My closing speech at my final hustings
Attended the UCL Debate Society, Question Time Hustings on Monday to make the case for democracy. Keir Starmer was not there, hiding away...
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Hector Birchwood
- Nov 29, 2019
- 2 min
Labour's misleading narrative and my offer to open their mind
I confront the Labour party's false narratives offering them the opportunity to open their mind. Story link and full unedited letter below.
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Hector Birchwood
- Nov 21, 2019
- 1 min
A businessman's approach to policy:
Don't keep doing what doesn't work! Focus on all the costs and repeat the exercise in case something was missed.
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Hector Birchwood
- Nov 21, 2019
- 1 min
Look for results not budget sizes
Other parties advocate the fallacy that increased spending results in better outcomes. My approach is different.
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Hector Birchwood
- Nov 21, 2019
- 1 min
Government is not the answer
Uniform top-down approaches don't solve individual problems, including knife crime. Watch my video.
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Hector Birchwood
- Nov 19, 2019
- 1 min
Vote For Your Future @ Westking College
I had my first hustings at Westking College. At first, the audience was apprehensive, but I broke through with an innovative approach.
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Hector Birchwood
- Nov 18, 2019
- 3 min
Standing against the poster boy for our broken political system
I wrote the following opinion piece for Sunday's Telegraph (17/11/2019) and will focus my campaign to hold 'Squirmy' Starmer to account:
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Hector Birchwood
- Nov 15, 2019
- 1 min
It all starts here...
This week I delivered my nomination papers to Camden's Elections Manager. This is my first time running for public office and the...
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Hector Birchwood
- Nov 13, 2019
- 1 min
A quick visit to my old university
I've wanted to see the new academic buildings at the London School of Economics (LSE) for months, so I called a friend and we spent our...
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