I am proud to have been reselected as the Conservative candidate for Horsham in the forthcoming General Election.
It is an absolute honour to serve the community that is home. Through countless surgeries, visits, emails, letters and engagements I have sought to represent my constituents to the best of my ability. I very much hope to be re-elected to continue to do so, unrelentingly.
The Horsham constituency will shortly have to decide on its MP, the country on its Prime Minister.
Government is never easy. It involves tough choices. It particularly requires tough choices when we live in an insecure and difficult world.
Over the last four years we have had to face a global pandemic the like of which we have not known for a century and a brutal war on our continent waged by a nuclear power which provoked a spike in European inflation unseen for 50 years.
Throughout that period I have know Rishi to provide calm, determined, thoughtful and compassionate leadership as Chancellor and Prime Minister.
Today’s news on inflation shows the benefit of taking difficult decisions and sticking with them.
We have got it back from its post Ukraine invasion peak of over 11% to just over its 2% target.
Low inflation will bring down interest rates. It will also help maintain growth. Our economy is growing faster than that of France, Germany and the US. NICs have been cut and for the last ten months wages have been rising faster than inflation.
I know that Rishi can and will take forward an economic plan for the country that is already delivering.
He will also keep us safe in a dangerous world in which Putin’s aggression is not limited to Ukraine, in which the actions of Iran and China are increasingly threatening to us and our friends and allies.
I am very optimistic about the next 5 years for our country and what that means for us locally but to achieve it we need great leadership.
On 5 July either Rishi Sunak or Keir Starmer will be Prime Minister.
No one should take the country or the election result for granted. I know what Rishi stands for, I have seen him operate, I know he will continue to deliver and I feel confident that when the country makes a choice it will be to send Rishi back to No.10
