Thomas Manning, Reform winner, Talavera ward, West Northamptonshire Council
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00:00Hold on, hold on. Let me record.
00:05Can I just get your full name as well?
00:07It's Thomas Manning.
00:09Thomas, congratulations. Can you reaction please?
00:13I'm excited and ecstatic at the thought that I might actually get the opportunity to help improve things for Northamptonshire.
00:20And what does that look like?
00:22I think it's well allocated funds for the services that need them for the people of Northamptonshire.
00:27We have too many vanity projects and waste spending and people in Northamptonshire don't deserve that.
00:33We're not in an economic climate where we can waste money on vanity when services need funding and roads need fixing and everything else that comes with it.
00:41So I look forward to being part of, hopefully, if we win a couple more seats, part of a government that actually uses the funds of Northamptonshire to improve the lives of people in Northamptonshire.
00:50And how are you feeling about the day as a whole?
00:53Obviously, the first two seats announced our reform. Do you see that continuing throughout the day?
00:58From what I've been seeing, it's looking positive.
01:01And I am excited for the prospect that, as I said, we might form a local government.
01:06So as much as I can say on that front, we are very early in the day.
01:10And some deserving people are running.
01:13And the right people should get the right role.
01:15So let's keep our fingers crossed for it.
01:18And would you say that you were expecting to win this councillor role in this ward?
01:24I was unsure because of the, it is a usual Labour safe seat.
01:28But I knew that my whole philosophy towards running for the councillor was, you've got to be the change you want to see in the world.
01:36I don't have the right to complain about things if I don't make the step forward.
01:39So good people need to step up and do the right thing and try to make the change you want to see.
01:44So hopefully I can be a part of making Northamptonshire a better place.
01:48And do you feel like there's an opportunity to really change across West Northamptonshire?
01:52Yes.
01:52Yeah, is that something that you've seen during your canvassing?
01:55It's something I've seen during the canvassing.
01:57It's something I have as a father and as a person that works in Northamptonshire.
02:02So I just, we deserve the best of services.
02:05So we're going to try.
02:08All right, thank you.