Conservative manifesto:

The State Pension is starting to look more vulnerable.

this is always the danger when you get a newly elected government with a large overall majority---they can do anything they like--however unpopular. and anything which hammers us seniors will go down well with the young know it all new voters.

I think you'd be wise to pay heed to your leader's speech when launching the Lib Dem's manifesto yesterday and especially to what he says beginning at approximately the 1 minute 25 seconds mark:

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I actually think this highlights a major difference between the metropolitan Liberals of the east and south-east and the more traditional Liberals from the west and north-west. The former are showing themselves to be totally intollerant whilst the later strive to be inclusionist and embracing of others' views.

That's a complete over-reaction to the possibility that the state pension's triple-lock might be replaced by a double-lock. We of the silver haired brigade really need to face the reality that because Britain hasn't fought a war for many years coupled with a drop in the birth rate and advancements in medical science, we have an ever aging population and modern youth objects to paying for us to continue living. Never more so are we vilified than because we had the temerity to register to vote last year and used that privilege to bring about Britain's withdrawal from the European Union. And yet the one party that has said it plans to replace the triple lock is the Conservative Party who, it can be said, is listening to thre concerns of the young. So all the young voters should be voting Tory!

He's a lad our Andrew

i said similar in my post #22

The Conservatives launched their manifesto this morning:

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I am delighted that the next Conservative government will abandon plans for Leveson 2 and will repeal the press freedom-threatening Section 40:

“We will not proceed with the second stage of the Leveson Inquiry… we will repeal Section 40 of Crime and Courts Act 2014, which, if enacted, would force media organisations to become members of a flawed regulatory system or risk having to pay the legal costs of both sides in libel and privacy cases, even if they win.”​

thereby thwarting ambitions of the freedom of speech haters who include Hacked Off, Hugh Grant and Max Moseley among their number.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/election-2017-39945597

May is the only one to vote for, she is the safest pair of hands by far at this moment in time, I will be lending my vote to them for certain.

Hopefully Labour can get their house in some sort of order before the next General Election after this one although I feel that is a uphill challenge.

Certainly doesn't go down well with me, but I may be a rarity in that I care as much about what happens to others as I care about what affects me directly. I think the word for it is "liberal".

Perhaps the young have more compassion and are less likely to think only of their situation than you give them credit for?

What element of Labour's manifesto don't you like?

Is this Murdoch's fee? I thought Leveson 2 was designed to investigate corporate malpractice?

I agree with some of the manifesto but its just the delivery and cost I'm worried about, if it was a leader that I had more confidence in then I would feel much happier, I'm sure a lot of the electorate feel the same way.

My view on the young is that they do not show the same interest in politics and their future as we do, and to honest why should they?

The youngsters in this country should be out enjoying themselves and not be worrying too much about the future, the future comes soon enough as we know

When I was in my early twenties and thirties I never even watched the news and I'm guessing that's much the same today.

There's a lot in what you say and many vote for the person they like, the party they are blindly loyal to and not the policies.

IMO a lot of people shouldnt have the vote--at all. how about 1 vote per household ?

Perhaps you'd advocate living in a dictatorship? Who do you believe should be denied the vote? Those without a degree? All retired persons? Those who are colour blind? Dog lovers? The unemployed?

one vote per household. the lead person on the council tax bill.

You have some strange ideas bigmac old boy