UK Election: Labour Releases Party Manifesto
UK Election: Labour Releases Party Manifesto
The Facts
The UK's Labour Party launched their manifesto in Manchester on Thursday. Speaking at the event, leader of the opposition Sir Keir Starmer claimed that while there was no "magic wand," he had moved his party "away from the dead end of gesture politics" and created a "credible long-term plan."
The manifesto contains the party's six "first steps for change," pledging "tough spending rules" for economic stability, a reduction in NHS waiting times with 40K more weekly appointments, a new Border Security Command, the creation of Great British Energy, more neighborhood police, and 6.5K more school teachers.
The Spin
Labour's manifesto offers the foundations for the change the UK so desperately needs. Those that call for more ambitious policies do not understand the extend of the mismanagement the Tories have presided over for the last 14 years. Only once Starmer and Labour have once again secured stability and security for the UK may the party and the country alike begin to broaden their expectations.
Despite saturating their manifesto with the word "growth," Labour's policies pledges lack detail and will fail to convince the markets that they are a party of economic competence. Starmer's document is but a veil for unannounced tax hikes, and the British public would be a fool to trust anyone who argues that Labour's manifesto is anything more than a scam.
