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Free basic broadband for all may be easier/cheaper to admin than means tested provision.
In that sense, maybe it wasn't so stupid.
Free basic: Free for all. Want to have superspeed? OK now you need to pay. And yes that will mean the costs have to be pushed to people that need the superspeed for work, like me. I am happy to pay extra though like the metropolitian lefty elite than I am.
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It really wasn't.
On the whole the objection was that the state didn't need to provide all the broadband. Most people seemed to be more or less in favour of government support for it in areas that didn't have it or couldn't afford it. Then the question was how you best did that.
Regardless of any potential merits it was a stupid policy to put in a manifesto.