It seems Labour got caught short with the announcement of the general election, although all the infighting can't have helped. It's always seemed logical to me that a manifesto should be something you keep up to date & revise regularly. In any case, they did finally manage to get the manifesto out before the originally-announced end of May (for an election date of 8th June!), so here it is, all 126 pages of it:
A few remarks:
- Yes, there it is costed. There's a document that specifically does this.
- Many will be puzzled by the subtitle in the Negotiating Brexit section: "Labour accepts the referendum result and a Labour government will put the national interest first", since it is generally accepted by everyone who has studied the question that the two are incompatible.
- There is also a promise to lower the voting age to 16. Not a squeak about Brits living abroad.
Anyway, read it yourself, make up your mind. Sorry, no audio, BSL or big print version.
