David Craig stands on a single issue

David Craig has decided that he too will fight Haltemprice and Howden on a single issue.

Having researched and written my book Squandered: How Gordon Brown is wasting over one trillion pounds of our money, which was published in April, I am so incensed at how our leaders have lost touch with the lives of ordinary voters that I have decided to stand as a candidate against David Davis in Haltemprice and Howden.

My message is that the 42 days issue is not important to most people as we are unlikely to be affected by it. However, living on the national average salary as I do, I believe that what is important to taxpayers is how MPs have become overpaid, out of touch and are wasting billions of pounds of our money when the cost of living is spiralling out of control.

Instead of seeing their role as public service, too many MPs think it is self-service; instead of helping voters, they help themselves; instead of spending our money wisely they waste it on worthless schemes promoting their own legacy - £14bn-plus on the Olympics, £12bn-plus on the NHS IT system, £5bn-plus on identity cards, and so on.

As taxes shoot ever higher, the Government has squandered over one trillion pounds on failed schemes to improve public services. As fuel prices rocket, MPs think only about increasing their own petrol allowances. While the average family must live on about £24,000 a year, MPs want a pay increase of about £40,000 - taking them to £100,000 for just 30 weeks' work. As private pension schemes wither away, MPs get the equivalent of £50,000 a year paid into their pension funds.

Because I believe our leaders are overpaid, I commit to giving half my MP's salary to charity if I am elected. The ten people who propose, second and sign supporting my candidature can choose the ten charities. It's time for a 'people's revolt' against our wasteful, self-serving rulers.
From: The First Post