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George Ashe (Scottish Policy Committee)

Biography

George Ashe has been a procurement manager in the drinks industry since 1991. Previously he worked in the electronics industry from 1987 - 1991, and prior to that served an apprenticeship in heavy engineering. He was born in Johnston, educated at Johnston High School and later attended Reid Kerr, Stevenson College and Napier University. He is married with 3 children - 2 sons and a daughter aged between 5 and 10 - and lives in Alva, Clackmannanshire. His interests include fishing, five-a-side football and he confesses to playing golf badly. He also assists his son’s local football team. George stood as a Conservative Council Candidate in East Whitburn in 1999.

Reasons for Supporting the New Party

I am very pleased by the arrival of the New Party. It is good to see ordinary people taking up the cudgels and being prepared to actually do something about the state our country is getting in to. It made me very angry to witness the loss of Scotland’s once great heavy engineering sector in such an unbelievably short space of time. People must realise that real wealth and prosperity comes from being at the forefront of manufacturing and not by allowing others to do it for us.