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Neil Norton, SDP Candidate for Bristol South

Neil Norton is the SDP prospective candidate for Bristol South.  We spoke with Neil about his decision to stand.

“The main parties do not speak for the ordinary people. Labour have lost their way for a long time, and focus on more luxury beliefs and identity politics”

Can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers?

I am Neil Norton. Brummie born and bred and have lived in the Bristol region for 12 years. Spent 11 years in Weston-Super-Mare, and just under a year in Bristol. My background is mainly business support within in the public sector (care homes, social services), and did do some volunteer work within Citizens Advice for a couple of years before Covid-19. Currently, I am a full-time carer for family members. I have stood for the SDP in the 2024 local elections here in Bristol for the Hengrove and Whitchurch Park ward, and did enter for Labour in two local elections in North Somerset back in 2015 and 2019.

What made you decide to stand for the SDP?

I came across the SDP a year ago. Their policies spoke to me and felt they represented me and the ordinary working class. The main parties do not speak for the ordinary people. Labour have lost their way for a long time, and focus on more luxury beliefs and identity politics. The Greens are just the Corbynite reserve team with whacky and crazy policies. I was politically homeless at the time tired of Labour’s “flip-flopping” and ineffective governance locally.

The SDP were calling out my name. I took the plunge and joined. There’s not much to disagree with, and it’s a party that is reflective of true British values. This is a part for the future, and will be big news shortly.

You’re the Spokesman for Bristol South what’s made you decide to represent this area?

As a local resident based in Hengrove; this is an area that has been neglected by both the local council and government, and offers true potential. I will represent the local community and listen to residents concerns.

“Considering there are numerous homeless people and families in the city; why are students top priority? These are only temporary residents and will bring little to local communities”

What do you see as the big concerns for the constituency and what issues do you hope to champion?

Bristol South has a lot of high crime, deprivation and sadly in recent over-development of alleged “affordable” housing, which is out of reach to many people. The state of Bedminster High Street is unbelievable. The local Green councillors have let their area become a glorified building site by building ridiculous student housing developments and turning buildings into HMOs often attracting undesirable people. Considering there are numerous homeless people and families in the city; why are students top priority? These are only temporary residents and will bring little to local communities.

Meanwhile, homeless families are in expensive, low-quality temporary accommodation with little to zero hope of getting a decent home. The Greens have no housing policy. Everyone should have a home and more focus needs to be on homeless families. Crime is a key issue, especially with drugs, anti-social behaviour, shoplifting and knife-crime. A zero tolerance approach is needed. Policing needs to be back to basics on real crime. Drug dealers need to be punished, and more needs to be done for addicts to stop relapsing. People and businesses alike should not be living in fear. Harsher punishments for knife crime, and for those carrying a knife. Why take a life? 

“Complacency from both Labour and the Greens in the area has led to the ordinary people ignored. A vote for the SDP will see real change and bring back common sense changes and rules”

Public transport needs improving. Bus stops are needed, as there are areas cut off with huge distances for walking that’s unfair on disabled and elderly people. Reliable services, which do not keep being cancelled as well as being affordable to people. Parsons Street and Bedminster railway stations to be bought into the 21st century with suitable access for the disabled and more regular services than a pathetic one an hour. It’s time GWR and National Rail as well as local councils and the government stopped messing about and actually listened to the customer.

I support the revival of Whitchurch Athletics Track in the area as that would be a benefit to the community, especially young people to be involved in activities and fulfil their potential. I will listen and fight for residents of Bristol South and make their area better again. Complacency from both Labour and the Greens in the area has led to the ordinary people ignored. A vote for the SDP will see real change and bring back common sense changes and rules.

For those eager to help, how can they get involved in the campaign?

You can contact me via e:mail [email protected] or find me on X/Twitter @NEILSDPBRIS84. 

Alastair Mellon, SDP Candidate for Coventry South

Alastair Mellon is the SDP prospective candidate for Coventry South.  We spoke with Alastair about his decision to stand.

“I joined the SDP recently after about a year of conversations with William Clouston who I admire for his reasonableness, perseverance and calm management style”

I grew up in Coventry South.  My father passed away in 1999 and my Mother continued to live in the City until she died last October and so I was in Coventry every other weekend for the last 25 years visiting her which helped me to maintain friendships with people I went to school with and with whom I have been friends for 50+ years.

I’m a chartered Civil Engineer, I run a Contractor-Developer and I’m an Investor in startups.  I’ve built railways, factories, skyscrapers, office blocks, thousands of apartments and houses as well as 12 refugee centres for 25,000 displaced people in Bosnia during the Civil War in 92/93.  I’ve built and invested in several successful companies including Europe’s largest online psychiatry business which treats 200,000 patients and employs more than 500 staff.

