Legally binding MANIFESTO. Improving democracy.

With politics, both home & abroad, being at the centre of everyone's attention at the moment, our screens are full of hopeful, career politicians spewing half-truths and pretending that they (a.) believe them and (b.) intend to implement them. What is the answer to this blatantly un-democratic lie-fest? One thing stands out to me.

Make each party  MANIFESTO legally binding in the run up to an election. A manifesto that they pledge to enforce within SIX MONTHS of being voted in. These manifesto pledges will be spread over a number of set political areas that each party has to declare ( tax levels, benefit levels, environment, foreign aid etc ) and they would be legally binding. If they fail to follow up on these pledges, it automatically triggers an immediate election and
invalidates the party's right to govern. A democratic Right to Recall. That way, the electorate would be able to see genuine differences between the standing parties in the run-up to an election, vote accordingly and hold them responsible if /when they fail to deliver.

At the moment, politics is all about bluster, hot air, empty promises and saying the right things to the right people in order to gain a vote, there is no following responsibility to act on these promises. We have been misled and conned many times before by groups of two-faced liars who believe they are entitled to live by a different, protected and secret set of rules and morals. We are shown one thing and delivered a pale imitation. This is why people are turning off from local and national politics and see politicians as two-faced, hypocritical, liars, rewarding themselves for consistent failure.

The electorate is sick and tired of hearing politicians spouting words that amount to nothing more than a constant string of broken promises. If we truly live in a democracy, then it is the people who should have the power to shape our country by voting for a manifesto that will be implemented. You may not like what is put in front of you, but it produces a responsibility for your vote choice and a defined direction for the society we vote for. Referendums and elections would be much more relevant. Rational and modern.