Campaign to Axe the the Tax at the Dartford Tolls.

My latest campaign was organising the north Kent and south east London Conservative MPs and Essex PPCs against the stealth tax increase on the Dartford Tolls.  This is a blatant attempt to raise more money for Gordon Brown's Treasury black hole after it was promised that the tax would be axed.  Added to this the open bribe to the Labour marginal seats of Thurrock and Dartford to offer a post code lottery discount to the residents in those boroughs but the people are not fooled. 

I currently own the proud title of "Kent's Swampy", as named by the police when their alert system noted that "activists" would be descending on Darford's bridge to demonstrate against the toll charge increases. However, I am happy to report that once Kent police realised that Swampy was me they were happy to call off the riot squad - hardly a threat to civil obedience in Kent! And we demonstrated in the quite tranquility of a hotel car park (those of you who cannot remember Swampy - he was the guy who moved into a tree to protest against a Wiltshire by-pass)

We raised the issue, the media were onboard, the MPs, Boris Johnson, Freight Trade Association, the AA and Kent County Council but as usual, Gordon Brown is not listening to UK plc.

To sign our petition to Axe the Tax please click here

Women and the Vote 2008.  I organised and chaired a debate at the Spring conference in Gateshead with MEP Edward McMillan-Scott, Caroline Spelman, chairman of the party and Anne-Marie Trevelyan, PPC for Berwick-upon-Tweed.  This is the 90th year of women's suffrage and some say women's suffrage began in the Garden of Eden, however, I believe we still have dinosaurs roaming the earth!