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About Peter
Peter Norman has many years experience in the business world having worked first for a Lloyd’s Reinsurance Broker managing North American catastrophe risks before being seconded to Chicago. He then worked for a management consultancy providing advice on Business Development before setting up a corporate finance boutique within the firm specialising in technology and mobile communications. In 1990 he set up his own company to provide services on mergers & acquisitions and equity finance and in 1995 he co-founded and was commercial director for a technology company in mobile data that went on to float on the stock exchange. More recently he has been running a small holiday letting business. He has been a vocal environmental campaigner in opposing the development of greenfield sites around Newbury, most notably Sandleford. He has helped with the online charity Youthnet and is currently a governor at St Bartholomew’s School. See Peter’s CV:...
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Peter’s Policies
Climate Change – we have discovered enough fossil fuels to fry the planet, we only need to burn 1/5 of what we know is there to cause irreparable damage in ways that are still not fully understood. So why has George Osborne given back £1.3 billion to the North Sea Oil industry to extract and explore for more of the stuff? Why is David Cameron pushing fracking when we don’t need more gas and there are concerns that the industry could cause environmental damage to the water table? The UK is a crowded island and does not have the vast open spaces that make fracking a possibility in the States. The fossil fuel industry are powerful lobbyists but we need leadership now on climate change. The Greens seem to have endorsed Nuclear as a clean alternative, but it is another example of where we are pushing problems onto future generations. Until we know how we can deal with the nuclear waste and the impact of climate change on rising...
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Why more of the same?
Why do we continue to be sucked into the same old? There has to be a better way of delivering good government. Other countries do not suffer the policy blunders that we have endured over the years costing the taxpayer billions of pounds. The problem is our Party system creates governments where people with similar views and outlooks band together. There are no contrary opinions to challenge decisions. Remember: Margaret Thatcher and the Poll Tax? Tony Blair and the NHS National Programme for IT? Gordon Brown and the deregulation of banks? Andrew Lansley and the NHS reforms? All have one thing in common – none were effectively challenged and there was a minimum of deliberation before committing to a course of action. And all too often there is no accountability when things go wrong. Government is the only sphere of life where decisions are made this way and it affects us both nationally and locally. Apolitical offers a different way. We are a local group of independents with differing...
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Apolitical
Apolitical offers a different way. We are a local group of independents with differing points of view but who share a belief in collaboration not confrontation, transparency not obfuscation. Good decisions are arrived at when they have been thoroughly deliberated and challenged. Our candidates will provide that environment of independent challenge unimpeded by party...
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