Dartford residents speaking ahead of election

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00:00We opened in 2020, just before the start of the COVID pandemic.

00:07Our opening evening was actually the night that Boris Johnson went on telly and delivered

00:13the news that all pubs are closing.

00:16So we've been through such a turbulent spell, I think inflation hitting over 20% in the

00:24last 12 months or so has just had the biggest impact on everything we do as a business.

00:30The cost of bringing stuff into the pub, with that sort of rise on it in terms of the utilities

00:35and the electricity bills that we're sort of facing at the same time, it's sort of coupled

00:42together, it's an absolute disaster for the industry.

00:45Sort of you just don't really know what's around the corner, so it's hard to be optimistic.

00:52He won't be putting my vote to Conservative.

00:55It just seems like the government's been in disarray for quite a period now, since the

01:01Brexit referendum, Mrs May's government into the Boris Johnson government and the fiascos

01:07and everything that's happened since then.

01:09It's just been one big whirlwind of chaos that's followed the government around for

01:14about seven, eight years now.

01:17I'm a retired mental health social worker.

01:25Okay, it's 11.08.

01:28We started this shop in July 2011.

01:38In the 80s people came to Britain either to study or to work, but because of the economic

01:47situation in all other countries, quite a lot of people have moved into Britain.

01:51It's a good thing because quite a lot of people who have specific skills, they are here to

01:59work and use those skills, which is good for the economy.

02:05Quite a lot of people have moved from London into Dartford because of the influx of housing.

02:14It's a problem.

02:15In fact, as a result of that, what we did some years ago, we had to create that board

02:22there for people, customers or anyone, if they have a flat to let, a room to let, they

02:29just come and advertise it freely.

02:31Whoever is the MP for Dartford and is doing things to benefit people in Dartford.

02:46So I came from Nigeria and I came in 2008.

02:51So I grew up in South London where everything's noisy, you can hear sirens, you can hear people,

02:57it's just so chaotic.

02:59And that's one of the things I love the most about living in Dartford.

03:01And I know I'm coming home to peace, I'm coming home to less people, I'm coming home to community.

03:06So my son is autistic and he's non-verbal and growing up, because he's still quite young,

03:12in school and within his community.

03:15His school imitates real life for him, because there are smaller classes in comparison to

03:21mainstream where you have 30 children in a class.

03:25And for me, I feel like the government needs to create more specialist school.

03:29I'm not a big fan of mainstream with a specialist unit because I'm indecisive.

03:33Do you know how you're going to vote?

03:36I'm still going to stick to Labour just because...

03:38Do you know why you're sticking to Labour?

03:41Yeah, I just feel like what, right now, is sort of like a conservative advisory wall.

03:46Totally agree.

03:48Now I think it's just a change of the helm.

03:51You know, there was a lot of misdemeanour around Dartford before it got cleared away.

03:56So it's not like, there is nowhere that is safe.

03:58Yeah, Dartford is better than most places, but nowhere is safe.

04:01A lot of businesses have had to close down because it's not safe.

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