Kevan Chippindall-Higgin is the Reform UK prospective candidate for Fareham and Waterlooville. We spoke with Kevan about his decision to stand.
“Now we are faced with ruin as the direct result of 25 years of socialism. The national debt is nearly the size of our GDP and has trebled in just 13 years. That is profligacy on an epic scale.”
Can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers?
I was a Conservative Party member until 2014 when I had a problem locally and none of the Conservative councillors, two of whom I knew personally, even bothered to reply to my mail, never mind do anything about it. I was by then becoming disillusioned with the way the country was going and joined UKIP.
I have worked in a number of disparate industries and represented companies both here and abroad. I speak French and German.
What made you decide to stand for Reform UK?
UKIP imploded post Brexit and again, when we had quite serious, internal local problems, nothing was done. UKIP is now irrelevant.
I stood for UKIP in Portsmouth South in 2017 but like so many others, believed in Boris Johnson to stop the rot over Brexit and did nothing in 2019. That was a big mistake, but then even Nigel Farage was taken in by Boris.
Now we are faced with ruin as the direct result of 25 years of socialism. The national debt is nearly the size of our GDP and has trebled in just 13 years. That is profligacy on an epic scale.
“The issues facing Fareham and Waterlooville are the same as many other places. Soaring costs, moribund wages and ever worsening services to name but a few.”
You’re the Spokesman for Fareham and Waterlooville what’s made you decide to represent this area?
I live in Portsmouth and feel very strongly that an MP needs to live within the community represented. Fareham is right next door and a 20-minute drive away. While not actually living in the constituency, being that close is good enough.
What do you see as the big concerns for the constituency and what issues do you hope to champion?
The issues facing Fareham and Waterlooville are the same as many other places. Soaring costs, moribund wages and ever worsening services to name but a few. Our burgeoning population cannot now be properly serviced. I have seen estimates of some 2 million people living here illegally, on top of the 750,000 who turned up legally in 2022. The people arriving here illegally by boat are costing us a fortune and we have no idea who they are.
The very first thing we need to look at are those here illegally. They impose an intolerable strain on the nation’s resources. Those coming over by boat must be stopped mid Channel. Those who have failed the asylum process must be sent back.
The next big issue is climate change. This is simply not happening. Were the climate changing, we would be growing peaches and oranges in Hampshire. We do not. CO2 has been conclusively shown to increase AFTER warming. CO2 makes up 0.042% of atmospheric gas and is a thus a trace gas. CO2 is essential to life on earth as it is plant food. Without plants, all that can survive on Earth would be bacteria.
“the Climate Change Act must be repealed, and work started immediately on extracting nature’s treasure from beneath our feet in order to become as energy self-sufficient as possible”
Pollution is a different issue and certainly, road pollution has been dramatically reduced to virtually vanishing point. To put this in context, Portsmouth has a clean air zone, but not in areas of rush hour congestion but rather downwind of the harbour entrance. Maritime engines have nothing like the emissions controls of terrestrial engines and the result is that the southwestern corner of Portsea Island has all the pollution. It has nothing to do with motor vehicles.
Very simply, the Climate Change Act must be repealed, and work started immediately on extracting nature’s treasure from beneath our feet in order to become as energy self-sufficient as possible.
Law and order is now a complete farce. The Human Rights Act needs to go so that we can deport those here illegally and foreign criminals as quickly as possible. We need to de-politicise the police, which means getting rid of Police and Crime Commissioners for a start. Closing Bramshill (The Police Staff College) should also be a priority and quite possibly clearing out most of the senior officers and cancelling senior fast track recruiting. It did not work in Trenchard’s day (Hugh Trenchard Metropolitan Police Commissioner from 1931 to 1935) and it is not working now.
“Wokeism is the new fascism. Failure to toe the woke line means job loss. This is the new intolerance.”
The police must impartially uphold the law. This means arresting those who shout hateful slogans against Islam as well those doing the same against Jews. If that means mobilising every copper in the land to break up and deal with hate demos, so be it. We also need proper sentencing, not the nonsense we have now. Get caught stealing and into jail you go.
We must also control public spending. The civil service is now totally bloated and an awful lot of them could be let go and nobody would notice the difference. Budgets need to be slashed everywhere. Not military or police but foreign aid and of course all the woke nonsense. Wokeism is the new fascism. Failure to toe the woke line means job loss. This is the new intolerance. Traditionally, those with differing views and unwise enough to articulate them got a kicking in the car park. Now they get cancelled. Both approaches work equally effectively, and this has been the technique of extremists through the ages.
For those eager to help, how can they get involved in the campaign?
Please visit the Reform UK Website at https://www.reformparty.uk/ and for those who wish to join in, I can be contacted via email at [email protected].