“a local campaign with our focus on bringing back highly skilled, high paying jobs to Coventry which are the bedrock of family formation”

I joined the SDP recently after about a year of conversations with William Clouston who I admire for his reasonableness, perseverance and calm management style.  Their message of Family, Industry & Nation resonates with my experience of what works in practice.

I am running a local campaign with our focus on bringing back highly skilled, high paying jobs to Coventry which are the bedrock of family formation.  Without high wages it is very difficult to support a family, buy a house, raise kids and take part in the civic life of the City.  The SDP regards family as the cornerstone of society and I agree completely with that sentiment.

When my family moved back to Coventry from Liverpool in 1969 it was a self confident town with better pay than almost anywhere else in the country.  When I left in 1982 to go and work in a car factory outside Paris, unemployment in Coventry was 19.2% and Ghost Town by the ‘Specials’ was synonymous with Coventry.  

“My aim is to create a ‘Can Do’ atmosphere in Coventry, to inspire, enthuse and convene the citizens, the council, local businesses and universities”

The City’s businesses were pummelled by high interest rates imposed by Mrs Thatcher with many, including Standard/Triumph right next to my old school, going bankrupt with 13,000 redundancies in one day.  I’d taken the No.1 bus home from school for 6 years with men who worked there all their lives who couldn’t conceive that they’d lost their jobs to an experiment in monetarism.

My aim is to create a ‘Can Do’ atmosphere in Coventry, to inspire, enthuse and convene the citizens, the council, local businesses and universities as well as utilities, VC’s, Private Equity, regional and national government and to harness them all to rebuild the high value add economy we had.

“We have all witnessed the exponential growth of cities around the world who act like start-up incubators be it Singapore, Shenzhen or Dubai”

I aim to generate a Tsunami of imaginative proposals, to trial new ideas, to experiment with new industries and to become the indispensable, flexible place that makes us impossible for the government, of any stripe, to ignore:

  • Want to trial autonomous cars in the UK? -> Go to Coventry.  
  • Want to establish a new paradigm for building cheap nuclear power stations that dispenses with the crippling costs imposed by ALARA? -> Go to Coventry.
  • Want to know how to construct economically Build to Rent (BTR) housing and sell it to UK pension funds that are seeking long term, asset-backed, inflation-proof investments with solid cash flows from rental income which track wages to match their pension liabilities?-> Go to Coventry.

We will overcome our lack of resources with resourcefulness.

We have all witnessed the exponential growth of cities around the world who act like start-up incubators be it Singapore, Shenzhen or Dubai who started with far less than Coventry already has.  Shenzhen was a fishing village of 3,000 souls, Dubai a strip of desert, Singapore a rejected Malaysian state plagued by race riots  – why can’t we put our City back at the top of the pile?

Our football club, The Sky Blues, have been through a desperate couple of decades but under the inspired leadership of Mark Robbins they are demonstrating that, ‘there are second acts in the life of our great City’.

Andy Egginton, Reform UK candidate for North East Derbyshire

Andy Egginton is the Reform UK Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for North East Derbyshire. We spoke with Andy about his decision to stand.

“Net Zero Immigration is the answer to the UK problems! I believe if the UK had Net zero Immigration over the next 5-year parliamentary term it would give the public services the opportunity to breathe and housing the opportunity to catch up. Our NHS needs a massive overhaul and especially social care and only Reform UK have the ability to carry out our promises.”

Can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers?

My name is Andy Egginton and I am 51 years old. I am a black belt in a few martial arts, train at the gym 5–6 times a week, play football and tennis and have covered a few roles in my career. Electrician, policeman, Inland Revenue, financial manager, property developer. I work on a contract basis for two premier league clubs in football and rugby as response, dealing with antisocial behaviour.

I also spend a lot of my time volunteering for people with disability/mental health issues as an advocate, guiding them through legal processes, procedures, housing, etc. This gives me a good insight into our failing country and failing system – which I firmly believe needs Reform.

I have three children, all boys. My eldest is 23 and is an IT infrastructure technician, my second is 19 and studying for a degree in Mathematics and statistics at Warwick University, and my 18-year-old will be joining him later this year studying the same degree.

“While dealing with the local MP on this issue he suggested if I wanted change then I  should stand in the local elections, as I would make a great councillor. So, I decided to take his advice and stood in the local elections for Reform UK”

What made you decide to stand for Reform UK?

I became an accidental politician while I was advocating on a case many years ago. In this particular case, which began as a neighbour dispute and evolved into accusations that resulted in wrongful arrest. I decided to start from the beginning with the council ASB team and requesting a community trigger (the community trigger went ahead without her knowledge or attendance even though she requested the trigger), I examined the police evidence and proved they had made a baseless and wrongful arrest (the IOPC is still investigating this).

