Hello, my name is Catherine Kosidowski and I am your Reform UK candidate for Swindon South.

Full statement

I have lived & worked in Swindon for the past 12 years, whilst being a part-time carer for my elderly parents. I am a maths graduate with 15 years’ experience of working in retail. Mostly in purchasing, spending my employer’s money wisely on stock to sell at a profit. Whilst doing this, I went to evening classes at London University to study astrophysics (along with some bored bankers, and others), gaining a post-graduate diploma in 2004.

Moving to Swindon enabled me to develop these maths studies, while working in retail and administration. I have done some tutoring here and was dismayed to find that school standards in maths could do with some improvement. I was hired to help a child whose teachers couldn’t teach Further Maths A-Level.

I’ve decided to stand for Reform UK in this election because only Reform UK really wants to control immigration.

It’s not about being nasty to migrants, but the UK is a small island and can support only so many people. Overpopulation will make every other problem we have worse, and lead to a poorer quality of life for both UK-born and legally-settled migrant, our children, and future generations.

If elected, I intend to use courage & determination to challenge the next government on this issue mercilessly, and I would do my best to return businesses to South Swindon. Reducing business costs would encourage entrepreneurs as well as new shops in the Town Centre. School standards need improving, for both pupils & teachers, and vocational talents need proper recognition, and development through apprenticeships.