John Hunt
John Hunt believes in fair, open, accessible, inclusive, and accountable government. In accordance with the guiding principles of European Green movement, our priorities must be environmental and social protection, with global responsibility.
Housing must be healthy, affordable, and properly insulated. Transport systems must be integrated. Schools must equip children for our rapidly changing planet, as responsible and fulfilled citizens. Health and social care require desperate reform for modern needs. And we must treat our environment responsibly. -- We have only one planet!
John has campaigned on many issues. While at primary school he began with the safety of London buses. Since 1988 he has demanded better standards in healthcare. In the 1990's he submitted reports on air pollution to the Heathrow Terminal Five public enquiry, and monitored air quality with local schools. He confronted Archbishop George Carey in 1998 over homophobia; Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe in 1999 over torture; … and Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State for Transport, in 2007 over corrupt expansion of aviation. Later in 2007 he was arrested at the Heathrow Climate Camp, though released without charge.
He has urged joined-up thinking in health, schools, and housing repairs, and a review of policing standards. John spent four years with his Patient Forum to improve hospital care. Through a spell working in home-care, he improved monitoring of local services. John now has responsibility for End of Life Care at his Local Involvement Network ("LINk").
As water, food, and energy supplies become scarcer, global political stability decreases. Extinction of species continues relentlessly. John has highlighted continuing heavy losses of bees, which threaten crops and indeed our entire ecosystem. In London, two-thirds of bees have died in recent winters. France, Germany, and Italy also report heavy losses.
Dr. Hunt has lived in Hounslow since 1987. He grew up in Hillingdon; studied in Brighton, Colchester, and London; and gained a Ph.D. in computing. He worked as a software specialist for companies large and small in London, Essex, and Switzerland. Following redundancy he was self-employed for several years. However, appalled by experiences of poor healthcare, he retrained as a nurse and has just qualified. He has been a Green Party candidate in several elections since 2005; instigated policy on assisted dying; and is currently co-chair of the party's LGBT group. An agnostic, he speaks Swiss-German, and is evangelical about not smoking since his male ex-partner died from lung cancer in his 40's.
