Local Councillor and Deputy Leader of Allerdale Borough Council Mark Jenkinson has been selected by local Conservative party activists as their candidate for the next general election.

Below is Councillor Mark Jenkinson's politics column in this week’s  Times & Star:

Recently elected Aspatria Councillor Mike Little has joined the Conservatives, after being impressed by the Allerdale’s Conservative group role in the leadership of the council and Boris Johnson’s commitment to Get Brexit Done by October 31st.

It’s great to be here in Manchester at the best attended conference for years and I know that some of you may have been mildly peppered with abuse on the way in but are you abashed? Are you downcast?

Today, here in Manchester, the Conservative Party takes its rightful place as the Party of Law and Order in Britain once again.

We stand with the brave men and women of our police and security services.

And we stand against the criminals.

We’re committed to bringing gigabit broadband across rural Britain so no community is left behind – find out how.

We’re announcing new models of personalised care to help tackle the serious issue of adult mental illness.

We’re committed to the fight against the abuse of human rights. That’s why we’re implementing Magnitsky’s Law.

We’re giving tenants big new rights to shared ownership of housing association properties – find out more and see how you will benefit.

Labour’s unbelievable education policy suggestions would scrap independent schools, scrap school inspection bodies, and cause immeasurable damage to our country.