Button wrote:I'd prefer a party to convince me of their policies, so that I can vote knowing that a manifesto will stay doing what it says on the tin. Naive, I know, but when I order a sausage, I expect to get a sausage.
You can only introduce policy with the will of the people. I'm not saying say one thing and do another - rather, you build the case from within government to the point that you take people with you. What changes is the press, for example, giving you a fairer hearing as they finally give up on the current government.