Why I Am Standing for Parliament - First Posted 8 Jan 2024

 I attended various state schools throughout a modest childhood, which was spent moving between military units, before joining the RAF at 17. 

Thereafter, I travelled extensively, worked with and befriended people from myriad backgrounds, and gratefully shared in their cultures. I came to stand up for others, as well as for nature and the environment, joining conservation initiatives from the UK to South America. I learned to respect public service, diversity and responsible leadership, and later commissioned as a RAF Police Officer so that I could inspire those values in others. Looking back, I had travelled my entire life before my career took me to Imjin Barracks. Only once I arrived in our piece of Gloucestershire, did I feel ready to raise my family.

Over the past decade I had proudly served our country whilst irresponsible politicians undermined our most courageous and selfless public servants. I watched ministers treat public money recklessly whilst I delivered food parcels to struggling families. I saw friendships and families fragmented by divisive language and irresponsible leadership. Eventually I felt I could no longer serve our people under this government. In December 2023 I resigned my RAF Commission to stand up for our people alongside the Liberal Democrats.

I am standing to give Tewkesbury a fresh start. Our people deserve a dynamic Member of Parliament who is available and ready to serve, will proudly represent them to the country and celebrate and support our communities across our constituency. I will fight to resource local authorities to invest in General Practices and support the families of SEND children. I will tirelessly work cross-party to end the sewage scandal and bring down the cost of living, and I will fight relentlessly for electoral and education reform.

To my neighbours across Tewkesbury, I offer this: I will proudly represent you with courage and integrity, however we may agree or disagree. Not as a career politician, but as a public servant. However you have voted in the past, a vote for Cameron Thomas is a vote to return our faith in politics and to transform the future of our country.

Thank you,

Cam.