In 2016 my RAF career took me to Imjin Barracks, Gloucestershire, and shortly thereafter I decided to purchase a permanent home here in Innsworth, within our constituency. I have raised my family here since.
Throughout the past 5 or 6 years I have watched with disdain as consecutive governments have deceived our people, broken public services and diminished the reputation of our country around the world. In 2019 I realised that I could not keep quiet about the injustice any longer, and began fighting back. By 2022, the government had become so mired in scandal that I resolved to stand for Parliament. Put simply, I could no longer serve my country whilst serving this Conservative Government. To me, those 2 positions are clearly contrary.
After 23 years of Service across 5 continents, as an RAF Aviator, Non-Commissioned Officer and then as a Commissioned Officer, I resigned on 21st December 2023.
On 22nd December 2023, I became the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate for my home constituency of Tewkesbury.
To stand here, for my friends and neighbours across the constituency, is an immense honour. One of my greatest passions in politics is the need for electoral and political reform, and Tewkesbury is a prime example of the drastic need for the former. Here we have a Member of Parliament who has occupied one of the safest Conservative seats in the country for 26 years. In those 26 years, only the Liberal Democrats have come close to removing him, but at every General Election the opposition vote is split, and he remains in post. Tewkesbury deserves better. Fortunately, the Liberal Democrats have grown significantly in strength since 2019, when we finished 2nd to the Conservatives. Now, for the first time in several years, we are ready to beat the Conservatives, as we did at the Tewkesbury Borough Council Elections in May 2023.
With the support of my excellent Campaign Team and enthusiastic Lib Dems, I intend to take this seat and use it to fight against the flawed electoral system which I must first overcome.
With your support, I pledge to fight in Westminster in your name: for a fair deal, for our environment, for our children... for decency. I need everybody: Lib Dems, Labour and Green Party supporters, the politically homeless and disaffected Conservatives. I will be a force for you all.
Together we will get our country back on track.
Thank you,
Cam.
Promoted on behalf of Liberal Democrats at Lark Rise, Lower Apperley, GL19 4DS.