Quote Originally Posted by great_fire View Post
It works, to an extent, Corbyn promised to splash the cash in 2017 and the Tories promised cuts, the result was that the Tories lost their majority.

Now Johnson is promising to splash the cash.

But anyone who believes manifesto promises is a fool.

83% of the MPs elected in 2017 were elected on manifestos that promised to deliver Brexit.
I think that until now there has always an intention to make manifesto promises that are at least intended to be fulfilled. From both parties. Both know that they will be held to account. Like both parties fully intended, and intend, to land the EU. The problem is how.

But the point in making is that the Conservative party will approach the next manifesto making any promise full well knowing, and not caring, that the spending commitments can't be fulfilled. It simply doesn't matter to them, as long as they provide the economic hit that their backers wish for. Therefore, all well make a fast buck and the normal working chap will embark on many more years of austerity.

Post brexit, once the damage is done, I think it obvious that in the future negotiations that will happen, the future government (once the current lot resign post no deal brexit as they aren't interested in anything else) will again accept full freedom of movement as part of the overall package. The people who led the campaign, and their backers will have had their full by then, and be long gone.