Better Politics Pledge -- news so far

You can hear my BBC 3 Counties radio interview this morning about the Better Politics Pledge -- including Conservative Nigel Huddlestone's response so far (will he live in Luton? will he promise not to take a second job?):  http://bit.ly/9sla0  (skip to 1:55:30 in iPlayer).  I'd love to hear your thoughts: joe@joehallforluton.com

Five-Star Better Politics Pledge

One of the reasons I'm standing is because I think we deserve better from our MP.  Everyone's been up in arms about Margaret Moran, but none of the other candidates have made any cast-iron guarantees they would hold themselves to a higher standard.

So... today I'm launching a Five-Star Better Politics Pledge.  Basically, it's common-sense: I will be available to constituents and work hard for them, I'll be open and honest, I won't have a second home (we're only 35 minutes on the train from London!) and I won't claim unreasonable expenses.  See the full pledge here.

Today I've written to all the other candidates (Esther, the Tory Huddleston, Qurban Hussain for the Lib Dems, no Labour candidate yet) asking them to sign up to it as well.  This is meant to be something positive and constructive, to begin to win back people's trust in politics.  Let's see if the other contenders sign up -- or they'll need a good reason why not!

I'd love to know what you think of the Better Politics Pledge.  Do you agree with it?  Could it be improved?  Email me at joe@joehallforluton.com

Best,

Joe

Welcome -- to the campaign for Luton's future

Hi!

And welcome to my website.

The first questions you'll probably have right now are "who are you?", "why are you standing for MP?" and "what would you do?"  I've begun answering those: please check out Who I Am and What I'll Do.

To answer your question "why stand for MP": it's very simple.  I believe that there are immense possibilities in the people of Luton.  But too often our ambitions have been ignored or frustrated.  I believe we need to come together to build an ambitious future for Luton.  To do this, I believe we need a better politics that is rooted in the people of Luton, working hard for the people of Luton, and concerned neither with party politics or celebrity.  I want to offer that to the people of Luton South.

I appreciate you may not know me yet.  So I'm not asking for your vote yet.  All I'm asking for right now is a chance for us to get to know each other, and in time I hope I can earn your vote.  So please do contact me with any question you have, please sign up for news on the campaign, and please have a look around the site.

Look forward to talking with you.

Joe