Luke Shirley

away from the values that I hold dear. Values I believe will make our society better. I put myself out there to be shot at and criticised

and this was never about winning for me. This was about showing that my ideas and the way I can present them could get traction/ support

and they have. I will never forget the reaction I received from people at the Trades Council Hustings, to the BBC Radio Shropshire debate

Those experiences cant be taken away from me. The fact that I know if I had 100s of volunteers behind me I could be a real force for change

because I can connect with people. I've done it in my job for five years and I know I am effective at getting messages across and convincing

I'm not going to stop trying to build a better world and hopefully on 9 June that world will be closer to being reality rather than further

But at the same time I am disillusioned with the reality of politics. The fact I became a victim of my own success. 5 week of being ignored

to suddenly having to fend off criticisms from numerous people.