Vote Jasper Gerard tomorrow in Maidstone

Dear Maidstone,

I am going to vote for Jasper Gerard tomorrow in the General Election. I’ve sent quite a few emails to the candidates in Maidstone over the past few months, I’ve had long, reasoned answers from Jasper on every occasion. (I have also heard from Paul Hobday from the National Health Action party, and although I totally agree with their stance on the NHS I cannot vote for a party with essentially only one policy).

I have also heard from Helen Grant the Conservative candidate, but her responses are generic and her last letter started ‘Let me assure you we are not privatising the NHS’ which, after reading that a firm who’s director is Malcolm Rifkind was awarded a contract to provide scanning services to a Stoke hospital despite being £7 MILLION more expensive than an NHS consortium. It’s worth pointing out that the bidding process was secret too.

Anyway, I’ve found Jasper to be responsive and I agree with him on a large number of issues. (Although he does think I’m a ‘young person’ I hope that’s because of my youthful enthusiasm rather than my terrible grasp of the English language)

  • We should have the ability to recall badly performing MPs
  • That politicians should represent their constituents, not corporate interests
  •  Politics should be more accessible for people
  •  The NHS must be protected

He is, I understand, the only candidate in Maidstone who went knocking door to door to talk and listen to people. He downsized his house and quit his job to work full time for the people of Maidstone.

Helen Grant, our current MP lives in a £1.8MILLION house near Maidstone, and claimed the full amount for a second home despite living 19 miles from London. Helen Grant also wants to spend £BILLIONS on new nuclear weapons, give tax breaks to people earning over £150k a year. Helen Grant does not want a tax on banker bonuses and does not want a mansion tax.

Helen Grant is a member of the Westminster Elite, she has no clue about the way real people live or how life is for those without privilege. Jasper seems like a genuine bloke and I’d rather see him representing us than our current MP.

Last election the Lib Dems were close to winning, only 5889 behind the conservatives. I think Jasper can win, I’d really like him to win and I think he would be good for Maidstone and the country as a whole.

The same rules apply if he does get elected, he needs to be held to account as any member of parliament does

Share if you agree with me.

https://tompride.wordpress.com/2015/02/24/rifkind-firm-awarded-nhs-contract-despite-charging-7-million-more-than-nhs/

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/apr/27/lib-dems-ramp-up-scottish-campaign-after-polling-data-boost

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20392131

http://www.jaspergerard.co.uk/about

http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/maidstoneandtheweald/

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