As an experienced trade unionist, I'm standing for the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition because workers urgently need our own political voice.

Full statement

The Tories have presided over the cost of living crisis, lack of decent housing and the selling of our NHS. We can't take any more, but what's the alternative?

A Labour Party that has expelled socialists and abandoned all of its principles. That has refused to increase vital funding for public services and to bring them back in-house. That have done all they can to appeal to the interests of greedy big businesses.

Other parties also represent more of the same. This includes the Greens who have voted for cuts in Bristol rather than used their position on councils to fight austerity.

TUSC would properly fund our NHS and pay nurses and doctors fairly to end the staffing crisis. We would immediately renationalise energy, rail, water and other key industries. We oppose the brutal devastation of Gaza. Moreover, as an MP I would take a workers’ wage to ensure I stay committed to representing the interests of Bristol North East not the interests of the privileged in Westminster.

We need major change in our society. There is more than enough wealth to fund quality public services and good living standards for all. We need a socialist society based on the needs of ordinary people not the super-rich 1%.

In my trade union work I have shown that I am committed to those principles and would be a fighting to voice for all those forced to go to food banks, struggling to access healthcare, get a roof over their head or suffering from the impact of war.

That's why I'm standing for TUSC – for a genuine working-class, socialist alternative.