Name: Mike Freer
Date of birth: 29/5/60
Constituency: Finchley and Golders Green
Areas of interest and expertise:
- Reducing cost of Central Government
- Local
Government Reform.
Distinguishing career milestones: (including
education, jobs, positions and offices held):
- Reform of Barnet Council (dubbed EasyCouncil)
- Local Government funding initiatives (Barnet Financing Plan) that informed
policy on New Homes Bonus & Business Rate retention.
Greatest
source of political pride: (could be swing, legislation passed, involvement in
a campaign): Securing criminalisation of squatting for
residential properties in conjunction with Mike Weatherley MP.
Political hero and why:
Margaret Thatcher – her ability to grasp what
needed to be done, stick to the course and, importantly, connect directly to
the public.
Inspiring political quote:
“I will not change just to court popularity” –
Thatcher
What advice would you give to a young
politician?:
Get your hands
dirty with a job in business/commerce and put some money behind you.
10 QUICK Q&A
- Do you support gay marriage? Yes
- At how many weeks of pregnancy should
abortion become illegal? As now
- Should we legalise assisted dying? No
- At some point drugs like cannabis
should become legal? No
- In, out or reform of Europe? Reform
or out
- Favourite US president? Reagan
- Who is likeliest to be next Tory PM –
Boris or one of the 2010 intake?neither
- English votes for English laws? No,
a UK Parliament for the UK
- Will America, China or India be the
most powerful nation by 2050? China
- You have to increase taxes on high
value properties, air travel or tobacco? Which one? Tobacco
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