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Kurten supported the presidency of [[Donald Trump]], and is a staunch critic of [[globalism]] and [[Environmental Alarmism|climate arlarmism]]. He has also strongly criticised London Mayor [[Sadiq Khan]] and accused him of "destroying the capital's history".<ref name="cw21" /> | Kurten supported the presidency of [[Donald Trump]], and is a staunch critic of [[globalism]] and [[Environmental Alarmism|climate arlarmism]]. He has also strongly criticised London Mayor [[Sadiq Khan]] and accused him of "destroying the capital's history".<ref name="cw21" /> | ||
| + | === Civil liberties === | ||
A supporter of free-speech, Kurten has called for anti-free speech laws in the UK to be repealed.<ref name="cw21">https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/david-kurten-my-heritage-party-is-the-only-home-for-true-conservatives/</ref> | A supporter of free-speech, Kurten has called for anti-free speech laws in the UK to be repealed.<ref name="cw21">https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/david-kurten-my-heritage-party-is-the-only-home-for-true-conservatives/</ref> | ||
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| + | Kurten opposes climate alarmist environmental policies. Kurten believes that the UK should withdraw from the [[Paris Climate Agreement]], a move mirroring conservative US president Donald Trump.<ref name="manifesto">[https://heritageparty.org/manifesto/ Manifesto - Heritage Party]</ref> | ||
| + | Kurten described the Sadiq Khan's 2023 ULEZ expansion policy, which charges people £12.50 to dive a vehicle in most of London, as "a tax on the poor".<ref>[https://twitter.com/davidkurten/status/1631745748365721600 Opposing a new £12.50 per day tax on the poor is not far-right ]</ref> | ||
| + | === Ethics === | ||
| + | Kurten is [[pro-life]], and has noted that the Heritage Party is the only pro-life party in Great Britain. | ||
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| + | === Fiscal issues === | ||
| + | Kurten supports what he describes as "financial" responsibility. He believes the government should sop its wasteful public spending and funding of vanity projects like HS2, and that taxpayers money should be spent only on services which benefit the public such as education, healthcare and policing.<ref name="manifesto" /> | ||
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Revision as of 16:26, May 18, 2023
David Michael Kurten (born 1971) is an English social conservative and politician, who has served as leader of the Heritage Party since September 2020.
Early life and work
David Michael Kurten was born on 22 March 1971 in Littlehampton, Sussex, England. His parents are Reginald Kurten, a Jamaican, and Patricia Kurten (née Robinson), who is British. He grew up in Sussex and was raised by his single mother and maternal grandparents.
In 1993, David Kurten graduated from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland with a Bachelor of Science (BSc). He also completed a PGCE at the University of Bath in 1995, and a Masters of Research at the University of Southampton in 1998.
From 1995 until 2016, Kurten was a teacher, teaching chemistry at schools in the UK, Botswana, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bermuda, and the United States.
Political history
Kurten joined the UK Independence Party (UKIP) in 2012, at which time the party was under the leadership of Nigel Farage.
As part of he 2015 UK general election, which took place on 7 May 2015, David Kurten stood unsuccessfully for UKIP as that party's candidate for the London seat of Camberwell and Peckham, coming 5th overall in the contest.
Kurten, then still a member of UKIP, was elected to the London Assembly, a body elected to scrutinize the activities of the Mayor of London, in the 2016 London Assembly election which was held on 5 May that year.
In the 2017 UK general election, Kurten stood as the UKIP candidate for the seat of Castle Point in Essex. Kurten came 3rd in the vote, which was held on 8 May 2017.
Kurten left UKIP in January 2020 and established the socially conservative Heritage Party later that year.
Views
Kurten supported the presidency of Donald Trump, and is a staunch critic of globalism and climate arlarmism. He has also strongly criticised London Mayor Sadiq Khan and accused him of "destroying the capital's history".[1]
Civil liberties
A supporter of free-speech, Kurten has called for anti-free speech laws in the UK to be repealed.[1]
Environment
Kurten opposes climate alarmist environmental policies. Kurten believes that the UK should withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, a move mirroring conservative US president Donald Trump.[2]
Kurten described the Sadiq Khan's 2023 ULEZ expansion policy, which charges people £12.50 to dive a vehicle in most of London, as "a tax on the poor".[3]
Ethics
Kurten is pro-life, and has noted that the Heritage Party is the only pro-life party in Great Britain.
Fiscal issues
Kurten supports what he describes as "financial" responsibility. He believes the government should sop its wasteful public spending and funding of vanity projects like HS2, and that taxpayers money should be spent only on services which benefit the public such as education, healthcare and policing.[2]