307: Copy Paste 2017; Put Brexit In Bold

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

This week’s polls

Britain Elects (now has mandatory email signup)

Britain Elects: Would Britain vote for Brexit again?

Britain Elects: Should Scotland be an independent country?

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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