A 9-year-old has written the first manifesto of the general election campaign – and it’s a vote winner
Although there are technically no UK MPs at the moment, the man who sat and is standing for the constituency of Stalybridge and Hyde, Jonathan Reynolds, has shared something very special via Twitter – the five-point manifesto written by his nine-year-old daughter, Bess.
My daughter has written her manifesto. Some strong ideas here #ge2019 pic.twitter.com/A9fWi49KNT
— Jonathan Reynolds (@jreynoldsMP) November 9, 2019
She’s a very clued-up young lady, although she may have had a little help with her homework. Her pockets suggestion was a massive vote winner.
👏 We 👏 want 👏 pockets 👏 https://t.co/2ue86DYMKD
— Rebecca (@rebecca_moore_) November 9, 2019
Labour Campaign for Mandatory Women's Pockets 🌹👊@LabourBot https://t.co/C1MnwhKY7u
— Becca Wright (@_beccawright) November 9, 2019
Point #1 gets my vote 🗳️ https://t.co/qr5LUrWyx2
— Megan Davies (@MeganCareers) November 9, 2019
Usually I'd file this under This Didn't Happen – but the pockets thing sells me on it. https://t.co/mPb8uMeU7k
— Michael (@tingedfringe) November 10, 2019
Her bold views got a certain admiration, as well.
Her great-great grandfather Fred would have approved the strong opinions!
— Marion Turner (@potholes48) November 9, 2019
Partly.
I'm with her on all of it apart from the nationalise newspapers one!
— Andy Halkyard (@Kinackin) November 9, 2019
It looks like that’s going to be discussed at committee level.
I’m going to talk to her about why that wouldn’t work out well
— Jonathan Reynolds (@jreynoldsMP) November 9, 2019
Of course, not everybody was buying it.
With all the lies and fake news in politics these days, I had a feeling that this election campaign would be a rich source of @_dhotya contenders.
— Wilfred Dunderdale (@WilfDunder) November 10, 2019
But the pockets …
Source: Jonathan Reynolds, Twitter, H/T: Indy100 Image: Jonathan Reynolds, @amyjohumphries on Unsplash, Twitter
PS Apologies to Bess for calling her Beth in an earlier version.
