Mark Cole

Statement to voters

Immigration is out of control, causing a multitude of knock-on problems. Our culture is under attack, and our way of life is being threatened by failed multiculturalism. Schools are teaching woke nonsense, and increased crime on our streets is making town centres no-go places for women. Police are inundated with ridiculous requests to investigate ‘hurt feelings’. Our green countryside is being concreted over, and the number of houses built will never keep up with the numbers. GP appointments are difficult to obtain, and there is an annual fight for school places. Meanwhile, villages in the constituency are suffering with quarry traffic thundering past their doors and the threat of pylons obliterating the landscape. Enough is enough! We need to STOP THE BOATS and set net zero migration. This is achievable under existing legislation. The civil service needs instructions, not an invitation to run the country. Our NHS needs reforming from the top down. We need to strip away meaningless jobs and ‘diversity’ targets and get back to caring for our sick. Our cancer success rate is low because people aren't being diagnosed early enough. I'd like to see a German-style NHS with higher wage earners supporting it through private health care. Germans screen more widely and their healthcare is preventative rather than reactive. We could look at remuneration as part of the overhaul. Harwich requires urgent regeneration with a modern road system to match. The A120 is frequently beset with traffic collisions and diversions; it needs dualling. We have been promised action at the underpass in Manningtree, but there has been no delivery. With every field lost to housing, our food security is weakened, increasing imports and prices. We need a tax on greenfield sites, with the money raised diverted to clearing brownfield sites. Our farmers need more support and less red tape. The Tories have failed in so many ways. And we know that under Labour, it will be worse. It's time for change. It's time for Reform UK. Mark Cole Harwich and North Essex

Election history

Westminster general elections