There’s a by-election coming up in East Brighton and the Lib Dems will be represented by a dynamic and energetic 18 year old candidate, George Taylor.
He explained to The Argus why he’s standing and what he hopes to achieve.
“I think in Brighton we’ve got quite a few problems.
“Homelessness is the main one. Just on St James’s Street where The Argus is you can see so many homeless people, we need to find a solution.
“There’s also housing. In Brighton it’s just too expensive. The chances are I’d still be with my parents if I became an MP.
“And recycling. We don’t do food recycling and you can see on Facebook people don’t know what days their recycling is. If you could make it more clear, more people would recycle.”
What would he do, if he became not only the city council’s only elected Liberal Democrat but also its youngest elected official?
Mr Taylor said: “With all problems you’ve got to go and speak to professionals.
“I think current councillors could do that more often. Instead of sticking to party lines you could speak to people on the ground.
He also sets out his stall in a video here.
You can follow George’s campaign on Twitter and Facebook.
The by-election takes place on February 8th.
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6 Comments
Good luck George!
Good luck !!
Same difference here. Housing too expensive and Social Housing struggling. Homelessness, another issue as with the problems of the young and mental health.
It’s no wonder things are like this. Not just a local problem, it’s like a mirror image of Brighton.
Some of the best councillors I’ve known have been elected in their teens or early 20s. Good luck George.
Best of luck to George, and the three issues he has highlighted are undoubtedly very important.
However, local councils are undoubtedly hampered by their lack of ability to control their own resources, which is exacerbated by the fact that our current council tax system was a bodge put into place in the early 1990s to get the Tories out of the Poll Tax mess and hasn’t really been maintained much since.
How can I help George get elected? He sounds like just the sort of youngster we should be encouraging to represent the Party