This shared by Emily Brothers, Labour Party prospective parliamentary candidate for Isle of Wight East. Ed
As campaigning closes in the 2024 General Election, Labour’s Emily Brothers set out her ‘intent to secure positive change’ should she become the first Member of Parliament for Isle of Wight East.
She said,
“Isle of Wight East is on a knife edge between Conservative and Labour. It is too close to call. Consistent polling throughout the election demonstrates that no other party has a route to win the seat. Polling clearly evidences that I am the only progressive candidate who can secure positive change.
“Thousands of voters have still to make up their minds. That’s why I’m still meeting with residents in towns and villages across Isle of Wight East to set out my local priorities and Labour’s ambition for positive change. My offer is a set of local policies aligned to Labour’s national programme for Government. Our missions for economic growth, an NHS fit for purpose, transition to clean energy, safer streets and breaking down barriers to opportunity, bringing together a plan for positive change. Only with Labour can we fix broken Britain and get our Island’s future back.
“My utmost priority is on Isle of Wight East, focusing on community wealth creation to make local people and businesses who are currently struggling feel better off. This includes addressing unaffordable and unreliable cross Solent travel, tackling the cost of living crisis and encouraging investment to regenerate our derelict town centres.
“Working with local leaders, I will help shape an Island Pact to secure additional resources needed to deliver public services on our Island. I will collaborate with local councils and statutory agencies to improve resilience and identify solutions to landslips, flooding and coastal erosion.
“The Conservative candidate is pretending not to be Conservative, abdicating responsibility from their abysmal record in Government. Whilst their sense of entitlement is palpable, I approach polling day knowing that in a democracy the power of the vote, the power of the decision, is rightly in the hands of local people.
“Don’t forget when you go to vote how they have ruled – Partygate, dodgy covid contracts and now Gamble gate, the insider betting scandal. Always one rule for them and another for everyone else. Something has to change and that begins with you, seizing the opportunity by making an active choice by voting for positive change.
“If you vote Conservative, support a fringe party or don’t vote at all – nothing will change. However, I am intent on securing positive change for Residents living in Isle of Wight East. I want local people and businesses to move on from fourteen years of division, chaos and failure with a changed Labour Party represented in Isle of Wight East by a progressive change-maker.
“If given the privilege to serve, I will get to work on our first steps including restoring economic stability and cutting NHS waiting lists. Labour has a plan to enable our NHS to recover to full health; to reverse the doom loop of low growth and high tax; to build affordable homes for working people. Together, we can stop the chaos, turn the page and start to rebuild.
“We need a clear mandate and a strong Government to make change happen. If you vote Labour, the work for progressive change for the better begins for Isle of Wight East and across Britain. Positive change for a brighter future.
“Progressive solutions will only be realised by making change happen by voting Labour. For our Island, for our country – vote Emily Brothers for Isle of Wight East, for positive change.”
