Sensible policies for a Sensible Britain. Although it very sadly just highlights what a wasted opportunity this Tory majority has been since 2019. What could have been...
I could get behind similar/analogous policies if on offer in the United States. I think a lot of people would. Neither major party here is interested though, and the game is rigged against outsiders.
I can support all bar one policy, that concerns giving the private sector a say in whether it is viable or not to use fracking in oil or gas extraction, for obvious reasons.
V good but you should go further on immigration especially on student visas. Restrict them for only the top unis - I appreciate this selecting winners but the list can reviewed regularly.
This was not intended to be a complete manifesto. For the most part, we avoided tax and spending — partly because good policies are hard to frame in an appealing way, partly because policies require a lot of analysis on their financing to be taken seriously.
Half of it was just immigration stuff. Why not do a manifesto for immigration, another infrastructure, health, education etc. Otherwise it's neither interesting nor comprehensive.
Why not have two types of student visas? One for people who do important degrees. Another for people who do bullshit degrees. For the latter, you have to sign a contract saying you cannot stay in Britain after 3/4/5 years of studying no matter what. If British universities can export bullshit degrees I don't really see the problem.
Simply introduce a deposit scheme. Say £30K plus funds that demonstrate that you can self finance for the duration of the course. Failure to comply then deportation without recourse.
I studied in Australia so I'd imagine it's similar in the UK. They make you pay for health insurance for 4 years before your visa approval. Tuition for the first semester before you even arrive in the country. It gets to close to 30k by then.
This isn’t intended to be a full manifesto — certainly, there is little discussion of tax and spending and of the economy in the above piece, even though they are utterly essential. In terms of priority, #10 is the most important, but a number of others are very easy to implement, requiring just a few strokes of a pen.
Sensible policies for a Sensible Britain. Although it very sadly just highlights what a wasted opportunity this Tory majority has been since 2019. What could have been...
Nothing on making sure Lockdowns & vaccine mandates/passports can never happen again?
I could get behind similar/analogous policies if on offer in the United States. I think a lot of people would. Neither major party here is interested though, and the game is rigged against outsiders.
I can support all bar one policy, that concerns giving the private sector a say in whether it is viable or not to use fracking in oil or gas extraction, for obvious reasons.
Great list. If I may:
11 end the special relationship with the United States
V good but you should go further on immigration especially on student visas. Restrict them for only the top unis - I appreciate this selecting winners but the list can reviewed regularly.
Also deportations
No fiscal decentralisation for you? School vouchers, privatising the NHS?
This was not intended to be a complete manifesto. For the most part, we avoided tax and spending — partly because good policies are hard to frame in an appealing way, partly because policies require a lot of analysis on their financing to be taken seriously.
Half of it was just immigration stuff. Why not do a manifesto for immigration, another infrastructure, health, education etc. Otherwise it's neither interesting nor comprehensive.
You should also try to get rid of the teaching degrees. What a pile of horseshit? Teaching isn't that complicated mate.
Why not have two types of student visas? One for people who do important degrees. Another for people who do bullshit degrees. For the latter, you have to sign a contract saying you cannot stay in Britain after 3/4/5 years of studying no matter what. If British universities can export bullshit degrees I don't really see the problem.
Simply introduce a deposit scheme. Say £30K plus funds that demonstrate that you can self finance for the duration of the course. Failure to comply then deportation without recourse.
I studied in Australia so I'd imagine it's similar in the UK. They make you pay for health insurance for 4 years before your visa approval. Tuition for the first semester before you even arrive in the country. It gets to close to 30k by then.
This isn’t intended to be a full manifesto — certainly, there is little discussion of tax and spending and of the economy in the above piece, even though they are utterly essential. In terms of priority, #10 is the most important, but a number of others are very easy to implement, requiring just a few strokes of a pen.