Everything you Need to Know About the General Election Manifestos

Ash Sarkar and Aaron Bastani break down the General Election manifestos of the Labour party, the Conservatives, the Green party, the SNP, Reform and the Liberal Democrats.

00:00 Intro
00:48 Overview
08:25 Tax and Spend
16:36 Immigration
24:12 Health and Social Care
35:22 Work, Housing & Education
56:45 Scotland
1:03:42 Foreign Policy & Defence
1:13:54 Climate
1:24:49 Political Narrative

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[SciFi]

"What are your plans Keir Starmer?"
"Something terrific..."

The Americanisation of British politics is complete.

[stephfoxwell]

What about Count Binface?
He wants croissant prices capped at £1.10.

[DivinaDeCampoTV]

I think 20/1 works for wages.

It’s what it used to be generally for CEO’s

Make the top rate of income tax, capital gains and more importantly corporation tax higher.

If you’re a corporation with 60 million in profits which you just send to share holders. If the tax office takes a much bigger cut of your profit it actively encourages businesses to invest that money back into the business either via staff or newer Equiptment. That is a big part of why productivity in the UK has slumped.

If CEO pay is linked to worker pay there is more reason for the CEO to make sure everyone is paid well.

[ACHUNDOI]

More than 1million people on Zero Hours Contracts and even more people going to food The new unacceptable face of cruel Britannia....

[elitegeek]

Was initially going to vote Labour to 'get the Tories out' but now that it looks like Labour are quite safely going to be the next government and they might even get a super majority, my vote has to go to the Greens 💚

[HussainFahmy]

*_A vote against genocide is a vote for humanity._*

[tomdavies]

Would’ve been nice to give Plaid Cymru 5mins, it’s an interesting viewpoint to analyse - particularly given the anti-Westminster feeling amongst a large number of UK voters.

[deeh]

When the Workers Party describes itself as socialist in its manifesto, and is running lots of candidates, many of whom may be as progressive and left wing as the thoroughly decent man standing for them in my own constituency, I think you would have been providing a service to your viewers (and financial contributers such as myself) by deep diving into their manifesto, if only to explain why we shouldn't be taking them seriously.

[MariamPassionfruit]

Stop bigotry in schools ❌
Stop bullying in schools ❌
Stop sexual assault in schools ❌
Ban phones ✅✅✅

[mawkernewek]

22:20 even if you aren't directly affected by it it shows that the Tories don't really consider you someone with full citizenship rights if you're not earning £38, 000

[onlyme]

Private healthcare can't manage complex conditions which require different specialists.

[freddymzungu]

Why not George? He’s an MP with 155 candidates for .his Workers Party. What is his manifesto?

[andrewjinks]

Plaid Cymru missed out. One of the major parties in the UK. Way to the left of Labour. Likely to win four seats in the election. Not including it in this discussion is a major fail for Novara. I expect this from the mainstream media, but from Novara I expect better.

[Stef.OmegaD]

Why cover Reform uk and not Workers party ?
Workers party have representation in parliament if not mistaken

[shinywarm]

Not doing Wales or the North of Ireland "cos them's the breaks"? If you said, "because we're a English/London based channel and we dont know much about Welsh or Irish politics that would at least be accepting it's your problem. A flip dismissal is bad

[DrEeveeYT]

I'm probably voting SNP since my local Tory is someone I don't want in and it's a 2 horse race

[tancreddehauteville]

Another good video from the Novara Media team. Really impressed with this journalism - top notch.

[danielsouthall]

No Plaid Cymru mention, perennial reminder that the etymology of ‘Welsh’ derives from the old English word meaning ‘outsider’ or ‘foreigner’. Always forgotten.

[jamesdunn]

I have just voted Green in Norwich by postal vote. ❎❎❎❎They got in at the local elections!!!

[Harriet-Jesamine]

The reason our Politics never changes, is because even our indie media won't cover


The SDP
The Workers Party
The Liberal Party of Britain
The Womens Equality Party
The SPGB
The Communist Party of Great Britain.


In which case I expect every manifesto from the smaller parties is a damn site more interesting than the usual subjects.

Those covered get enough media succour already.