During the course of this investigation the council took major offence to the fact that “I had opened up a can of worms and wrong practices” and they then tried everything to destroy my client. They even sent a letter to her stating “We do not recognise your human rights under article 8 and will continue to attend your property against your wishes without notice” and even eventually banned her against having an advocate (which goes against the Care Quality Act 2010). I continued to advocate and raised a complaint directly with the local government ombudsman. This was when I realised that quangos are just an illusion and the public do not have any rights.

I recommend that everyone Googles “parliamentary health and social care ombudsman” on Trustpilot, reads the stories and follows up by researching other quangos. Sadly it is a horrific and pointless experience for any member of the public to deal with a quango and will only lead to being told you need to go to a judicial review, This will cost £20–25,000 and if you lose, you will pay the same again in costs to the government department. If you win, they will pay your costs and reverse their decision (without incurring further penalties). Democracy appears to not exist in this country – is it just an illusion created by the government?

While dealing with the local MP on this issue he suggested if I wanted change then I  should stand in the local elections, as I would make a great councillor. So, I decided to take his advice and stood in the local elections for Reform UK. I cannot understand why my Conservative MP took offence, as it was his suggestion I stand?  I found out at the count he was suggesting the Conservatives (silly me). I have also been an agent for other Reform candidates.

The reason I stood for Reform is easy and simple…. Policies!

How could I possibly sell my children down the river and stand for either the Consocialists who have broken Britain or Labour who will bankrupt Britain?

You are the Spokesman for North East Derbyshire, what has made you decide to represent this area?

I originate from Derbyshire and have family in the area. If elected I will be living in the constituency.

“Policing in North East Derbyshire needs reforming and we need more bobbies on the beat. Visible policing prevents crime and residents should feel safe”

What do you see as the big concerns for the constituency and what issues do you hope to champion?

What I see as major concerns for the constituency is housing being built without the appropriate infrastructure and poor quality planning decisions, such as housing being built in areas of Dronfield which have drainage issues.

We desperately need to review the bureaucratic planning system and especially the section 103 developer contributions for infrastructure, such as schools and GP surgeries. Once again, if Reform wins the general election then 5 years of Net Zero Immigration will give the housing sector a chance to catch up and young families a chance to buy a house.

Social care is already a major issue and Derbyshire County Council plan to close eight day centres for the elderly and up to 11 residential care homes. Problems with social care in the UK are adding to the strain on the NHS. For example: 13,000 beds are being blocked because no social care is available and yet Derbyshire County Council are in public consultation to close more social care facilities for the elderly!Once again, if Reform wins the general election then 5 years of Net Zero Immigration will give the NHS and social care sector a chance to catch up.

Policing in North East Derbyshire needs reforming and we need more bobbies on the beat. Visible policing prevents crime and residents should feel safe to venture out of their homes. Unfortunately, I am hearing the opposite from the residents I speak to while canvassing.

For those eager to help, how can they get involved in the campaign?  

For those eager to join our campaign and make a difference, there are several ways to get involved with Reform UK. You can connect with us on social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter to stay updated on our events, initiatives, and ways to contribute. Additionally, you can email to learn more about volunteering opportunities and campaign events or share your ideas and concerns. Your support and involvement are invaluable in shaping a better future for North East Derbyshire.

Please get in touch with me at: [email protected]

Facebook: Reform UK North East Derbyshire PPC

Alan Adams, Reform UK candidate for Telford

Alan Adams is the Reform UK Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Telford. We spoke with Alan about his decision to stand.

“I’m not a polished or practiced politician, nor am I motivated by dreams of a career in politics – I want to do this for Telford”

Can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers?

I’m Alan Adams – the Reform UK PPC for Telford. I’m a Telford native, with deep roots in our community. I was born and bred in Oakengates, I went to local schools, served in the Royal Navy as a Submariner from the age of 17, and then worked as an Engineer in factories across the borough. My grandad fed the kilns at Blockleys Bricks, my mum worked for the company building the M54, and I remember Telford town centre when it wasn’t much more than a Carrefour.

As a local business coach, I’ve assisted start-ups and SMEs to do business better. I’ve volunteered for the Princes Trust as a Mentor and supported the local community – not for personal gain, but because it’s the right thing to do.

I’m not a polished or practiced politician, nor am I motivated by dreams of a career in politics – I want to do this for Telford. I want to give the people of Telford a strong, viable alternative to the Conservative and Labour parties. A hard-working, decent MP who will really focus on our community. A real choice. Because this town is my home, and home to my family, and so Telford’s future matters deeply to me.

“Reform UK stands for freedom of speech and that matters hugely to me. The cancel-culture must not be allowed to censor the respectful sharing of views”

What made you decide to stand for Reform UK?

Reform UK is the only realistic alternative to the status quo. Telford’s other options are a replacement Conservative who doesn’t ‘get’ us, or a Labour Council Leader who’s offering more of the same, only worse. No thank you. Reform UK gives me the platform to fight for Telford, and make change happen.

