Steve Campkin: Green Party parliamentary candidate for Ashford
Steven Campkin was born and raised in Ashford and has seen many changes in the town.
He has worked for Wastenot Recycling (now Viridor) and the PDSA, volunteered at the RSPCA Cattery in Station Road and currently works for Cooksons, on Henwood industrial estate.
Steve joined Greenpeace at age 28, the Green Party at age 30 and stood as candidate for Ashford central at the local elections in 2009. He also campaigns locally for Animal Rights.
During the campaign for the local and European elections Steve volunteered to stand as parliamentary candidate in his hometown of Ashford.
Steve maintains a blog, snippets from his recent posts:
Thu, 10 Nov 2011
ASHFORD GREEN PARTY CANDIDATE STEVE CAMPKIN IS SUPPORTING A CAMPAIGN TO GET
NIRVANA'S SONG, "SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT" TO NO.1 FOR CHRISTMAS.
Woodland Trussed
Thu, 03 Feb 2011
Currently the government owns the land which means we own the land, as everything the government owns is paid for out of our taxes.
Kid's Army
Mon, 11 Oct 2010
Green Party leader Caroline Lucas MP today urged the government to raise the recruitment age for Britain's armed forces to 18.
The Early Day Motion, EDM 781, reads: "That this House notes that sixteen to eighteen year olds currently entering the armed forces commit themselves to a period of four years beyond their eighteenth birthday; notes that after a period of six months they are unable to leave as of right; notes that no other country in mainland Europe recruits at the age of sixteen; welcomes the recommendation of the Joint Committee on Human Rights in its report on children's rights that the UK adopt a plan of action for implementing the UN Optional Protocol to the Convention on the rights of the child; and urges the UK Government to implement the Joint Committee's recommendations and raise the age of recruitment to eighteen."
It occurs to me that, having left school, 16 year olds are faced with a crap job on minimum wage, unemployment (with the government now proposing to scrap certain benefits) or a so-called 'career' in the armed forces.
Stone of Praise.
Tue, 05 Oct 2010
My response:
Every religion has it's misinterpretations, dark sides and extremists.
