Rob and Tom discuss all the pledges, promises and fibs of the major parties’ manifestos for the upcoming General Election before taking a deeper look at how the polls stand.
Topics
[0:00] Intro
[2:47] Manifestos For Everyone! ... Brexit
[14:21] The NHS
[24:45] Taxation
[40:14] The Economy Stupid
[51:09] Climate
[58:47] How Do The Manifestos Fare?
[1:04:21] Quick Polls Update
[1:16:02] Outro
[1:18:30] Bonus: Stunned Silence
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Shownotes
BBC: Who should I vote for? General election 2019 policy guide
Sky: General Election 2019: Compare policies with our interactive manifesto checker
Wikipedia: List of countries by tax rates
Twitter: Question Time £80k man
Guardian: Conservative Logo 2004
Britain Elects (now has mandatory email signup)
Britain Elects: Would Britain vote for Brexit again?
Britain Elects: Should Scotland be an independent country?
Discuss
Attribution
Recording engineer: Craig
Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0).
Main Image: The main party manifestos