Here, four of the panel offer their assessment of the party manifestoes.

Duncan King: Edinburgh "Of the mainstream parties, it seems only the Lib Dems and the SNP have the basic moral integrity to back off from the crime of the Iraq war" Michael Marley: Perth "As a voter, I feel the manifestoes are a waste of time, and they do not seem to have any relevance to the way I would vote" Bob Crozier: Larbert "I usually give each party a chance by reading their manifesto, but my choice is decided by what the parties don't say" Jim Monaghan: Glasgow "The Conservatives have made their pledges with undertones of old - slotted in to keep their dying breed happy"

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The readers' panel has been selected from as wide a cross-section of people as possible and may not be representative of wider public opinion.