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Letter to the editor of the Newquay Voice

Dear Editor,

My thanks to all who have already filled in and returned the survey we included in last week's Voice about the problems of licensing and binge and under-age drinking in Newquay.   Its very interesting seeing  the wide cross section of people responding and their responses and all will help inform Shadow Home Secretary Chris Grayling when he visits the town later this month.

Bob the Hat seeks straight answers from politicians and I agree that  is exactly what we need.  Most important of all they have to be based on reality.  The reason I am standing for election is because I too was fed up of hearing hollow promises from politicians who couldn't change a thing.  Words from parliamentary candidates also, however straight the talk, can also easily mean nothing if the actions they promise are never likely to be tested.

I wanted to respond to the issues of our town in a meaningful way.   Newquay is in the frontline of a national problem of anti-social behaviour caused by cheap booze and unfettered licensing.   If the Conservatives form the government after the General Election next year, Chris Grayling would be Home Secretary, the person in charge of law and order and the way licensing works.   I hope to be the MP here and will be the one banging on his door if Newquay needs something doing.  The most constructive thing it seemed I could do, beyond just making promises about what I'll do in the future, was to get Chris down here now to hear from local people himself.

I wanted his briefing to be comprehensive and wide-ranging and in local people's own words, hence the survey. To place the survey in your veritable organ to reach your readership we raised the funds to buy the space with voluntary donations.  All this has happened and I am delighted at the way local people have taken up the invitation to have their say and play their part in helping shape future law.

Straight talking? Let the PEOPLE speak, say I.  Politicians' ACTIONS should speak louder than any amount of words they use.

And ultimately? It will be the VOTE on the ballot paper that will make the biggest noise.

Best wishes

Caroline Righton

2nd September 2009