Welcome to every single person who has spent their time travelling towards London here to witness the manifesto launch for the first election for British Alternative. It is truly thrilling for me to be here today to present you our first manifesto.

Our first manifesto is based on the idea that we should decrease the state in order to increase the freedom of the people. We have seen too many parties wanting to increase the power of the state and it’s not doing the people of the United Kingdom any good. We see that the backlog in the NHS is getting bigger and bigger, even though the amount of funding is also increasing year by year. So if throwing money at it won’t fix it, perhaps we should rethink the system altogether.

The last two governments further increased the powers of the state, nationalisations became a hobby for them, while not considering the effects it will have on hard working British people, who will have to pay more and more to fund their nationalisation hobby’s. Even though the Conservatives have been a member of the second to last government they still were one of the driving forces of further bureaucratic rules, especially regarding housing. These additional rules are not good for the market economy that we have to be so proud of. This is why we want to cut unnecessary rules that don’t help the United Kingdom, but only limit its potential.

Growth is the most important thing that we should achieve for our country, it is important that we focus our economy on growth and to do that it is important that we lower taxes, for individuals as well as for businesses. This is why we want to lower taxation on earnings for individuals, as well as lowering the tax on wealth you inherit from people who have passed away. This means that there is more money in the pockets of ordinary people, something that they can spend on in stores, to further aid our economy. By lowering corporation tax we give businesses more money to invest in their own processes and products, which increases business opportunities and will also help employees in the long run. This all will increase growth of our economy, partially through more money for individuals and for businesses.

Growth can also be achieved through a better standing of our country in the world. Right now we are pushing our allies away left, right and centre. The last Government made some terrible decisions regarding foreign policies and diplomacy, they pushed away the rest of the world by sanctioning Israeli and Palestinian leaders, only pushing the peace process further away than before. The United Kingdom can play a leading role in the peace process in the Middle East, just like we have a leading role in the conflict in Ukraine. By getting rid of the sanctions and re-opening discussions with both sides, as well as friendly governments in the region, such as the Qatari, we can play a part in ensuring that there’s an increase in stability and safety in the Middle East.

We also need to look at the safety back home, we have a lot of immigrants coming here to the United Kingdom to seek a safe haven, while true asylum seekers deserve a place in our country to have a safe home, we cannot harbour everybody. This is why the British Alternative wants to take a firm look again at the immigration system that we currently have in place. We need to have a conversation with the French Government and with the rest of the European Union about possibilities of placing people in regional migration centres. These centres can function as places where people can await their asylum claims, if they are accepted then they can travel safely to the United Kingdom and if refused we can safely send them back to the countries they came from. Together with our European allies we can ensure that these centres are safe and function properly. The last Government has not been able to finish discussions with the French Government with regards to an agreement as we did years ago. We need a new agreement, one that is updated to the current political climate and the current numbers of migrants that are trying to enter the United Kingdom illegally.

These are a few of the goals that the British Alternative has to improve the lives of the people of the United Kingdom, the British people have a real choice, a choice for a real Alternative.