I like that we’re small and lean and fighting hard to give people a voice. We’re becoming known as a party of common sense, and that appeals. As a party, we believe we need to get Brexit done properly and not just ‘done’, and I absolutely agree. We went to the people – they spoke – and it feels like very little has changed for the better.

I also believe that illegal immigration and abuse of the asylum system is out of control, and communities and local services cannot cope. As an island nation, we’ve always relied on positive immigration, but the system at the moment is broken for everyone. If we allow someone to stay, let them find work, find a home, and establish themselves in their community. Don’t sit them in two or three-year holding patterns, increasingly reliant on the state. And if they’re not entitled to be here, and are just abusing the system, then remove them from the country. Now.

I know first-hand that growing businesses are the best way to ‘grow us’ out of economic difficulty. If we can cut some of the stifling red tape, and support businesses to thrive and prosper, then we’ll all benefit. I’m not afraid of encouraging wealth creation, as long as business pays its dues. Success for businesses means more good jobs. It means more money in the public coffers. And that can only be a good thing.

More than anything, Reform UK stands for freedom of speech and that matters hugely to me. The cancel-culture must not be allowed to censor the respectful sharing of views.

“I served as a Submariner for six years, during the latter part of the Cold War. And it taught me service. To do what’s right and what’s necessary. To stand up and be counted”

You’re the Spokesman for Telford, what’s made you decide to represent this area?

I believe that the people of Telford deserve a choice other than ‘more of the same’. A real choice. And a candidate who wants to do the very best by them. That’s why I’m standing.

I’ve never had any ambition to be a politician. I was born in Oakengates and studied locally, before joining the Royal Navy at 17. I served as a Submariner for six years, during the latter part of the Cold War. And it taught me service. To do what’s right and what’s necessary. To stand up and be counted. And to do that whether anyone’s watching or not.

I see standing as an MP for Telford as a duty. We all deserve better than the options currently being presented to us.

Telford is a special place, and it has a DNA of its own. We’re proud, we’re hard-working, and we’re no-nonsense. We want common sense to be applied. And the only way that I can help make real change happen is to stand up and be counted, and to fight for Telford’s future.

“the abolition of IR35 rules which shackle those who choose the flexibility of self-employment, but who have one main client”

What do you see as the big concerns for the constituency, and what issues do you hope to champion?

There are so many ways that Reform UK is the right choice for the people of Telford, but I’ve picked four core areas that I believe resound the most.

1.      Business | Business is an integral part of our town, and Reform UK’s commitment to reduce corporation tax from 25% down to 20% will be welcome indeed. As will the abolition of IR35 rules which shackle those who choose the flexibility of self-employment, but who have one main client. Business rates will be scrapped for all SMEs, the VAT threshold raised to £120,000, and a 3% online delivery tax will create a much more level playing field for businesses on our high streets. Less red tape, more common sense!

2.      Healthcare | Healthcare is hugely important to everyone in our town and the downgrading of our A&E to an Urgent Treatment Centre just defies all logic and sense for a thriving and growing community. I’m determined to do all I can to fight for the Princess Royal to regain its full status again. People here in Telford, and across the wider UK, are suffering deeply because of record waiting lists and that can’t ever be OK. Reform UK has a viable plan to clear these lists – combining tax incentives to retain and re-recruit staff, providing access to more private healthcare, and reviewing all NHS contracts to cut waste, bureaucracy, and unnecessary managers. And all of this will be funded by reorganising the Bank of England QE debt, ensuring it no longer has to pay interest on reserves for commercial banks, and saving us all £billions.

3.      Fairness | Fairness is another core driver for local people, who just want the chance to get themselves ahead. Reform UK is committed to removing stamp duty on properties below £750,000, which covers the vast majority of homes in our town as the average house price is £234,000 (according to Rightmove). Inheritance Tax would be abolished for all estates under £2million, and VAT on energy bills would also be scrapped. Again, all fair, and absolutely the right thing to do.

4.      Armed Forces Community | I’m passionate about supporting serving and veteran members of our Armed Forces community. Standing for Reform UK, we’re committed to increasing the basic pay of service personnel to make sure that they earn more in the Forces than as an Amazon worker. And we’ll house and equip them properly too. While they’re serving, and after they leave, they’ll be entitled to a free education. And we’ll upgrade the ‘Office’ for Veterans’ Affairs to a full Department and fund it to the tune of £1billion a year. Best of all, defence spending will increase from 2.25% to 2.5% by 2027, and 3% by 2030 to ensure that we can all fully protect ourselves against all rising threats.

For those eager to help, how can they get involved in the campaign?

