Our Manifesto

I understand the concern about energy bills. As a school governor, I see how rising costs impact everything from classroom heating to the PTA's budget. We need a plan that ensures our homes and businesses have secure, affordable power, but I don't think abandoning renewables is the answer. It's about managing the transition sensibly.

We should certainly be investing in gas and nuclear as essential components for reliable baseload power while we scale up green energy. However, simply building more gas plants feels like a step backward. We need to look at incentivising newer, more efficient gas technologies and ensuring our nuclear programme is on track and delivered on budget, which has been a historical issue. Accountability for these massive projects is key.

The real issue isn't just the type of power, but the infrastructure and market stability.

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I was talking to my son the other day and he was telling me about how he watches all his TV shows on streaming services, he doesn't even know what the BBC iPlayer is. This got me thinking, why are we still forcing people to pay for a TV licence when hardly anyone watches live TV anymore.

I think it's time we scrap the TV licence fee and start funding the BBC in a different way. Maybe we could have a subscription based service like Netflix, that way people can choose whether or not they want to pay for the BBC's content. This would be a much more modern way of funding public service broadcasting and would stop people who don't use the BBC's services from having to pay for them.

I know some people will say that the BBC is a vital part of British culture and that we need to preserve it, but I think that's a bit of a nostalgic view. The way people consume media is changing and the BBC needs to change with it.

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I'm proposing we switch to a proportional representation system because it's the only way to make our elections actually represent the people. We've been using first past the post for too long and it's led to a bunch of safe seats where the MP just goes through the motions because they know they'll get re-elected no matter what.

We need a system where every vote counts, not just the ones in marginal constituencies. Proportional representation would make MPs work harder to represent their constituents because they'd actually have to compete for votes. It's not rocket science, other countries have been using it for years and it works just fine. I'm not saying it's perfect, but it's a heck of a lot better than what we've got now.

The way it would work is that each party would get a number of seats proportional to the number of votes they got nationwide.

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