Born and bred in Norfolk, UK, I joined the Royal Air Force to see the world at seventeen, 22.5 years later, found my way to the Falkland Islands where I spent the first 1.5 years in the Big smoke working at Darwin Shipping and then 11 years at Galfishing Ltd, looking after the needs of the Fisheries Patrol vessel Protegat, and to the present day at Rincon Grande Farm.

Elaine and I are under no illusions, that having made the momentous decision to run for election it is not going to be easy, with only Elaine and I on the Farm, I am going to have to split my time between Stanley and the farm, with that in mind, we have agreed to substantially reduce sheep numbers on the farm in order to cut down the workload, we are aware that there will be a significant financial loss that we will have to endure, especially in the current financial climate, however, we both believe that it is worth the consequence.

Stanley is not the Falkland Islands, approximately 19 percent of islanders live outside of the capital, and are mainly wool producers, they are also responsible for supporting the food security of the islands, as well as land husbandry, conservation, biodiversity, animal welfare and tourism. Without future support and investment in the rural sector, this could have consequences for us all, a prime example (excuse the pun) being the beef shortage at present.

I do not support Salmon farming in the…