For more information or to get in touch, please visit the website: www.alanadams.co.uk, or email: [email protected]. And, regular updates are posted on our social media platforms, too:

Podcast Episode 90 – Liz Cooper – Reform UK

We recently held a public meeting in Purley and we were joined by Liz Cooper, the Reform UK Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for nearby Carshalton & Wallington.

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LIES, DAMN LIES and NET ZERO

By Jerry Wraith

“such a wide range of views on the next three quarters of a century discredits the notion that the IPCC represents a ‘scientific consensus’ on climate change”

Ben Pile reported in The Daily Sceptic that the Guardian recently published its survey of ‘climate experts’. For the purposes of creating this story, the Guardian’s Environment Editor Damian Carrington contacted 843 ‘lead authors’ of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s reports (IPCC) and 383 responded to his questions. The actual substance of the survey does not seem to have been published by the paper, but the main response Carrington wanted to get from his respondents was an estimate of how much global warming there will be by the end of the century. “World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5ºC target,” claims one headline. A graphic in the article shows the responses:

Ben Pile pointed out that the obvious problem this raises is that such a wide range of views on the next three quarters of a century discredits the notion that the IPCC represents a ‘scientific consensus’ on climate change. The ‘consensus’ – the putative expression of agreement by the worlds ‘top climate scientists’ – is the lynchpin of the narrative, epitomised by the Guardian, that the climate debate is between scientists and denialists. “Seventy seven per cent of climate scientists expect a rise of at least 2.5ºC,” explains the chart. Well, yeah, but 23% of climate scientists do not. And a good number of those connected to the IPCC believe that there will be just 1.5 degrees of warming – a third less warming than is anticipated by their colleagues at the other end of the spectrum. Clearly, there is, or needs to be, a debate.

Clearly, the wide range of results shows the so-called IPCC “experts are and the organisation is itself a complete joke as it cannot even get its so-called experts to agree on a point which is fundamental to its whole existence.

However, help is at hand, because I can state the exact number that the IPCC’s own results show should be the answer!

The question was: “How much global warming will there be by the end of the century”?

Firstly, for more information on the numbers and figures involved it is necessary to refer to my article https://croydonconstitutionalists.uk/the-lunacy-of-net-zero-policies/.

“This is the effect of global CO2 increase. That due to humans is 3% of the total. So, the human contribution to the total global temperature rise is about 0.017 ºC”

Now we have to estimate the possible rise of CO2 from the present day to that at the end of the century, 2100 or in 76 years time.  

The total global rise in CO2 from 1980, (335 ppm) to 2024 (420 ppm) was 85 ppm or nearly 2 ppm/annum over the last 44 years. Hence, at that rate the global total of CO2 will rise about

152 ppm. So, the global total CO2 level will be about 420 + 152 ppm = 572 ppm.

For convenience sake let us round this figure up to 600 ppm.

From figure 2 of my note above the ΔT (increase in temperature) against CO2 ppm for 420 ppm is 3.5 ºC and that for 600 ppm is 4.05 ºC.

Hence the global temp increase by the end of the century implies a total temp increase of 4.05 – 3.5 ºC or just 0.55 ºC.

This is the effect of global CO2 increase. That due to humans is 3% of the total. So, the human contribution to the total global temperature rise is about 0.017 ºC.

So, the ACTUAL ΔT due to human activity is 0.017 ºC or:

17,000 ppm of 1 ºC

The UK contribution to global CO2 increase is about 1% of the total human contribution. So the UK’s element of the temperature increase is:

170 ppm of 1 ºC

“the responses from 77% of the so-called climate experts of the IPCC which claim a 2.5 ºC rise in temperature is nearly 150 times too large! Their answers range from 90 to 300 times too large”

But the Guardian article and the whole climate change hysteria evidently assumes that the increase in global temperature is entirely due to human activity. This is evident because no distinction is drawn between them. Hence, the responses from 77% of the so-called climate experts of the IPCC which claim a 2.5 ºC rise in temperature is nearly 150 times too large! Their answers range from 90 to 300 times too large. So ALL of the so-called IPCC experts who responded got nowhere near the ACTUAL temperature increase that the IPCC results predict!

It is therefore clear that the IPCC’s predictions of catastrophic climate change are nothing more than total horse manure, which is spread around by the shovel full by the media. Unfortunately, this is swallowed wholesale by our politicians, such as Rishi Sunak and Claire Corthino, and the climate fanatics to the total detriment of our society and economy.

As the IPCC is so unreliable I have argued in my note above that their results should be ignored in favour of data produced by the eminent scientists Dr William Happer, of Princeton University and Dr van Wijngaarden, of York University, Canada, (see FIG 1 of my note). The revised and probably much more accurate result is that the temperature increase due to the human element of increasing the global CO2 level from 420 ppm to 600 ppm is:

 0.0036 0C or 3,600 ppm of 10C

 of which the UK contribution would be:

36 ppm of 10C

CONCLUSION

It is absolutely scandalous that the government is basing its policy on such a ridiculous entity as the IPCC. This  was set up purely and primarily to promote the concept that human activity causes increased levels of CO2 which is causing catastrophic global temperature increases.

