• I WAS shocked to read that the Conservative candidate for Hampstead and Kilburn has decided to back Theresa May’s plans for social care.

Hampstead is often associated with great affluence, but its residents also share a profound social conscience. This distinctive outlook requires our MPs to have the courage of their convictions and go against the political grain when necessary.

We have elected independent thinkers for the best part of three decades because we want our rebellious spirit to be represented in Parliament.

The Tory Party’s plans for social care seem to forget that dignified treatment of the elderly is the hallmark of a civilised society. Still, the local Conservative candidate has refused to even faintly criticise the dementia tax or the proposed cut to winter fuel payments, going so far as to describe these policies as “sensible”.

What is sensible about stripping the most vulnerable of their assets?

KERSTIN RODGERS
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