Forget all of the political parties . . . here are our manifestos

I WOULD like to be one of the first to join reader Terry Caldon’s new political party (Letters). His proposed manifesto was spot on: ten new super prisons; mandatory ten-year sentence, to be served in full, for carrying a knife; no legal aid for those who travel abroad to join a terrorist organisation; a ban on protests that disrupt the public; and the scrapping of the overseas aid budget. He asked for suggestions, so here are a few: water cannon for the Met; illegal migrants to be returned to their homeland within 36 hours; and banks should be obliged to pay a decent rate of interest on savings.

ROGER BIRTWISTLE, Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk.

I’D VOTE for any party that caps overseas aid to stop the wastage and spends the surplus on social care.

FRED COPLEY, Birmingham.

TOP of my manifesto wish list would be scrapping the vanity project that is HS2. PAUL EVERETT, Chelmsford, Essex.

I AGREE with Terry’s common sense manifesto. I would only add that all prison sentences should be served in full.

Y. King, hythe, Kent.

I Suggest family allowance for the first two children only; and all proceeds from hospital car parks to go to the NHS, not private parking firms. mrs Margaret Stockley,

Ashford, middlesex.

CUT the number of MPs to 400, who must work 7½ hours a day, five days a week; get rid of the House of Lords; no alcohol served in the Houses of Parliament; a member of the public to sit on the expenses vetting committee; if you don’t have a licence, insurance or MoT, then your car will be crushed; and life should mean life for murder.

A. Marsden, Torquay, Devon.

Instead of the political parties spouting about the wondrous things they think they could do if elected, someone with two ounces of common sense should list the things they would like to do — but only if funds were available. I wish a political leader would say: ‘If elected, we would take three months to review the country’s financial position, looking closely at the expenditure and savings that could be made in all government departments, before we promise to hand out billions to all and sundry.’

Bryn Davies, Bournemouth, Dorset.