Andrew George
Promoting the
Politics of Courage
I’m running a positive campaign to restore decency and honesty to our politics. To build a brighter future. To combat those who want us to become more inward-looking, backward-looking, more self-absorbed. I’ll build a campaign for an outward-looking, forward-looking and compassionate country.
We’ve been misled by a privileged clique who’ve irresponsibly played on fears to stoke prejudice. We must get beyond the Brexit chaos they’ve dragged our country into. We must restore the things that matter for the sake of our children’s future – our NHS, our schools and the very sustainability of our planet.
Come and join a growing campaign team. We’re determined to win this seat back this time, to make the difference, to build a brighter future.
Many people say “you politicians are all the same”. That statement has never been more untrue. The choice here is stark:
Andrew George - Standing up for Cornwall
National campaigner, local campaigner, former MP.
Andrew describes his role - "Seeking out the silent voices. Standing up to bullies. Fighting for justice”
Liberal Democrats - Building a brighter future
Heating oil costs are reported to have more than doubled following Trump and Netanyahu's attack on Iran. I wrote to Treasury Ministers and Energy Secretary Ed Miliband urging the Government to offer support to residents who have no plausible alternative.
This affects thousands of customers here and 1.5 million - mainly rural - households across the UK. The Government intervenes to offer protection for other energy supplies. But heating oil customers have been left at the mercy of an unregulated market during this period of global instability. Residents report allegations that some suppliers are taking advantage, hitting the pockets of families who's budgets cannot absorb such shocks, and aren't protected by price caps like electricity and gas customers.
I’ve asked Ministers to act quickly to protect our communities.
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📢 SEND Summit — Happening This Friday!
I would like to remind everyone that our SEND Summit will be held next Friday, 13 March, from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm at The Old Cattle Market in Helston.
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities services have been under significant pressure, and too many children and families have experienced shortcomings in the current SEND and EHCP system. With the Government’s recent Schools White Paper calling for lived experience to shape national reform, this summit offers an important moment for Cornwall’s voices to be heard openly, honestly and constructively.
The event will bring together families, professionals and senior leaders from Cornwall Council’s SEND service, creating space for meaningful discussion and ensuring that lived experience informs both local practice and national policy.
The full agenda will be shared later today, so everyone knows what to expect from the discussions.
If you haven’t yet registered your interest, there’s still time — please do so here:
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Posties deserve praise. Not abuse and criticism.
Posties have been abused and threatened by local customers when they’ve been out delivering mail and parcels in the area. That’s what I was told when visiting Helston’s Royal Mail sorting office this week.
Our postal delivery staff work heroically, despite stressful circumstances; remote senior Managers have failed to give them the support they need and deserve, nor recruit sufficient staff to maintain service standards. Local people have missed medical appointments, incurred fines for non-payment of bills they still haven’t received, and more because the post has been so slow and late. But that’s not the fault of the posties who are working under intolerable pressure.
My impression: local sorting offices have been disempowered by an overcentralised, top-heavy management system which seeks to micromanage the service from remote offices out of touch with the pressures faced by frontline staff. Staff pressure is not recognised by the high command of the company.
I’ve taken complaints from local people and frontline staff to Royal Mail Chief, Alistair Cochrane, and called on Ministers to intervene.
Today I table a Parliamentary motion. edm.parliament.uk/early-day-motion/65376/royal-mail-delivery-standards
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Delighted to join local communities in Penzance today for the St Piran's Day Parade. 😊
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Let’s celebrate
Recollecting the opening of this my Maiden Speech – back in May 1997
It caused a stir as I was the first person to speak Cornish in the House of Commons.
We were determined to achieve much. And much has been achieved:
· Cornwall secured the highest level of EU development aid;
· A Cornwall University;
· A Cornish Development Agency;
· The Cornish language officially recognised
· And more…
It’s St Piran’s Day, so we should celebrate how far we have come.
Back then I took our Cornish Language campaign to no less than 5 government departments (Culture; Home Office; Foreign Office; Welsh Office; and finally Communities) because Ministers didn’t know how to respond. But they finally got it, and granted official recognition in 2002. It wasn’t until 2014 that we built on that to then secure national minority status. And now in 2026, we’ve just secured a higher tier of language status, which will help develop knowledge of the language, and its use beyond signage and occasional greetings.
Following recognition, I was then proud to introduce the Cornish oath when swearing in to the 2005 Parliament. Now it’s used by all our MPs, and with pride. Though fluent speakers are few, that doesn’t undermine its significance.
For me, this is not driven by a desire to cut Cornwall off or to become insular. Quite the opposite. It is about cutting Cornwall into the celebration of diversity, in a wider world and contributing effectively to that international celebration.
Gool Peran Lowen - Happy St Piran’s Day
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