‘What a nice surprise’: readers on the Labour manifesto

‘Smart move by Corbyn’

Smart move by Corbyn to take a green and future industries agenda on board and not leaving this battlefield for the Lib Dems and Green party. That will definitely resonate well with the millennials, generation young professionals and ‘digital natives’, etc. Noureddine78

‘Nothing in it can be considered revolutionary’

There is nothing in the manifesto that could be considered revolutionary. The manifesto represents merely a significant economic and social development project not much different to those policies pursued by Western Germany in the early days of the EU or those policies practised currently by Norway, Finland or Sweden for example. And easily obtainable by a nation with such a substantial gross domestic product of 2.11 trillion pounds. The Labour investment plan is but a drop in the ocean. The current hope is that we end up with a government that will deliver long term prosperity for the UK as a whole. Roodan

‘Reassuring statements about ‘investment’ cut no ice with large parts of the electorate’

Reassuring statements about ‘investment’ cut no ice with large parts of the electorate. Governments don’t make profits or truly create jobs as their only form of income is taxation. The question is then will the electorate buy into the prospect of a Corbyn-led government taxing to the hilt real wealth and job, creating companies and individuals in order to ‘invest’ that money in nationalised industries such as rail, water, broadband and so on. In a little over three weeks we will know. Invisible_Man

‘What a nice surprise’

What a nice surprise, a manifesto for the 95% not the 5 % that the Tories look after.
If people sat back and thought about the alternative from Bojo, Corbyn would be a shoe in. But will they? bullswool20

‘It won’t stick’

It won’t stick. Labour will be undone as they realise too late that socially conservative Labour voters who remember: collective bargaining, Red Robbo, Arthur Scargill, grimy council estates, British Leyland, and IMF induced austerity. RichardEgerton

‘Scrapping the proposed pension age change would be huge’

Obviously waiting to read the manifesto before making judgement but to scrap the proposed pension age changes beyond 66 would be huge. My generation are currently working until 68, though the Tories do plan to put it higher. just_a_me

‘A whole family of squirrels’

Financial transaction tax, excessive pay levy, second homes tax, reverse inheritance tax cuts and VAT on private school fees. Scrap planned rise in pension age beyond 66 and review retirement age of those in hard manual jobs.

Seven more things being in the EU doesn’t prevent and leaving the EU won’t accomplish. A whole family of squirrels. freespeechoneeach

‘The only party tackling Brexit at its root’

Labour. Offering a second referendum plus addressing all the injustices and inequalities which led to Brexit. The only party tackling Brexit at its root. The only truly remain party. vacuous

‘Corbyn represents a form of socialism that is anathema to almost all traditional labour voters’

The problem with being ‘anti-Tory’ is that that unfortunately, leaves us with Corbyn. The fact that Corbyn represents a form of socialism that is anathema to almost all traditional labour voters, coupled with the general desire of most people, just to get on with their lives, free of politics, and the endless round of ego busting media dominated noise that represents political debate these days, and there is only one feasible outcome. A Tory landslide – and it will be Corbyn’s fault. cominguproses

‘A sorry mess of easy promises’

In 2017 I thought Corbyn made a fair degree of sense and whilst I doubted the speed of change he wanted was deliverable his goals were laudable. Listening to his speech I can only hear a series of empty promises. Apparently Corbyn is either going to nationalise the Japanese owned car industry or set up a nationalised UK manufacturer from scratch. How else can he ensure electric cars are made in the UK?

At the moment, all European models (apart from Minis) will be made in Europe (they’ve never had a UK presence) to maximise economy of scale savings from supplying Europe wide. Honda has already declined to make electric cars in the UK, They prefer to do it in Japanese factories and take advantage of the declining EU/Japan import tariff. Whether Brexit happens or not, the UK isn’t going to be a major site for electric powered cars. We don’t even own any intellectual property. This is just a sorry mess of easy promises, which are undeliverable in the real world. Bickb21