General Election June 2017

Stuff I can get behind. faint whiff of it not being achievable but what does that matter?

Curious as to what you see as not achievable? The sheer quantity of proposals? I think HS2 to Scotland sounds like a long-term plan, more than a concrete thing (although it's insane that it doesn't already exist). But (re-)nationalization of key industries and no tuition fees are things which exist in other nations which out perform the UK in many (most?) economic measures. With the economy generally, the Brexit policy is, albeit not my favoured outcome, a much more mature position to take than whatever the fuck it is the Tories imagine.

Yes, and I think that's fair enough. Every manifesto is aspirational, and, increasingly it seems, they get forgotten once the business of government resumes following an election. So, looking at a manifesto as an expression of a party's value, and then deciding whether it fits with your world view, is perfectly valid.

I quite like a lot of the ideas it contains, even if, as one Twitterer noted, there's a bit of a "would you like a free pony?" feel to it. Obviously the Tories will now attack it ruthlessly for its (lack of) costings. As long as they don't fire up Diane Abbott to justify the costings they might get away with it.