My name is David Lane I am 47 years old, have four children and was born in Bedworth.

I have worked in the distribution industry for over 20 years and currently work as a key accounts manager in the South West area of the country.

Trained in Business Studies I was elected a life senator of Junior Chamber International in the year 2000.

Until recently I did not deem it necessary to become actively involved in politics, it was sheer frustration at the current inequality of government perpetrated by a succession of elected representatives both locally and nationally that work against rather than for the people they represent.

Party loyalty, political correctness and personal gratification continually veil a common sense approach to the everyday issues that we all face.

Real democracy is measured by the ability of the people to manage their political, economic, physical, and cultural environment.

As an English Democrat I am committed to the government of the people, by the people, for the people. Those with power to affect our way of life must be answerable to the people.

It was in 1972 that two politicians Edward Heath and George Thomas conspired to dilute the nationalist vote in Wales by putting 400,000 English people into the voting population knowing full well that the English would not vote for a Welsh National Party.

The entire parliamentary "debate" was over in less than one minute, interestingly there is no record of the five MP's representing Monmouthshire and Newport (Neil Kinnock, Michael Foot, Leo Abse, Roy Hughes and John Stradling Thomas) speaking one word for or against the proposal.

The fact that they made no comment on the most historic event to happen to Monmouth for over 400 years and not one word in Parliament constitutes a grave abuse of the trust that should exist between MPs and their constituents; a gross dereliction of duty.

I am campaigning for the people of Monmouthshire to be allowed the opportunity to express their democratic view on their preferred national identity, an opportunity that has been thus far denied.

What true democrat can object to this?

The Monmouth campaign is a stance for democracy, justice demands that the people of Monmouthshire are given their democratic right to reverse the undemocratic slight of hand, it is too important to their future wellbeing.

Now is the time to let the people decide!