Lloyd Russell-Moyle, Labour’s candidate in Brighton Kemptown, is next up in meet the candidate.

The Argus (TA): What is the biggest single issue in the constituency you are standing in?

Lloyd Russell-Moyle (LRM): Housing. We have 10 per cent of people in our area on the housing waiting list and not enough homes to house them. We will build homes but not let developers get away with failing to invest in infrastructure like new schools, roads and doctors surgeries.

TA: Do you believe that Brexit can bring about a positive change to Sussex?

LRM: I don’t think that Brexit overall will be positive, but I am a democrat and think that we need to make it work and not just moan.

This means getting a deal which allows us to trade with the world whilst protecting our rights and the environment and making sure that we can take part in research programmes.

I negotiated with the EU on the Erasmus programme and I would want that to be secured for future generations and for our two local universities which use EU research grants.

TA: Who will win this election?

LRM: I hope that we will win this election but I am taking nothing for granted. It will be a very close race.

The Conservatives have more money and have a head start but we, the people, can speak truth to power and I hope that people will be convinced by our messages of a new railway line for Brighton, stopping the school cuts and saving our NHS.

TA: Who is your political hero and why?

LRM: Harold Wilson who was the founder and chancellor of my university (Bradford). He fought an election on the slogan of “white heat of technology” to modernise the UK, presenting a positive message for the electorate and showing that we could build Britain to be a strong trading nation. Wilson also resisted taking the UK in to foreign USA-led wars and invested in expanding research and education.

TA: What has been the best moment you have had out campaigning?

LRM: Out canvassing in the first part of the election in St James’s Street people were running out of the houses to get posters from us.

They were delighted to see someone from a party in an area they feel has been abandoned by the incumbent.

TA: Is this election necessary considering we already have a majority government that was due to run until 2020?

LRM: This election is not needed. It’s a sign of a weak and wobbly Prime Minister who U-turns at every opportunity.

She has been weak on standing up to her own party.

I am always willing to put the message of a better Britain to the people, so I welcome the chance to put a stop to the nasty party, to protect pensions and not allow the Tories to implement their “Dementia tax”.

TA: Can voters be confident that our current system is the best way to select a government?

LRM: Our current system is not the best way. I favour AV+, a system which keeps local MPs but allows people to put preferences forward and also tops up to ensure that Parliament is representative. It’s a disgrace that we have an unelected House of Lords and we will abolish this feudal chamber.