Lyons is right, they are more forthcoming with preventative measures, how effective we'll find out.

I'm sure I saw on BBC that there is a pill that's either close or should be released and it's being held back till 2019. I'm not sure whether it's preventative, slowing or curing. Current medication doesn't do anything.

COYP

The leader builds a big part of the manifesto, along with their perspective cabinet. This is the most left-sided manifesto from Labour we have seen in a long time, which suggests Corbyn had a huge part in it.

Maybe not as left as he had hoped, but he had to meet in the middle ground with other Labour MPs for them to sign it off I'd imagine.

Plus reducing the Armed Forces size, removing the Trident etc. Will not be appealing to some that are now swinging towards Labour. Just my opinion.

It is laughable that you think it is feasible for a candidate for Prime Minister to hold diametric views from his manifesto on two of the most important issues, Brexit and defence.

We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men. [Orwell]

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Also if you read the manifesto they commit to 2% of GDP on defence spending, renewing trident and providing more support for our armed forces personnel in their daily lives. It's the same level of spending as the Tories but with more practical help to the people in the army etc. who are struggling to make ends meet.

I dunno. Thatcher did similar contradictory actions with the EEC/EU and with Northern Ireland and Hong Kong for political expediency and you still voted for her.

Big chest and massive boobs

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Arguably, not half as laughable as someone being current Tory PM who actually thinks Brexit could be negative because "we risk bringing the development of the single market to a halt, we risk a loss of investors and businesses to remaining EU member states driven by discriminatory EU policies, and we risk going backwards when it comes to international trade".

Arguably, not half as laughable as being a PM who said only last July that she would not trigger Article 50 “until I think that we have a U.K. approach and objectives for negotiations”....“I think it is important that we establish that before we trigger Article 50.”

Arguably,not half as laughable as being PM of a party which volte faces on its policy on social care in the middle of an election campaign,only a week after announcing said policy.

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Which new laws do you think his party would try and block? Surely not anything linked to manifesto commitments?

Well I think Simon's head is large; always involved in espionage. (Name that tune)

Manifesto commitments wouldn't be the only laws he has to put forward. If he wins, we also have Brexit negotiations and the laws that will need to be adopted during and after talks are finalised.

A flat tax is unfair as it would mean people on lower incomes pay a higher percentage of their income in tax than rich people do. That's grossly unfair.

Thankfully none of the parties contesting this election are advocating such an appalling policy.

Their manifesto covers laws that would be converted from EU law into UK law i.e. ones that parliament deem to be most worthy, principally those that protect workers' rights and the environment, which the Tories would scrap.

I see no evidence that, if Labour win, their MPs won't back such legislation. They only don't like Corbyn as they don't think he can win. If he does win I would imagine many would be keen to get down to the job of governing.