27/01/2016 Party Political Broadcasts - Welsh Liberal Democrats

Cardiff is a brilliant place to live. Young people are interested

in community and are interested in politics.

I think it's important that we move away from the idea

that young people don't care about community issues.

I grew up in Southwark,

so have been very involved in the community

and local politics since then.

I love being a councillor.

I think local government

is incredibly important in people's lives.

Being a Liberal is very much about allowing people

to live their own life.

Trying to help people through a journey of a problem

is often what we do.

So, I've lived here for about 14 years.

Community for me means people working together

and also helping each other out and being there for each other.

Yeah, I've had the odd thing where, you know, people have said,

you know, "There's a cat up a tree," um, at 11 o'clock at night,

and I've gone round to their houses and I've stood there

and I've tried to get it down myself.

It's not about money or anything else.

It's just seeing that people have actually got their answer,

and if they haven't got the right answer,

they still appreciate the fact that you went that extra mile for them.

I'm doing business... Since 1994 I came in this country.

Not everybody is a businessman.

Mostly, people are local people and are living on normal, basic wages.

And when they get a tax credit cut and the other things get cut

and housing benefit cut, then people are upset.

We need to provide to the society whatever they need.

The Liberal Democrat is very easy to approach, and if you leave them

a message, they come back to you.

As a councillor, you've got to be approachable

and you've got to be able to be approached at any time.

I know when I go down town for a pint of milk or whatever,

Margaret, she doesn't send me any more,

because I might be down there for two or three hours,

where people stop and have a chat,

but they also want something sorted or whatever.

But that's the nature of being a councillor.

I grew up just a few minutes from here.

I loved the kind of sense of community there was at the time,

but I feel like a lot of that has changed

as people are moving off as part of the regeneration process.

I want a positive difference to be made to this area.

There's residents who have lived here for 30, 40 years, um,

and I think they need someone who actually knows what it's like

to live in this area for a sustained period of time.

I think community is a group of people who care about each other.

People want to be together and to have a space in which to do that.

Um, I...you know, I work as well, and I have a small family,

but I still find time to do it, cos I think it's really important,

um, that I do something for my local community.

No community is too small for the Liberal Democrats to care about.

Wales is famous for its close-knit communities

and the spirit within them,

especially where people work together to make the place they live

a warm, successful, vibrant community.

The hospitals, the schools, the public services

that my constituents depend on -

me and my family, we depend on them, too.

I want to make sure that everybody has the ability to get a great job,

to help them keep a roof over their heads and their families.

I want everybody's child to have the chance to go to a great school.

If you ring 999,

I want people to know that the ambulance will arrive on time

and will take you to a first-class hospital

with the doctors and nurses there to treat you.

That's what I want for my family.

That's what I want for my constituents.