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17 from ’17: Ben Bradley: ‘For A Posh Lad, David Cameron Was Alright’
The 2017 General Election saw 92 MPs elected to the Commons for the very first time. In a series of exclusive interviews, HuffPost UK is speaking to new MPs from the Conservatives, Labour, SNP and Lib Dems. This week, it’s Ben Bradley…
On a night of disappointment for the Conservatives, Ben Bradley’s win in Mansfield was a rare positive.
The 27-year-old took the seat from Labour in what was the Tories first every victory in the Nottinghamshire constituency.
The former landscape gardener had dreams of being professional hockey player until he realised he…erm…wasn’t good enough.
Despite being an MP, he is a fan of anti-establishment music and hasn’t really got any political heroes, but has thrown himself into life in the Commons by bringing together fellow young Tories to form a scrutiny group.
Here’s Ben Bradley’s 17 from ’17 interview.
guys from 2015 and 2010 get pushed forward for stuff because there are a lot of really relatable, really positive people that could do the country a good service but need a job in order to do so.
Which three words would your best friend use to describe you?
That’s hard – he’s probably used lots of three word phrases. I’m kind of his wisdom. My best mate is a really nice guy and plugging along with stuff and he comes for careers advice as I’m the sensible one. Yeah, ‘the sensible one’.
When I was at uni I moved in with my wife and by the time I finished uni the second time we were having a baby and all that so I was quite grown up. They used to call me the ‘anti-lad’ because they were all out on the piss and I had to go home.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/ben-bradley-david-cameron-tory_uk_5a033562e4b06ff32c9513cc
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