Cambridgeshire County Council –4 June, 2009
I am standing for public office to make a statement about standing for what one believes: politics needs to be transformed into efforts on behalf of the benefit of all the people - not a means of power where a few people make profits on behalf of themselves and a small minority of family, friends and colleagues, using a public office to make profits at public expense by ‘flipping’ or overcharging for any number of spurious reasons.
I am standing on behalf of the Liberal Democrats for Cambridgeshire County Council because the Liberal Democrat Party stands for a high percentage of what I believe in.
What do I believe in? Once upon a time I called myself a Socialist — and once upon a time, an Old Labour Party might have covered my aims, but that time has long passed. The Lib Dems are my best bet — and yours too, if you want fairness and justice and reform in the political sphere.
The Tories are hiding their true elistist colours behind the green façade of their youngish leader; Labour has foundered under endless years of would-be Thatcherism. UKIP is a divisive and dangerous sidetrack. Let’s bring back the true face of Liberalism.
I was born in Canada but have lived in the UK (Scotland and England) for well nigh 30 years — and have been married to an inveterate (but adorable) Englishman for over twenty years. Once upon a time I ran for the Greens (1992 General Elections) and in Canada I support the New Democrats. I want to bring light and air — maybe transparency is the buzz word — into politics; but above all, we need government accountable to the people. Right on, eh ?
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