I have lived in the constituency for all but five years of my early life, and attended the local schools. I left school in 1964 and in 1972 I started in business as an agricultural contractor which I still do today.

These are just some of the things I will stand for:

• I will highlight the inefficiencies, controls and lost opportunities of the last 25 years of governments.
• I will stand for a reduction in foreign aid and overseas development in order to spend 3% of GDP on defence.
• I will stand for resilience and self sufficiency in agriculture and food production.
• I will stand for individual freedom, fairness and justice for all in a United Kingdom of four nations.

Paul