The hysteria generated by the IPCC and the media, including the BBC, Sky News and the Guardian for example suggests that the title of this note should be changed to:

GOOD GRIEF, HOW STUPID CAN YOU GET?

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Jack Brookes, Reform UK candidate for Birmingham Erdington

Jack Brookes is the Reform UK Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Birmingham Erdington. We spoke with Jack about his decision to stand.

“I live in the constituency in which I am standing; my family have lived in the constituency for decades”

Can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers?

I am a 25 year old libertarian and I have a degree in economics with finance (graduated 2020) from Queen’s University Belfast. I have worked many jobs including: financial crime (PwC), labourer, gas tool decontamination worker and postman.  

Unlike all too many of our current politicians… I did NOT grow up with a silver spoon in my mouth. 

“When we bring back law and order then people will be able to thrive and standards of living will increase”

What made you decide to stand for Reform UK?

Reform UK is the only pro-freedom mainstream party. 

You’re the Spokesman for Birmingham Erdington what’s made you decide to represent this area?

I live in the constituency in which I am standing; my family have lived in the constituency for decades. Plus, I was selected to run in this constituency in the by-election in 2022; friends and people I went to school with live in this constituency – it would be an honour to represent them.

What do you see as the big concerns for the constituency and what issues do you hope to champion?

Locally: crime. It’s holding back the prosperity. Birmingham is the definition of anarcho-tyranny. When we bring back law and order then people will be able to thrive and standards of living will increase exponentially.   

Nationally: inflation and bad government. These can be destroyed by bringing back the gold standard: money printing, fiat currency and fractional reserve banking must go! We must never allow a Central Bank Digital Currency to be foisted upon us. If we go back to money that the establishment cannot control – then we, the people, can prevent corruption and unjust wars. It would be a stepping stone to the greatest peace of our time if we went back to sound money.

“I need boots on the ground. I need as many people as possible to distribute election materials”

For those eager to help, how can they get involved in the campaign?

I need boots on the ground. I need as many people as possible to distribute election materials. So if they can give me a message on WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram; put their: name, address and how many leaflets a day they can deliver a week then that would be smashing. 

All my links and further information is available at https://www.reformparty.uk/birmingham-erdington-constituency I can also be contacted by email at [email protected].

Chris Scott, Reform UK candidate for East Surrey

Chris Scott is the Reform UK Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for East Surrey. We spoke with Chris about his decision to stand.

“Keen supporter of Anglo-European cooperation which, in the case of Airbus with its British wings, predates our joining the EEC in 1972, I nevertheless tired of the apparent disdain in which the UK was regarded by European elites”

Can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers?

Born in Surrey. Grew up in colonial southern Africa from the age of six. Returned aged 18 to seek training as a commercial pilot. Flew wartime Dakotas and a variety of jet airliners with 22 years in command, including 12 years checking fellow pilots. My wife and I live on the Downs in this beautiful constituency. Our two surviving children have blessed us with grandchildren and, living nearby, regular grandparent duties! Our son runs his own architectural visualisation business in the constituency.

What made you decide to stand for Reform UK?

Having attended Airbus courses in Toulouse, my first retirement project was in France, supervising the building of a holiday home under the attendant bureaucracy. Keen supporter of Anglo-European cooperation which, in the case of Airbus with its British wings, predates our joining the EEC in 1972, I nevertheless tired of the apparent disdain in which the UK was regarded by European elites. Disappointing, considering our unique contributions to European unity in two world wars and our honesty in EU membership.

“Nevertheless, Brexit is yet to be completed or exploited by this craven government. It and HM Opposition contain a majority of diehard Remainers”

Similarly disenchanted with the Tories under David Cameron, I joined UKIP in 2015 to campaign in the General Election and the 2016 Referendum. Dismayed with parliamentary prevarication on Brexit and the collapse of UKIP, I joined the Brexit Party in 2019 and campaigned in the European Elections. Our overwhelming victory toppled Mrs May’s premiership and in the subsequent General Election we stood down half our candidates, allowing Boris Johnson his 80-seat majority to “get Brexit done”.

Nevertheless, Brexit is yet to be completed or exploited by this craven government. It and HM Opposition contain a majority of diehard Remainers. We live in a dis-United Kingdom with Northern Ireland domestic and international trade controlled by Brussels, our fisheries open to foreign exploitation and a European court dictating how we control our borders. Net immigration, which Tory manifestos have long promised to reduce to the tens of thousands, is two-thirds of a million annually. That tens of thousands arriving from the safety of France – mainly anonymous young males seeking a better life – are assisted to violate the UK border by our own Border Force, while British citizens queue at Passport Control, is a national disgrace. And, at that moment, the injustice and cost to us all is just beginning.

