Claire Wright, independent parliamentary candidate in East Devon is today named alongside national political figures as one of 25 key candidate “champions” in a campaign for Britain’s biggest ever tactical vote to stop a Conservative led hard Brexit. The endorsement comes from the Best for Britain campaign set up by Gina Miller whose fight for Parliament’s right to trigger [...]
At the end we were allowed to ask a question of the audience. I asked what people there wanted from an MP. The answer was honesty, integrity, passion, humour and warmth. People are fed up with the professional politician and are looking for something different and someone they can trust to work hard for them. Next hustings takes place on Tuesday 30 May at the Holy Trinity Church in Exmouth, [...]
The Conservative manifesto contains some appalling attacks on the very people who can bear it the least. In recent years we have seen younger people, those on benefits and disabled people, lose vital financial support and it seems that the Conservatives are now targeting older people. The winter fuel allowance will be so restricted that an estimated 10 MILLION people out of 12 million will[...]
The draw of this campaign seems much stronger than in 2015, where I came second to Conservative Hugo Swire with 13,140 votes and a 24 per cent share. I am the only Independent candidate in the country to have been endorsed by the chief tactical voting website https://www.tactical2017.com/, and my odds with William Hill are currently 9/2. Below is some important information for you to [...]