The Communist Manifesto words, secured a majority for his programme. The League thus unanimously adopted a far more combative resolution than that at the First Congress in June. Marx (especially) and Engels were subsequently commissioned to draw up a manifesto for the League. Upon returning to Brussels, Marx engaged in "ceaseless procrastination", according to his biographer Francis Wheen. Working only intermittently on the manifesto, he spent much of his time delivering lectures on political economy at the German Workers' Education Association, writing articles for the "Deutsche-Brüsseler-Zeitung", and giving a long speech on free trade. Following this, he even spent a week (17–26 January
The People's Manifesto has opinions, and that was how the manifesto show was born. Instead of politicians telling us what we should do, it should be the other way round." The tour began on 27 March 2009 and finished after the 2010 General Election. Amongst the policies included in the manifesto are: In August 2009, Thomas performed his show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, in which the winning policies during the Fringe were debated before a selection of Members of the Scottish Parliament. A two-part radio series based on the People's Manifesto, entitled "Mark Thomas: The Manifesto" was broadcast on BBC Radio 4