I am a recently retired Doctor and it was my great privilege to serve the people of Bridgwater and Highbridge for many years.

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I came out of retirement when the pandemic broke and worked full time in Somerset doing face-to-face consultations-often with Covid infected patients-throughout. I opposed the lockdown from the start and anticipated the terrible consequences-late diagnosed cancers, heart disease, diabetes and stroke. The dangers of Covid induced "silent hypoxia" were clear to me from a very early stage and I was instrumental in getting pulse oximeters distributed nationally to vulnerable patients. Our public services have been progressively "salami-sliced" until they no longer function properly. Our infrastructure is literally collapsing around us. The Conservative Party, Labour Party and Liberal Democrats have all been complicit in this, as they have been in covering up major national scandals-Thalidomide, Hillsborough, Grenfell, the Post Office and the Pandemic/Covid vaccination programme. We will increase the threshold for income tax to £21200 and impose a once off Wealth Tax on estates worth over £10 Million to fund investment in infrastructure, heath, education and public services. I very much hope to continue the privilege of serving the people of the Bridgwater constituency as your MP