A “Conservative” administration has, during 14 years in office, presided over a steady decline in our country. Law and order have broken down and intolerant minority groups allowed to seize control of our everyday lives. Increasingly authoritarian and egged on by all the opposition parties, this government abandoned pandemic planning, locking the country down three times, closing schools unnecessarily and trying to mandate experimental vaccines under bogus pretences.

“The title of its recently created Department of Energy Security and Net Zero is a risible contradiction in terms”

Without public consultation or the possibility of any significant effect on world CO2 emissions, HMG has been imposing a calamitous, “Net Zero” energy policy based on intermittent wind and solar, while failing to plan or provide back-up from home-sourced fossil fuels and nuclear. Forcing cash-strapped families to install expensive, unsuitable heat-pump systems, and banning fossil-fuel powered vehicles for personal and business use is illiberal and authoritarian. Energy prices for ordinary people have soared and the economy suffers, while virtually all our manufacturing has been outsourced to hostile, totalitarian China, the world’s greatest polluter. The title of its recently created Department of Energy Security and Net Zero is a risible contradiction in terms.

Still suffering the long-term effects of family isolations and school closures under Lockdown, children many years below the age of consent have been taught to question their sexuality and even their sex. Like the Leader of the Opposition, my Tory MP, when asked, was unable to define a woman. Femininity has been insulted and its fundamental characteristics denied by some men under a government that claims to be conservative but has deferred to the “woke” mind virus. Recruitment to our dangerously depleted armed forces has prioritised criteria of diversity, equity and inclusion instead of aptitude and potential. 

NHS bureaucracy, inefficiency and wastage have increased, as have waiting lists. The dominance of foreign-trained staff in our health and care services and their low levels of pay reflect the failure to motivate and train our own school leavers, many of whom accumulate debt pursuing university courses of little or no use in a future career instead of vocational training. Personal taxation, particularly for low-income earners, encourages many to stay at home on benefit. The recent rise in corporation tax discourages investment in medium-size companies, negating the traditional Tory claim to be pro-business.

“As for the Surrey County Council, questions have been raised about the sale of its iconic Kingston HQ to developers for a knockdown price”

What do you see as the big concerns for the constituency and what issues do you hope to champion?

We East Surrey residents face all the above problems. Local issues include increased theft and assault. Our green spaces are under threat because of housing shortages caused by the immigration-driven rise in population, which is also overloading schools, transport, hospitals and other infrastructure. Waiting times at A&E are rising, and too many people are catching infections in hospital. As for the Surrey County Council, questions have been raised about the sale of its iconic Kingston HQ to developers for a knockdown price. It has allowed roads to deteriorate to a dangerous state, potentially fatal for cyclists.

There is much anger and dismay across the UK. But, let’s face it, if the July 4th election produces a Labour or Lib-Lab coalition government, we can expect all the above lunacy on steroids. And, if the Tories manage by some miracle to hang on to office, they will interpret it as a mandate simply to give us more of the same.

Over the last few weeks, as they agonised over when to call a general election they are bound to lose, the Tories started to row back on some policies, and to try and mend the ship. Too late, Mr Sunak! Reform UK is the only party fielding candidates nationwide in the forthcoming general election that stands for common sense and the legitimate aspirations of ordinary, decent people who no longer recognise their country. That’s why I am greatly privileged to be standing for Reform in my home constituency of East Surrey.

For those eager to help, how can they get involved in the campaign?

Reform UK is a new, underfunded party. We are short of volunteers to do the nitty-gritty of campaigning, such as leafleting and banging on doors. Whether or not you have already joined the party, if you can help with that or maybe provide a venue for meetings, please contact me by email:

[email protected]

You can also find out more from our other interviews with Chris here https://croydonconstitutionalists.uk/category/chris-scott/

Eric Masters, Reform UK candidate for Broadland and Fakenham

Eric Masters is the Reform UK Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Broadland and Fakenham. We spoke with Eric about his decision to stand.

“the truth is we have been denied Brexit by Westminster politicians from all parties. because we the people did not do as we were told in 2016”

Thank you for the opportunity to address your readers

My name is Eric Masters, I am Norfolk born 62 years young and a Safety & Health consultant specialising in Fire & Security working mainly in the southeast. I am Married to a wonderful lady called Wendy who works with preschool children

What made you decide to stand for Reform UK?

I originally struggled with going back into politics after the election, but the truth is we have been denied Brexit by Westminster politicians from all parties. because we the people did not do as we were told in 2016. A line must be drawn and these parties must be called out, and Reform is the only real choice when it comes to doing that.

“I believe Reform UK is a real choice for the Tory member and supporter in Broadland and Fakenham as well as the older voter who sees our values, history and culture being errored”

You’re the Spokesman for Broadland and Fakenham what’s made you decide to represent this area?

