Rory Stewart
Live, one-hour webchat with Rory Stewart, the Conservative Party's parliamentary candidate for Penrith and The Border
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Good Afternoon Rory, I would like to ask what the Conservatives are going to do to protect small businesses from the current growth in online and out of town retail developments .Penrith is now a changed town because of the out of town retail and our Conservative Council doesnt seem bothered.
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Jane, it does matter - of course - the central challenge seems to be how to get Northumbria fully embedded. They have proved in Hexham that they can run a very good - a popular hospital - we have to accelerate the take-over - too much uncertainty has been damaging
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Hannah - i agree - see the reply to Kelvin. And tehre are good local examples of market towns doing well. Wigton seems to be moving in a positive direction. Most strinkg of all is Brampton - where pubs are reopening, coffee shops are flourishing in the town centre, and Cranston's is due to open a new foodhall in teh centre. Part of the secret there I feel is that by keeping the GPs surgery in the town centre, they have the right overlap of services and shops.
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Of course there are things I agree with - and they sometimes express commonsense views effectively - but some central policies - such as a referendum on the EU - will only be achieved through a conservative government. The danger is that by voting UKIP in a seat like Carlisle, voters will simply usher in a Labour government... So I think we need to be clear and pragmatic in a such an important election
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Steve - I led the campaign to make sure that geologists were fully included in this debate - including Professor Hasell from Glasgow. See this article for my views in more detail,
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Steve - I think the NHS is something every party - and pretty much every voter agrees on - we want the best national service, free at the point of use. We have preserved NHS funding through a very difficult financial climate - and committed and extra 8 BN - as the CEO of NHS England has requested. Much of the challenge is about ageing, the cost of treatments, and management not financing
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You are right that superfast may not be enough in the future - and ultrafast will soon be essential for business, the economy, and education as well. And we are delivering it in the most sparsely populated constituency in England. So even with more funding per head for broadband than any other constituency in the country, we will struggle to get fibre to all homes. I am immensely proud though that we have made an issue - which many people did not care about at all in 2010 - so absolutely central to the political debate.
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Beth, you're right - we are very lukcy - we have almost full employment now in P and B, one of the most beautiful areas in the country, a growing economy, and a great quality of life. We have done what we can on fuel prices - your fuel prices should be lower for your vehicle than they they were recently. - by freezing the rise in fuel duty. We need more buses to be supported by the council
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Many different Cumbrian communities have come up wuth different solutions. Stockdalewath is a good example. I'm delighted that the Ea is beginning to show some flexibility, but flooding is hugely complex as you know - it connects to what is happening on our Fellsides, rivers and on our housing developments. So we need to keep learning from each other.
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No seat is 'safe'. People thought Westmorland and Lonsdale was safe. And there will be many Labour MPs in Scotland finding that even super safe seats with 60% majorities on the edge of Glasgow may fall to the SNP. I love Cumbria I am deeply interested in it.One of the most satisfying parts of my job is being a local constituency MP, walking around the constituency, visiting charities, schools and businesses. I think its a real privilege to be deeply connected to local constituency affairs.
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As an MP whos constituency is so close to Scotland and one who very much campaigned for them to stay within the Union. would you be in favour of a Conservative /SNP alliance and what would you think therefore about Scotland being able to directly influence your ability to deliver policies.
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