Let’s have a quick reminder of what the Tory manifesto launch revealed, shall we?

As the details of #ToryManifesto became clear, we felt it important to update our video. This, is the full horror of the #ManifestoOfMisery. pic.twitter.com/68kkarL8gk — EL4C (@EL4JC) May 18, 2017

A major issue in the manifesto is the plan for a “Dementia Tax”, using the value of people’s houses to pay for their in-home care – to be paid after the cared-for person has died. Labour’s Angela Rayner clarified the situation on the BBC’s Question Time:

Brilliant explanation of the cruel #DementiaTax by Labour's Angela Rayner who worked in Social Care #BBCqt pic.twitter.com/5DFg4XrA41 — Tory Fibs (@ToryFibs) May 18, 2017

Here’s how one caller to LBC reacted to it:

Listen: Tory voter, Elizabeth, said she had been left so irate by “Saint Theresa” she’d switched her postal vote to Labour. #torymanifesto pic.twitter.com/XB5VUzBw33 — EL4C (@EL4JC) May 18, 2017

And there’s this:

The Tories’ manifesto pledge on social care funding is an unfair illness tax. https://t.co/pxYcsOWRJg pic.twitter.com/7CLlYLis4R — Marie-Louise Irvine (@drmarielouise) May 18, 2017

It's official now. State pension will be cut. Elderly care charges will rocket. #DeathTax Please RT pic.twitter.com/bl3KfCicog — Paul Mason (@paulmasonnews) May 18, 2017

David Schneider has a satirical take on what to do:

As the #ToryManifesto pledges to abandon huge numbers of old people, here’s a handy list of fairer ways to pay for social care. pic.twitter.com/oWF9BocM7P — David Schneider (@davidschneider) May 18, 2017

The manifesto promises less money for the National Health Service. Here’s one response:

NHS staff have been treated abysmally by this government – pls RT if you agree they deserve better pic.twitter.com/EMmCwgI6Rw — NHS Million (@NHSMillion) May 18, 2017

Free school meals will disappear under a Tory government, leading to a new nickname for Mrs May:

Thatcher the milk-snatcher

May the dinner-binner Never trust a Tory..@mccann_liz pic.twitter.com/xW4Xyh34UM — Cllr John Edwards (@JohnEdwards33) May 18, 2017

When it comes to the #ToryManifesto it is simply a case of a different decade but the same cruelty pic.twitter.com/2V9do6aY5u — The Pileus #RefugeesWelcome (@thepileus) May 18, 2017

The Tories have promised to build 500,000 new houses, if elected. How well have they managed over the last few years? Here’s your answer:

Where are all of the starter homes the Tories promised to build? Yet more #ToryBrokenPromises. RT if you agree ↓ #torymanifesto pic.twitter.com/kACvCSAbs8 — The Labour Party (@UKLabour) May 18, 2017

Cartoonist Steve Bell had this to say about Mrs May’s manifesto – and its obvious undertones:

Steve Bell on the Tory manifesto – political cartoon gallery pic.twitter.com/71FcrEwBWb — Political Cartoon (@Cartoon4sale) May 18, 2017

If you want an all-encompassing picture, try this:

The real front cover of the #ToryManifesto – they've added infants and dementia sufferers to the target list. 5 more years? #ToriesOut pic.twitter.com/aqzv6R6gel — Rachael Swindon (@Rachael_Swindon) May 18, 2017

Or this:

At least the title of the #ToryManifesto is honest. pic.twitter.com/sHKUn4jhkn — David Schneider (@davidschneider) May 18, 2017

This last one is hard to watch, but I think it makes a very important point about the kind of country Theresa May talks about, and the kind of country that she and her Con cronies actually create:

Theresa May talks about going forward together, but under the Tories homelessness doubled, while #foodbanks struggle to cope #GE2017 pic.twitter.com/MxNwDREgRX — Ben Claimant 💚 #joinaunion (@imajsaclaimant) May 18, 2017

That is how people feel about Theresa May, her party, and their miserable manifesto.

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