Veterans

QuestionAs a voter in your constituency, I am asking you to commit to supporting veterans if you become my MP. Please will you support the Help for Heroes’ Veterans Pledge and ask your party leader to sign on behalf of the Independent?

Veterans gave their time, skills and sometimes their health to the Country now is the time to pay something back to them.

You can find out more about the Veterans Pledge and how to show your support here:

https://act.helpforheroes.org.uk/veterans-pledge-PPCs

Voters like me care about veterans, please let us know that you do too.

A message from Help for Heroes: Help for Heroes is campaigning for the future Government to commit to our Veterans Pledge. We need the future Government to commit to the Veterans Pledge to lead to life changing improvements for veterans.

The three main asks are

  • to keep the Office for Veterans' Affairs,
  • commission an independent review of the medical discharge process,
  • and remove unfair barriers to receiving benefits and compensation.
Definition: Veterans are defined as anyone who has served for at least one day in Her Majesty's Armed Forces (Regular or Reserve) or Merchant Mariners who have seen duty on legally defined military operations.
Answer Yes I am very happy to support the veterans pledge.

Veterans Factsheet 2020

I would also like to add, I have been proud to personally support the Royal British Legion in their fund raising efforts over recent years.

Due to time restraints some of these answers are shorter than I wanted, but I will update - so visit me again soon.

I hope you find my answer honest, and you will perhaps find out more about me and consider voting for the only Independent standing in South West Devon. I believe a Candidate should be contactable by any means a constituent chooses. (No Carrier pigeons please!), An issue which we have now is you can not tell where a candidate lives - even if they regualy use the word "Local". You will see my Name and Address is on everything I write, even the Ballot paper, so you can check I actually live in the constituency. You can personally put a letter through my letterbox. The only other address printed on the ballot paper actually lives in a neighbouring constituency. Nice chap, no issues there - But I feel strongly a candidate should live in the constituency they represent, and not be parachuted in. Vote Local, where Local means same constituency

Promoted by Alan Charles Spencer, 7 Claymans Pathway, Ivybridge, Devon, PL21 9UZ