UK election manifesto oddities: Monkeys, smoking rooms and more American sports

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LONDON — Political manifestos — full of so many pre-election promises

All but one of the parties have released their lengthy documents. (The Scottish National Party waiting until next week to do so.)

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Replete with party leader vanity shots and abundant photographs of hardworking Britons, manifestos aren't widely read — even UKIP's Nigel Farage admitted he didn't read his own party's document in 2010

In this election, where the likelihood is high that the next government will be made up of at least two parties, the documents are even more of an opening gambit rather than something to which you can hold a party (should they shirk on their pledges while in government) Read more...

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