Sunshine Lollipops And Rainbows: The Tory Manifesto is published.

[Gromit]

http://www.independen...a-glance-1943421.html

There are bits I like. And bits I don't like. (What is the point of repealing the Hunting ban?)

What do you think? Is it credible, can it be afforded?

[VHG]

Perhaps asking how Gordon Brown had the NERVE to say this yesterday is a better discussion point that commenting on the Tory manifesto. He said in his manifesto launch:

"And that’s why we must build a Britain where ......those who come here contribute to our country – but those who can’t or won’t don’t come"

He says this after 13 years of almost totally unrestricted immigration (coupled with a failed asylum system and floods of Poles and others from the EU) where almost NO question was asked about if the person coming here was going to be any benefit whatsoever.

I am surpissed his nose did not grow a bit longer when he said it.

[olddutch]

yes bits to like and bits not to - any idea Gromit exactly what the tories are going to do with the state pension age and when ?

[Gromit]

They got into a terrible muddle over retirement age at their Conference and were forced to clarify their position

http://www.guardian.c...ent-age-david-cameron

[jake-the-peg]

Safeguard Britain's credit rating with a credible plan to eliminate the bulk of the structural deficit over a Parliament

You know what that means don't you?

Put Britain back into recession

If you vote for these jokers and then lose your ljobs don't come crying on here blaming Gordon Brown

This is a manifesto to pay back the money men at the expense of jobs

[youngmafbog]

Jake you are so blinkered it is beyond belief.

So Gordon is the saviour is he. I cant coutn the number of lies in previous manifestos but one great bnig whopper that affects us all is around giving us a vote on Europe.

The Tories, nore the lib dems wont have the full facts on what to do until they ope Grondos books. It will not be a pretty sight.

And if you think red labour can save the coutnry by employing everyone in a public servce job think again. We need people in employment who contribute to the GDP otherwise we might as well just pay them dole monyey, far cheaper.

[Davethedog]

The government isn't a private company public spending is in the public domain it has been for all time. There are no books to examine.

You seriously do not understand the political process

[olddutch]

thanks for pension link - yes i see what you mean about a mess up - looks like 2016 then, unless they change their mind again.

[Quinlad]

Having read this manifesto, I have decided to change my vote. There, I've said it.

I never thought I'd vote Tory, but this manifesto contains a policy that I find deeply, deeply inspiring. It's made me review my political stance fundamentally.

It says, wait for it: "We plan to change Britain for the better."

The better. Not 'the worse', or keeping it as it is. The better.

Good luck, David. And thanks for making me believe again.

[Zeuhl]

"We plan to change Britain for the better."

Yes that is good. As is motherhood and warm apple pie.

The problems arise when there are so many silly and trivial answers to the question; 'How exactly?'