– It is always exciting to see the party manifestos published. Makes you feel that the election campaign is actually under way.
– Did you think it wasn't?
– Well, to tell the truth, nothing very exciting has happened yet. I notice various politicians making pronouncements on the news programmes, and some of what some of them say sometimes makes sense. Though not always. But the manifestos are always worth looking forward to: they can be an entertaining read.
– And have you read them?
– Not exactly cover to cover. So far I've tended to skim through them to get an initial impression. Basically, just looking at the pictures. But a picture is worth a thousand words. Unfortunately, they tend to include quite a lot of words too, which seems to miss the point of having so many pictures.
– They tend to be a little one-sided.
– Yes, I've noticed that. It would be nice to see them discussing both sides of the argument, but they do come across as blowing their own trumpets. Metaphorically.
– Glancing through the manifestos, it's sometimes difficult to tell them apart.
– The Conservative one has a lot more blue.
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