Boris Johnson's 'Get Brexit Done' manifesto seeks stronger ties with India

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday launched Conservative Party manifesto for December 12 general election with a central pledge to "get Brexit done" and make UK "Corbyn-neutral by Christmas", as well as forge closer ties with India. party's manifesto, unveiled 18 days ahe of polling day, makes a specific reference to post-Brexit ties with dynamic Indian economy and engage diaspora communities to enhance UK business access to such emerging markets.

'Will forge stronger ties with India'

"We will also forge stronger links with Commonwealth, which boasts some of world's most dynamic economies such as India, with which we alrey share deep historical and cultural connections," notes manifesto. "We will use export finance to increase our businesses' access to emerging markets and engage diaspora communities in UK with this agenda," document states.

"Our goals for British tre are accordingly ambitious. We aim to have 80 per cent of UK tre covered by free tre agreements within next three years, starting with USA, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. se will be negotiated in parallel with our EU deal, it ds.

At a Telford rally in Shropshire in West Midlands region of England, Conservative Party leer promised not to raise rates of VAT, income tax and National Insurance, dubbed a "triple tax lock".

"Unlike any or party standing in this election we're going to get Brexit done," said Johnson. "Let's go for sensible moderate one nation but tax-cutting Conservative government, and take this country forward, he said to rousing applause from his party colleagues. As he laid out how a Tory majority would make UK " greatest place to live, to brea, to be, to raise kids, to start a business greatest place on earth", he went on to warn against a feared coalition government between Opposition forces of Labour Leer Jeremy Corbyn and Scotland First Secretary Nicola Sturgeon.

"Do you want to wake up on Friday 13th December and find a nightmare on Downing Street, a Corbyn-Sturgeon coalition of chaos? Let's go carbon neutral by 2050 and Corbyn neutral by Christmas," he said. 59-page manifesto includes promises such as training 50,000 new nurses, at a cost of 750 million pounds a year, and creating 50 million more doctor's appointments.

Or "guarantees" include tighter immigration controls with an Australian-style points-based system, something party has previously laid out as a "fairer" immigration system once European Union (EU) freedom of movement rules come to an end post-Brexit. Focussing on central me, Johnson said: "Get Brexit done and we can restore confidence and certainty and business and families.

'Get Brexit Done'

"Get Brexit done and we can focus our hearts and minds on priorities of British people." Johnson's "get Brexit done" message is aimed for end of January 2020 deline, by bringing back his Withdrawal Agreement Bill to Parliament before Christmas if Tories win a majority to "turn page from dir, delay and division of recent years". His hope is to get MPs to green-light deal, something he h failed to achieve due to a lack of majority previously, resulting in snap election next month.

"If re is a majority of Conservative MPs on December 13th, I guarantee I will get our new deal through Parliament. We will get Brexit done in January and unleash potential of our whole country," said Johnson. " manifesto has a transformative agenda of investment in infrastructure, R&D and skills training. This is essential if we are to level up whole economy and unleash Britain's potential," he ded.

Tory manifesto launch follows launch by or political parties over last few days, including Labour and Liberal Democrats. While Labour Party manifesto is pegged around rical change with major spending pledges, Lib Dems propose to focus on economic growth by unleashing a Brexit dividend.

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