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Graham Richard Drage

Graham Richard Drage is a Reform UK candidate in Godalming and Ash constituency in the UK Parliamentary general election.

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Graham Richard Drage's policies

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Graham was born and educated in Guildford, going onto read Politics, International Relations & French at university, a period he describes as his political awakening.

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As part of his degree, he spent 16 months studying politics in Paris, which opened his eyes to the realities of the “European project”. Today, Graham remains a passionate, bilingual European (culturally-speaking) and a strident supporter of the new outward-looking opportunities which Brexit presents.

Since the late 1990's Graham has been self-employed; working as business consultant for some of the UK’s principal telecommunications and managed services companies. He also setup a small manufacturing business, building wine cellars over a 15-year period, whilst employing a small team of ex-offenders in his workshop in Farnham.

From working-class roots, he holds political views which are right-of-centre, moderate and coherent. A believer in small state, low taxation economies which operate 'within their means', Graham maintains that SMEs are the beating-heart of Britain’s economy, providing 16m jobs and accounting for half of its income. This has been wilfully ignored by successive governments, creating a hostile economic environment for entrepreneurs in recent years.

Graham’s optimistic and considered political views advocate a move away from mangled Keynesian group-think ideas around money printing, high taxation and expanded public spending to stimulate growth. On climate change, he supports a rational decarbonisation policy, which takes full account the UK’s carbon abatement costs, without leaning on the dishonest policies of offshoring of our heavy industry & carbon footprint.

He believes that young people deserve better opportunities through structured apprenticeships and a shake-up of our poor-quality, overly expensive university system, which prioritises high-paying, foreign students over British students. Rewarding young voters who are willing to invest in themselves should be a key priority of this next government.

Graham’s decision to stand for election with Reform-UK stems from a profound belief that a new approach is required. His aim is to re-engage the people of Godalming & Ash into the political process and encourage Surrey voters to reject the declinist narrative by voting for a party which advocates positive change.

This statement was last updated on May 26, 2024.

This statement was added by Graham Richard Drage, their team, or by a Democracy Club volunteer, based on information published by the candidate elsewhere.

Graham Richard Drage online

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https://www.reformparty.uk/godalming-and-ash-constituency

Reform UK

Graham Richard Drage's party is Reform UK.

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Graham Richard Drage's elections

Date Election Party Results Position
2024 Godalming and Ash: UK Parliamentary general election Reform UK (Results due after 04 July 2024) Position not available
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