I sit and wonder....: Everyone...

Everyone, everyone, EVERYONE...

Why vote for your beliefs?

Even if there is very little chance of electing the politician that you believe in, vote for them anyway. Gaining your support will provide with them such strength and allow them to influence the elected MP, to make decisions having considered YOUR beliefs. If you disagree with ANY of their final decisions, why vote for them? How can you assign your support to anyone that risks causing a suffering of anykind . We live in a democracy. Everyone counts. Be proud of your vote. Participate correctly. Your vote will be worth more to political parties who expect less. Your vote is valuable, use it wisely.

Chris Walker

The candidate who I support strongly, in this years election, is Chris Walker of Kingston Green Party. I know that votes are worth something, if used wisely. I am a Green Party member, and I work hard for them, so this may not be a surprise. I am able to realise that many people vote in a certain direction, to oppose the favourites. The trouble is that the leading two parties in Kingston could both be considered negatively. My research tells me that they both may be happy to collude.

I have made the decision that NO-ONE, ANYWHERE should vote tactically. We must be proud and extremely grateful for this democracy, therefore we must support it. We must participate correctly. We must do a little research and find out where our heart lies.

Contact: Chris Walker 07801 817808 chriswalky@yahoo.com

Chris Walker, charity worker, selected as the Kingston Green Party candidate for the Kingston and Surbiton constituency

Chris Walker has lived with his family in New Malden for 12 years. He works for VSO (Voluntary Service Overseas) in Kingston.

He has decided to stand up against the effects of funding cuts in education, health and housing locally as well as Government neglect in the face of air pollution and climate change. Children and young people stand to suffer most from Brexit and the Green Party believes we need to invest in their future.

Following his successful selection at a meeting of local party members, Chris pledged to improve the future for young people in Kingston by campaigning on:

· Education: investing in a system that works for everyone and making education free. Addressing the mess that has resulted in huge variations in attainment in Kingston, only the wealthiest able to afford to go to University and a funding crisis for local schools.

· Housing: giving young people an affordable home or a decent rented property through building new social housing, bringing in rent controls and a landlord register.

· Environment: addressing the damage we are inflicting on our children through air pollution, climate change and the impact of unsustainable development locally.

The Greens offer something different. Old style politics has got us into a real mess and only the Greens offer hope for the future.

The Coalition Government was disastrous and hit the most vulnerable through policies like the Bedroom Tax, Tuition Fees and Legal Aid. Most people have seen their living standards worsen over the past 10 years, while the top 1% have got much wealthier.

The Government is ignoring the environment, slashing spending on renewables, selling off prize assets like the Green Investment Bank and making disastrous deals like Hinckley Point, that will cost ordinary people billions of pounds for years to come.

Chris Walker said:

‘By the end of last year I was feeling pretty disillusioned with mainstream politics. Years of austerity, Brexit and then Trump had made me feel pretty helpless. When I witnessed local head teachers attending public meetings warning of a funding crisis for schools, local people getting evicted from social housing and young people not going to university because they can’t afford tuition fees, I realised I couldn’t sit and watch any longer.’

Young people in particular need a life raft in this Brexit storm and the Green Party is committed to building them one. Chris is inviting people in Kingston to Stand Up for a better future.

Notes

Chris Walker, 48, has lived with his family in New Malden and has been a member of the Green Party for 10 years. He worked for Surrey County Council in Kingston for four years before volunteering with his wife for VSO in Eastern Europe. Returning to the UK in 1999, he worked for 15 years for an employee-owned research consultancy, where he was a director when he left to re-join VSO in Kingston two years ago. Both his sons attend local state schools and he is a keen cyclist.

For more information on Kingston Green Party, see: https://kingston.greenparty.org.uk/

For donations towards the General Election deposit for the Green Party in Kingston and Surbiton, see: http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/kingston-green-party-general-election-deposit