Labour 2024 Manifesto: Everything You Need To Know

[rubiconprime]

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

[andrewowen-price]

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

[Ugaine-Mor]

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

[Tlhague]

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.

[Adam-]

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

[TheHellishOtherWriter]

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!)

[ecnalms]

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.

[CaptainTowll]

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

[Toxo]

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

[jkitty]

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.

[alantheinquirer]

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.

[sandeepnair]

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

[stephbutler]

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

[pastlesandfish]

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.

[AbsoluteAmoeba]

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.

[Srijith.Seetharaman]

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

[inappropriatejohnson]

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

[Smash_ter]

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

[thermitebanana]

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

[gorbachev-]

As much as I am sympathetic to the Labour government, it never fully addressed the elephant in the room. Brexit. A European nation-state that once had unbridled access to a continent-wide common market with free movement of peoples that enriched our society. A noble and incredible idea. I have since temporarily moved to Spain because I see no future for me in the UK. I was living at home with my parents at 38 because I could not afford private rent; a mortgage was a pipe dream. I only have 90 days living in Spain because of the wonders of Brexit but dear lord, what a difference! A more livable and affordable country and my everyday anxiety has dissipated. After my three months are up, I will not return to the UK. I will live elsewhere. I am not sure how I am going to do it. Yet an overriding aspect that drives me is that I will not return to that dreadful place that caused me such anxiety in the first place. A nation that is so expensive, filled with decaying austerity-inspired potholed streets, drugs, homelessness, food banks and this awing for populist politics. The UK is where I was born and grew but I no longer see it as my home.