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(Well I just checked again before posting this article, the "elections" link now works but there's nothing new there, so they haven't updated it)

Then we have the Communist Party of Britain. Yeah I know, I laugh at those US guys, mostly Republicans, that I see going off on one about communists and the communist threat to the US and commies and so on. I guess it just reminds me of Red Foreman from That 70s Show a little too much. Not forgetting, the Cold War ended like, more than 10 years ago. The USSR no longer exists, the main "bit" is Russia now, doing well on a system of capitalism (of sorts), complete with wealthy mobsters. But then, here we are, and England actually has its own Communist Party! However, if any Republicans seriously consider this a threat of any sort, they oughta go check into rehab, cos someone must've been spiking their water. Now, don't get me wrong, the Communist Party of Britain's manifesto (with a deal more detail than Veritas) has a large number of proposals that to me, as a left-leaning guy, sound attractive on paper. But, being the Communist Party, as you might expect, several them seem to go too far and/or are unrealistic in terms of how likely they are ever to be accepted by even a small majority. At this point, I can't help wondering if some of the moderate-to-high left-leaning parties that are fed up with Labour, would be better off teaming up and pooling resources, and consolidating their manifestos with the common aim of doing more damage to Labour's lead than they would when campaigning individually. The Communist Party's manifesto does have a strong socialist leaning but, once again, little to no explanation of where funds will come from, and where they'll be going.

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I was going to cover both the Green Party and the Countryside Alliance in this article too, but it turns out I underestimated them both somewhat. Their details on manifestos/policies are at about the same level as the "big three," so they're deserving of a separate article each. Stay tuned!

First posted on my blog