ELECTION SPECIAL: The Reform UK and Green Party manifestos explained

We discuss the Reform UK and Green Party manifestos and give our reaction to the policies and pledges within them.

[jeffocks]

Great, informative discussion thanks. The whole electorate should be watching this.

[tancdiscovery]

Greens is by far the best economic plan for the UK long term.

[Arpit]

Government cutting spending does not work
Imagine this if out of 100 people 5 people decide to save money and invest that money there are 95 people who are spending the same qnd their is more cash for banks to lend but if everyone starts saving money and don't buy stuff their will a fall in demand and factory closures, what government need to do is spend money on infrastructure not cutting revenue expenditure

[brotherbarnes]

Energy needs to be as cheap as possible if you want to compete in the world

[Hiram]

Thanks for this very informative video.

[plerpplerp]

Reform UK's policies are ineffective, unrealistic populist rhetoric lacking any substantive details or coherent plans to address major issues facing the UK.

Their flagship "migrant tax" proposal is as unworkable as the Rawnda bill and as economically damaging as Brexit.

They are nothing but a fringe party without a genuine governing agenda, whose only raison d'etre is to pressure the Tories from the right rather than present viable policies.

Their policies of climate change denial, draconian immigration curbs, and drastic unfunded tax cuts would severely damage the UK economy far beyond the Conservatives' controversial Truss budget, by undermining green industries, exacerbating labour shortages, and unsustainably ballooning trade deficits and public debt.

So, spot the difference between the Tories and Reform UK? It's the difference between Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dummer. 😂

[DrewSpencer]

Starmer just waffles to fill up his time slot when interviewed as he’s so worried about the cracks showing. Main problem with Labour’s Manifesto is that it’s so small on ideas no wonder they can afford it, much more is needed for ‘change’ and therefore much more is unfunded eg, any further doctors salary increase is not budgeted. This Labour obviously means more taxes would be coming.

[markbaker]

The reality is tax comes well down the list of the public concerns after the Cost of living, The maintenance, of NHS, affordable housing, and imigradration it not a vote winner anymore! I Agree with a large cut in migration as it has gone up 4 times the amount coming in this nation then under the last Labour Government who actually opened up the doors in the first place. Unfortunately the Tories are the party of massive migration 6 million more then in 2010. If you cut public spending you ruin a already broken NHS which probably does need changing. Some private investment is essential. Also you increase the gap between the the very rich from all the rest of the country also the very Rich don't want Tax cuts fact as they have have had their taxes in real terms cut whilst everyone else tax has gone up. It sounds and is Insane so glad the Tories will be be out of power!

[niknikmoore]

The use of a whiteboard would have been better - Pictures paint a better picture .

[stumac]

What hasn't been discussed is the motivation for people to work hard if you significantly raise or reduce tax. Let's be honest raise tax too much and people give up and revenues fall. Whereas reduce tax and people are more inclined to put more effort in because they get more benefit and revenues rise (higher earnings generate more tax even at lower rates). A wealth tax is guaranteed ro motivate the rich to move their wealth overseas which happened to the French when they implemented such a thing. We've had an endless expansion of the state since Blair and we're broke with record taxation and nothing works.

[tomrusack]

The state shouldn’t be doing anything except securing property rights. Laissez-faire capitalism solves all problems.

[jonnyspeed]

get an autocue so you at least look like you are not just reading this shit.

[jimbowers]

I couldn't care less about a think tank's opinion. You're just policy steerers with an academic air of credibility, without having to subject yourselves to academic scrutiny. Run your claims and working out past peer review in a respectable journal; anything less and any think tank's output shouldn't be allowed anywhere near national policy influence and media exposure.

[Newsopathy-gfug]

Seems slightly dysfunctional this programme. It puts two things together to compare them and it's like asking, 'which is your favourite, a white mouse or a double decker bus! Or, maybe, would you like some gravy on your jelly!? Completely inequable! For this reason alone, as Theo Paphitis would say, I have to say 'I'm out!'