I moved down to South East Hampshire from London in 1989 and have lived here ever since.

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I have worked in a number of different industries and speak French and German. I served on the Portsmouth Twinning Committee and am still involved with blue light twinning.

I am an active member of RAYNET, the voluntary emergency communications specialists and 4x4 Response which turns out under all sorts of circumstances, generally bad weather or distributing water when major mains burst.

Throughout my adult life, I have worried about victims. The obvious definition of a victim is one who has been the subject of crime or some sort of accident.

I look at this from a slightly broader viewpoint. Victims are those who, thanks to the incompetence of governments over the decades, cannot now afford to pay the mortgage, the energy bill or cope with the rising cost of food. Added to this is the inability to access services for which every one of us has paid, like a decent education and proper healthcare.

Government spending, taxing and borrowing is now totally out of control and there are no signs of it coming under control. The civil service is out of control. Taking legal action against government policy was unheard of until now.

Taxes are now on a par with the immediate aftermath of WW2, a time when we still had an Empire to administer and run down as well as vast debts as a result of the most destructive war the world has ever seen.

I was selected to stand in Fareham and Waterlooville for Reform UK. This is the only party that has common sense policies that will start to right the wrongs suffered by us, the victims. The journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step. Please help me take that step.