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-------------------------------------------------------- Which political issues are you most passionate about? I am passionate about the lack of respect in society today, the excessive tax burden for middle income earners and for those who have gone to university - they are faced with both tuition fees and high levels of income tax. Tuition fees concern me and awful lot others in this area. I feel strongly about our lack of national identity too. What do you feel is the biggest issue for young people in your constituency? I think the biggest issue for people in my constituency is the existence of a meritocratic society. Quite rightly we want to have successful lives and there is the perception that people in the Home Counties have more opportunity than those in the north. We want to emerge from that shadow with the best education and an environment that we can be proud of. We are one nation after all. What do you hope to achieve during your term of office? I hope to see people of my age more involved in politics. I should hope that by the end of next year they feel they've been represented. People need to be valued. If they're not then problems arise. What is your future career ambition? My career ambition is to be a historian. The past helps explain the present and hopefully gives a hint of a future. Just look at Northern Ireland, a conflict steeped in history. Which public figure do you most admire and why? I have no time for self-serving celebrities who preach so it would have to be the Queen. There are many "cooler", more engaging people I'm sure, but one cannot under-estimate her role as a rock of stability in changing times. I think she represents what Britain is all about. If not her, then David Cameron for his decency and principal as a politician. If there was one message you could send to the government, what would it be? My one message to the government would be to strip away the layers of PC that ruin politics. The reason why we have 39% of our population not voting is the spin, the superficial words, the clipped "inclusive" language that politicians use. For people to get into politics again we need to get them back campaigning on the streets and on the web, stripped of their sound bites. We want to see sincerity again. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- East
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