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#2 Re: Reform; looking at the bigger picture Posted by denny (94.194.xx.xx) on Wed 3 Feb 2010 at 15:40 Excellent point, although currently manifesto promises can turn out to be written in incredible disappearing ink - topically, take Labour's manifesto pledge some 13 years ago to hold a referendum on electoral reform if they were elected! One of the more serious suggestions that came up in Mark Thomas's recent People's Manifesto tour/project was that election manifesto promises should be legally binding. This would certainly make the link between parties, manifestos and votes a lot more explicitly defined, and lend more weight to your point.
Excellent point, although currently manifesto promises can turn out to be written in incredible disappearing ink - topically, take Labour's manifesto pledge some 13 years ago to hold a referendum on electoral reform if they were elected!
One of the more serious suggestions that came up in Mark Thomas's recent People's Manifesto tour/project was that election manifesto promises should be legally binding. This would certainly make the link between parties, manifestos and votes a lot more explicitly defined, and lend more weight to your point.
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