The Rural right voter of Broadland and Fakenham is crying out for a real Conservative candidate, one which was not parachuted into the constituency by CCHQ who nothing is more than a company man after the chosen 2019 candidate was removed for a comment 4 year before. The Constituency is crying out for real change, not the pro-immigration Labour party, the Pro EU Liberals and the deluded Greens. I believe Reform UK is a real choice for the Tory member and supporter in Broadland and Fakenham as well as the older voter who sees our values, history and culture being errored year in year out. i believe we should stand up for National religious institutions, even if the leadership of some have lost their way.  

“the message to them has been “Tell your Family, Tell your Friends, and tell your work colleagues Reform UK is a real choice and to say there is more than two choices on the Ballot paper”

What do you see as the big concerns for the constituency and what issues do you hope to champion?

I would love the opportunity to debate the issues that face our constituency but sadly these will be washed away with the focus of Labour and Conservative being on national matters, we have issues with planning, roads, Flooding, Rural Crime and County line drug gangs to name some.

We must look to the future and a population of 100 million in 2050 will need to go somewhere. The Westminster usual suspects do not want to face up to the migration facts with some just burying their heads in the sand  

For those eager to help, how can they get involved in the campaign?

From the 20th of this month, I have been engaging with our member and supporter across the constituency seeking help and assistance with our campaign, the message to them has been “Tell your Family, Tell your Friends, and tell your work colleagues Reform UK is a real choice and to say there is more than two choices on the Ballot paper, your vote counts and can make a difference.

As for me you can expect to see me in your town center, on your village green and down your street from now until polling day

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Tales from the campaign trail: Beverley England, Reform UK candidate for South Suffolk

A couple of weeks ago I was invited to address the politics students in lower sixth form at a local school in a town in my constituency of South Suffolk.  They were interested to know about Reform UK and had hosted the incumbent Conservative MP as well as the representative of the Green Party.

“One student bemoaned he could only go to Europe for 90 days, but I did point out that you can in fact apply for a long stay visa”

To be honest, I came away feeling pretty despondent with the sheer brain washing of our young people.  The 2 main sticking points in my presentation of Reform UK policies to the students was 1. Brexit (of course!) and 2. Reform UK policy to ban transgender ideology to be taught in schools.

One student bemoaned he could only go to Europe for 90 days, but I did point out that you can in fact apply for a long stay visa.  All the students assumed because we want to ban transgender ideology for children, must mean we are opposed to transgender full stop and could not comprehend or understand that we were just concerned with safeguarding children . . .  children who should be allowed to remain as children and make life changing decisions when they are adults.

“Only 2 out of the 17 students seemed to value their freedom as these were the 2 who followed me to the car when I left to voice their opinions out of earshot of their peers”

None of the students had heard of CBDC (central bank digital currency), so when I explained in simple terms that it was a State controlled money token – i.e. if you wanted to sit around all day eating biscuits it would not necessarily be good for you but that was your free choice, but the State will be able to decide how you spend your money – very much like the Chinese credit score system.  They were perfectly willing to give up their free choice and hand over to the State in order for control to be exerted over what they bought to eat!!!!! – it was a good thing! In disbelief and somewhat exasperated I turned to the moaning student who had complained about only staying in Europe for 90 days and told him to forget 90 days, the CBDC which was coming fast down the tracks would be tied to his carbon footprint which he will accept due to brainwashing about ‘climate change’ and he’d be lucky if he was able to go for 9 days let alone 90 days as his carbon footprint allowance would limit his travel overseas as well as within the UK.  Only 2 out of the 17 students seemed to value their freedom as these were the 2 who followed me to the car when I left to voice their opinions out of earshot of their peers . . . 

“Hopefully I made some of them think when I passionately told them the only reason I’m sticking my head above the parapet is for their future”

The entire class were fully invested into the ‘climate change emergency’ fraud . . . the drip feed of nonsense via ‘modelling’  churned out by the IPCC and backed by world governments has worked! There was disbelief when I told them about the Global Warming Policy Foundation and more importantly the 2,000 worldwide scientists who have signed a declaration claiming that climate change is natural: https://clintel.org/world-climate-declaration/.  We have a huge task in hand to reverse the juggernaut of lies peddled and make the young take on board facts, do research, think critically instead of being spoon fed information which is entirely incorrect.  

Hopefully I made some of them think when I passionately told them the only reason I’m sticking my head above the parapet is for their future and I will do all I can to stop CBDC as if introduced our freedom has gone completely. It is this subject which is a massive hook to get everyone on board to vote Reform UK, who are the ONLY party against this and against the WEF.  

Beverley can be contacted via email: [email protected], and can be found on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Also you can read more at https://croydonconstitutionalists.uk/beverley-england-reform/