| 10-2-1 with Cllr Gareth Compton |
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Every
month, City Branch asks leading Birmingham Conservatives 10 frank questions.
In
October 2008, we spoke to Councillor Gareth Compton (Conservative
Councillor for Erdington and Deputy Chairman of Edgbaston Conservative
Association):
1. Cllr
Compton, what do you do in the real world?
I'm a barrister, specialising in personal
injury and professional negligence, at No. 5 Chambers, Fountain
Court.
2. When did you
first get involved with the Conservative Party?
I first delivered leaflets in the 1979
election. I'm told that a picture of me appeared on a tory leaflet in one
of the 1974 elections. My parents have never been above exploiting their
children for political ends.
3. Why are you
a Conservative?
I'm very suspicious of any tory who claims
to have an ideology. Ideologies belong to other political
parties. We should only aspire to run the country because it's too
dangerous to let the other lot do it.
4. What is the
best thing about Birmingham?
Selfridges.
5. What is your
favourite restaurant in the City centre?
Edmunds in Brindley Place.
6. What would
you describe as your worst vice?
My tolerance of stupid people is pretty low.
7. If you could
have any job in the world what would it be?
Emeritus Professor of Modern History at Cambridge
University.
8. What is your
greatest political success to date?
In 1998 I beat the former local Labour M.P. to win a council
seat on Lambeth Council in South London, by 19 votes after 3 re-counts..
We got wiped out in Lambeth that night and were expected to get hammered in my
seat. The look on the defeated Labour candidate's face is a cherished
memory.
9. Who is your
political hero?
Robert Peel.
10. How would
you describe yourself?
Hopefully not dull.
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