Shaun is a 35 year old youth worker, and one of the contenders for the Conservative parliamentary candidacy in Hammersmith. His political hero is Martin Luther King and he wants to represent his local area because "I understand the community and the community understands me". Michael Ehioze-Ediae met him yesterday on behalf of ConservativeHome. His website is here.
What do you do?
I am the director of a charity called MyGeneration which is involved in youth and family work. The charity runs a job club, football club and other special projects like organising educational trips. The aim of all our activities is to teach young people to be independent and take personal responsibility for their actions. I am also a research fellow at the Centre for Policy Studies.
Why did you become interested in politics?
I work in a sector where the sad realities of socialist policies are revealed. Our young people are exposed to drugs and pornography and the liberal elite promote policies that are crushing the poor. Labour’s policies have created a dependency culture and all the people I know who have done badly are products of the dependency culture.
My Granny and all her contemporaries believe in the politics of personal responsibility and self-determination. Also, all the strong communities that I know attained their strength though personal responsibility and not state hand-outs. These are conservative beliefs and that is why I am a Conservative.
Recent Comments