9 Apr, 2010 @ 12:54
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Tories target expats to secure election victory

THE Conservatives have singled out expat voters living in Spain as crucial to the upcoming general election.

They are encouraging overseas residents to register their vote before it’s too late.

“Expats have family back home, and many of them will have financial interests and draw their pension from Britain.”

Former Tory chairman, Francis Maude, said: “You don’t lose interest in your home country when you move abroad.

“Expats have family back home, and many of them will have financial interests and draw their pension from Britain.”

The expat vote has the power to swing the close-run election, called for May 6 and the Tories believe that expats are “natural” right-wing backers.

“The majority of British expats are natural Tory voters,” said Paul Gordon, Hon Secretary of Conservatives Broad’s Madrid branch.

Highlighting falling pensions, Gordon claimed that expats living overseas are now worse off because of Labour.

It is believed that this year’s general election could be the closest for almost 20 years.

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor)

Jon Clarke is a Londoner who worked at the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday as an investigative journalist before moving to Spain in 2003 where he helped set up the Olive Press.

After studying Geography at Manchester University he fell in love with Spain during a two-year stint teaching English in Madrid.

On returning to London, he studied journalism and landed his first job at the weekly Informer newspaper in Teddington, covering hundreds of stories in areas including Hounslow, Richmond and Harrow.

This led on to work at the Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Mirror, Standard and even the Sun, before he landed his first full time job at the Daily Mail.

After a year on the Newsdesk he worked as a Showbiz correspondent covering mostly music, including the rise of the Spice Girls, the rivalry between Oasis and Blur and interviewed many famous musicians such as Joe Strummer and Ray Manzarak, as well as Peter Gabriel and Bjorn from Abba on his own private island.

After a year as the News Editor at the UK’s largest-selling magazine Now, he returned to work as an investigative journalist in Features at the Mail on Sunday.

As well as tracking down Jimi Hendrix’ sole living heir in Sweden, while there he also helped lead the initial investigation into Prince Andrew’s seedy links to Jeffrey Epstein during three trips to America.

He had dozens of exclusive stories, while his travel writing took him to Jamaica, Brazil and Belarus.

He is the author of three books; Costa Killer, Dining Secrets of Andalucia and My Search for Madeleine.

Contact jon@theolivepress.es

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