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, MP.
Andrew describes his role - "Seeking out the silent voices. Standing up to bullies. Fighting for justice”
Liberal Democrats - Building a brighter future
I’ll back Andy Burnham's if his commitment on “care”, “values” and “hope” is as good as his word.
I know Andy. We worked together in the past. Played in the same (House of Commons) sports (mainly football) teams, and shared campaign material and plans. I believe he’s motivated to do the right thing for those who most need help. But, like most Prime Ministers, it really depends on the character of the people he gathers around him. After all, they determine his diary, who he sees and is influenced by, who briefs him and what he sees and hears.
Of course I’ll do all I can to make sure he hears the voices of Cornwall. Not just his primary poles of Manchester and Westminster.
He has promised to deliver a resolution to the challenges of a dysfunctional social care system. Baroness Casey confirmed to me in the Health Committee recently that she does not need to delay her commissioned Social Care Inquiry till 2028, as previously timetabled. This can come early. Andy Burnham needs to speed this up and set a finish date this year.
Similarly, I’m keen to use my Private Members’ Bill on Homes and Planning to support the new Prime Minister's commitment to accelerate measures to combat the widening inequality in housing supply.
I’ll work with and support the new PM and his government if the kindly mood-music and themes of his opening address are followed through with policy to genuinely deliver it. But I’ll call him out and oppose if he doesn’t.
I wish Andy well now he’s been “enthroned” into Downing Street. Though I didn’t like how his predecessor was treated, I hope it won't be found that Andy was the orchestrator of that treatment.
Ask Andrew - Penzance
📆 Saturday 25th July
🕥 10:30am-12pm
📍 Near Market House, Market Jew Street, Penzance.
I’ll be there to listen to your concerns, answer questions, and discuss local issues that matter to you.
If you’re in town, please do come along, say hello, and share your thoughts.
📞 01736 339526
📧 andrew.george.mp@parliament.uk
(St) Just a perfect day...🎼
A few snapshots from Lafrowda today. 😎
St Just is such a special place.
However, as a fellow St Piran (at Helston's Hal-an-Tow), I couldn't help but feel deeply jealous of this one sailing along on motorised rollers! 😲
Cornwall Live
BBC Cornwall
ITV News West Country
St Just Miners' Chapel
#stjust #lafrowda
Our campaign to stop the swingeing cuts to Coastguard duty payments has succeeded. Many thanks to all those who’ve promoted this important campaign.
This will be an enormous relief to hundreds of CROs - many of whom feared they were being forced out of the service - and to our coastal communities, who depend on them to help keep us safe.
Special thanks to Government Minister, Kier Mather MP, for listening and acting. (See his response to me a few days ago in the comments below)
Detailed Government statement is also in the comments below.
I pressed NHS chief – Dr Penny Dash - to ensure that clinicians have a “safe space” where they can raise concerns about patient safety. The last thing our NHS needs is a climate of fear where matters have to be bottled up, services become dysfunctional and a bullying culture is permitted to pervade. This means patient safety is put at risk, and then lengthy and expensive Inquiries often need to be commissioned to deal with the shocking and distressing impact this has on the lives of many people, not least patients and the frontline clinicians who have to endure working in such an environment.
I was honoured to be invited as after-dinner speaker at the Royal College of Anaesthetists’ President’s Annual Dinner, in Central London, alongside NHS Chair Dr Penny Dash.
However, one important organisation which Dr Penny Dash has recommended should be subsumed elsewhere is the Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB). But HSSIB provides the very “safe space” in which clinicians at all levels can report/whistle blow concerns about poor practice and risks to patient safety in a climate where, crucially, they have “protected disclosure”; ie protected from litigation. This could easily be undermined by Dr Dash’s proposals.
Therefore, without making my after-dinner speech too combative, I felt I managed to keep the message clear, good-humoured, but got the point over.
I was approached by many senior anaesthetists after the dinner who strongly agreed with that point (and indeed a number of other important issues smuggled into the light and I hope entertaining speech).