Passionately British! I have spent most of my working life in the United Kingdom, mainly in the South of England, but with a love for Scotland.

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I say that because for 25 years my family and I spent every summer in the Highlands.

My business life started after retiring from a 30-year service in law enforcement, and continued after my wife and I moved abroad in 2006.

We returned to the UK in May 2020 and settled in the Highlands. This was an easy decision despite the threat of the SNP’s obsessive call for Independence.

Returning during the early days of the Covid epidemic and lockdown begged the question, what was the logic in locking people in their own homes, closing schools, and locking the doors of business? We, our children, and grandchildren suffer the consequences of those political decisions today and for the foreseeable future.

Why I am standing as the Reform Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey.

I have always been interested in politics but believe now is the time to address the enormous problems this United Kingdom face, the country is BROKEN!

The SNP have shown that they are not worthy of continuing in government.

The Conservative Party in its current form is over. A Labour government will only make the current situation worse.

Reform UK is the only party that offers true change to the current impasse, we need urgent reform across the breadth of government policy. Direct, concise action to quickly bring Scotland and the rest of the United Kingdom back on course.

Reform’s policies on key issues are needed to revive our economy and restore healthy communities.

Immigration is a serious issue; we cannot sustain the constant stream of immigrants into our nation without serious consequence to those already here.

Economy is under strain, growth is vital, higher tax revenues can be invested back into public services such as the NHS.

Net Zero Targets will make us poorer; it adds extra costs to consumers and businesses. We need to get our key utility companies under control, consider renationalizing key industries such as water.

Tax Reform to free up those people on lower wages from paying income tax and corporation tax reform for businesses.

Housing needs urgent attention; we need to review the planning system and prioritise local people who have paid into the system above and beyond those foreign nationals who jump the housing queues in most parts of the UK.