My countrymen, it is clear that our country stands on the brink. If the Tories are re-elected they will devastate our society, tearing it apart and pitting communities against each other through their divisive policies instead of building a land of opportunity and prosperity for all. If Labour get a majority then they will simply try to turn the clock back to 1945, heedless of the fact that the world has changed.
But we Liberals have the answer. Our policies will reform the economy as necessary to adapt to the modern world but will ensure that no one is left behind by reform. Here is our three point plan to tackle unemployment, end industrial unrest and reform British industry to make it globally competitive:
1. Break up all state-owned industries into independent companies owned and run by their workers - by reintroducing market competition to one fifth of our economy, without selling off our national assets on the cheap, we will see vast improvements in productivity and efficiency.
2. Establish Industrial Pay Boards, following the German model, for each industry, containing representatives of workers and employers to negotiate legally binding pay settlements on a regular basis - negotiation and compromise is the best way to solve pay disputes rather than bloody strikes provoked by militant unions on the one hand and a recalcitrant government on the other.
3. Cut corporation and income tax through the introduction of Land Value Taxation - by providing ordinary workers with more money in their pockets we will help them through this economic recession despite pay restraint and by demanding less tax from businesses and taxing land value we will provide employers with the money and the motivation to invest to create new jobs and tackle unemployment while attracting new businesses to Britain from abroad.
There are no easy answers in a time of economic upheaval but neither trying to turn back the clock nor devastating social cohesion through ideological economic policies are the answer. End the unrest, build a better Britain. Vote Liberal!