I am a 50 years old software engineer and I have been working in the industry for the past 17 years.

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Before that I worked in retail as a night shift supervisor and also as a care coordinator.

I came to the UK in 2003, raised a family and developed a successful IT career.

I wasn’t interested in politics until about 2020, when I noticed concerning totalitarian actions taken by the government, with the support of the opposition and also mainstream media.

I noticed the same worrying behaviour and actions I experienced in communist Romania back in the 1980’s and decided that’s not what I want for my children.

Why vote for me?

I share your concerns on national issues such as mass migration, knife crime, cost of living and housing.

I will get behind local issues, supporting you to make Poole the best place it can be.

Poole has a number of issues like the closure of the A&E department, the sewage in the harbour, overdevelopment, rights of way, the issues faced by the local businesses and shops and much more.

I will listen to you and be your voice in Parliament. That is the job of a local MP and that is what I will do for you.

Why vote Reform?

Reform is the only reasonably big party with conservative people, ideas and policies.

There are many policies which will be implemented in the first 100 days, such as:

Tax Relief of 20% on all Private Healthcare and Insurance.

Scrap Net Zero and Related Subsidies

Lift the Income Tax Start Point to £20,000 Per Year.

Cut Residential Stamp Duty to 0% below £750k;

Abolish the Grief Tax, IHT, for all Estates under £2m.

Mandate Single Sex Spaces.

Ban Transgender Ideology in Primary and Secondary Schools

Ban Critical Race Theory in Primary and Secondary Schools

A vote for Reform is a vote for change and hope.

A vote for Reform is a vote for the future of our children, for their opportunities to develop a career, for their chance to buy a house and to raise a family.

A vote for the Tories is nothing more than a wasted vote for a party which has betrayed us all over the last 14 years. The Tories are the party of high taxes, Net Zero, high cost of living, high crime, high government waste and a completely ruined NHS service. Their only angle is that Labour will be worse.

Labour are no better, they also support high taxes, Net Zero, high illegal and legal migration, getting closer to Brussels, betraying the democratic vote of the people of this great country.

Labour is a party run by a man who was once asked who he would choose between Davos and Westminster and he chose Davos. A man who cannot define what a woman is.

Lib Dems are nothing more than virtue signallers, no real policies, but they do support everything else the others stand for.

A vote for any of these parties is a wasted vote. You have an opportunity to send a strong signal this General Election, that you will no longer stand by and accept the current state of affairs.

We need everyone to come out and vote. If this is to be the punishment election, then so be it, but the way to do it is not to vote for any of these parties. Vote for those prepared to stand for you.

We need you, the silent majority, to come out and vote for hope and change, not fear.

Our country is under existential threat because the Conservatives are not conservative, because Labour are not for the working class, because Lib Dems are neither liberal nor democratic, and because Greens aren't green.

Remember, the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing.

Make a difference, send a message, vote Andrei Dragotoniu, vote Reform UK