reform UKs manifesto I want to see an equally upbeat title and thumbnail. Prove you're different from the MSN, go on, make my day!

@sadjaxx 5 дней назад

The title is The Lib Dem Manifesto Explained. What the heck is "upbeat" about that?

@JamesL42 5 дней назад

@@sadjaxx (it's pretty fun)

@jakovvodanovic9165 7 дней назад

16 yo vote is the only thing that i don't like

@actually-will1606 6 дней назад

As someone who is 18 I agree. I think by 18 you have a decent enough head to understand politics but at 16 not at all.

@zoranblackie5921 6 дней назад

If you're old enough to die for your country you're old enough to vote...

@ChineseKiwi 6 дней назад

@@actually-will1606 you assume adults know things about politics. Oh the young and naive. Now get off my lawn. As someone far past 18, a lot of youth know FAR FAR more and far more switched on than some supposed 'adults'.

@AssassinIsAfk 5 дней назад

@@ChineseKiwiI agree and disagree, obviously anyone voting for the Tories or reform shows the stupidity in adults however 16 year olds are susceptible to properganda meaning that the Tories and reform might get higher votes then they have now but like you said most 16 year olds are more switched on politically then most adults are today.

@ChineseKiwi 4 дня назад

@@AssassinIsAfk Adults fall for propaganda all the time..BREXIT anyone?

@killertortoise1 7 дней назад

Honestly I would much rather vote for the Lib Dems than labour but I feel I need to vote tactically this time unfortunately

@DQUACK 6 дней назад

Labour is going to have a landslide victory, theres no way the Tories can do to win honestly, i think it be better if labour had to make coalition with the Lib-dems may actually force labour to be actually left wing

@vrclckd-zz3pv 23 часа назад

Why's that? The Tories don't stand a chance of winning. This is probably the best time to vote for who you really want because the odds of it back firing and leading to a right wing win are minimal.

@killertortoise1 22 часа назад

@@vrclckd-zz3pv my constituency is likely to be a battleground with tight margins this election, it's never gone to anyone but Tories, so it's likely my vote will need to be tactical to ensure a Tory defeat in my area.

@vrclckd-zz3pv 19 часов назад

@@killertortoise1 Ah that is unfortunate. Good luck.

@tristansayers6494 6 дней назад

I want to vote tactically so bad, but ive never seen such a likeable, reasonable, grown up party such as this in my political memory (from 2015) - labour leave a lot to be desired