I am a 62 year old father of four and apart from two years in Norway and one year in Qatar, I have lived and worked in the UK all my life.

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Since 1982 I worked in various jobs non-stop for 41 years. My current job is as a part-time Ambulance Care Assistant with the Red Cross.

Like a sizable majority in 2019, including so many northern Labour voters, I voted for Boris Johnson's Conservatives (especially as Nigel Farage had stood down so many Brexit Party candidates). But no longer. Right now I see no discernible difference between Conservative and Labour. Both are tax-and-spend advocates with authoritarian undertones based on policies that will impoverish the lowest paid.

So right now, I am convinced that only Reform UK offer a credible alternative vision based squarely on personal freedoms, lower taxes and controlled immigration. Encouraging people back into work after the Covid madness and using Brexit freedoms to grow our way out of trouble. Restoring law and order, reforming the NHS and eradicating wokeism from education. All easier said than done of course but is there any credible alternative? I certainly do not think so.

Which is why I am passionate about standing for Reform UK in Folkestone and Hythe.