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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.
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Only seen the highlights of the leaked manifesto. Stuff I can get behind. faint whiff of it not being achievable but what does that matter?