It’s a big day tomorrow, and if you still haven’t made up your mind who to support, below is each party’s accessible resources, along with additional useful election links.
Useful election links
See Hear General Election Special (BBC iPlayer): Click here
BBC Election debate with BSL interpretation: Click here. With subtitles only: Click here
Question Time with BSL interpretation: Click here with subtitles only: Click here
Conservaties
Main manifesto page: https://www.conservatives.com/manifesto
BSL manifesto (on YouTube): Click here
Easy read manifesto: Click here
Green Party
Main manifesto page: click here.
BSL manifesto
Easy read: click here.
Liberal Democrats
Main manifesto page: http://www.libdems.org.uk/manifesto
BSL manifesto available on this page: http://www.libdems.org.uk/bsl
Easy read version available by clicking here.
Labour
Main manifesto page: http://www.labour.org.uk/index.php/manifesto2017
BSL manifesto (summaries): http://www.labour.org.uk/index.php/manifesto2017/accessible-manifesto
Easy read manifesto: Download as a PDF here.
Plaid Cymru
Main manifesto page (Action Plan): http://www2.partyof.wales/actionplan17
BSL manifesto: http://www2.partyof.wales/bsl2017
Easy read manifesto: http://www2.partyof.wales/easyread17
Scottish National Party
Main manifesto page: https://www.snp.org/manifesto
BSL manifesto (Vimeo): https://vimeo.com/220206551
BSL manifesto with subtitles: Click here
Easy read manifesto: Click here
UKIP
Main manifesto: http://www.ukip.org/manifesto2017
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pennybsl
June 8, 2017
Useful but so last minute, and far too late for the numerous Deaf & BSL electors using postal votes.
This is an opportunity for us all to demand a fixed timescale before any general election, or to do real-time (produced at the same time each main party’s manifesto comes out) BSL access.
We say ‘ENOUGH is ENOUGH’.
BSL access is not an afterthought. It is the UK’s fourth most used language; at times like the General Election, crises, BSL in the United Kingdom deserves parity on the same level speech and vision are broadcast to the nation.
Editor
June 9, 2017
Hi Penny, we did post a lot of these resources on our articles leading up to the vote – thanks Charlie (Ed)