The boss of a Swindon golf club has said his attempt to win election to Parliament in 2010 was "an irreverant stunt rather than a genuine run".

Jeremy Sturgess attempted to become MP for Enfield Southgate in 2010, winning just 35 votes and coming last out of ten candidates.

He confirmed that he was bothered "not one jot" that "most of the Western world disagrees with me".

He said he likes all of Donald Trump's policies, thought the "net zero agenda" is madness, and agrees with Jeremy Corbyn's views on the Ukraine conflict.

Attention has been shone on his Better Britain Party manifesto after a draft copy emerged following the refusal of plans to revamp Broome Manor Golf Complex earlier this month.

The words in the draft manifesto said, of health costs: “Most of us are probably quite happy with the idea that living to 75 years old on average is long enough anyway and we believe we don’t necessarily need any more new drugs over and above those already developed to keep us alive for longer than this.

“There is little reason for people to live much beyond this age anyway and doing so, particularly in bad health creates an enormous burden on future generations and the public purse which we can ill afford.”

When this was put to Mr Sturgess he responded: “I’m not sure what draft version of the 2010 Better Britain Party manifesto you have.

"There were several incarnations and some of them were hilarious as it was always an irreverent stunt rather than a genuine run for Parliament.”

Mr Sturgess then sent a photograph of what he said was the “actual leaflet manifesto that was posted to all residents.”

Under the heading healthcare it simply says: “We will safeguard the NHS but reduce costs by ensuring no profiteering from the drugs companies.”

It is this manifesto leaflet, which also includes proposals to ban top shelf pornography, provide free public transport for all under 18 and over 60 and legalise and tax all drugs which Mr Sturgess has defended.

Swindon Advertiser: Jeremy Sturgess sent the Local Democracy Reporting Service this picture of his 2010 manifestoJeremy Sturgess sent the Local Democracy Reporting Service this picture of his 2010 manifesto (Image: Jeremy Sturgess)

He said: “Mostly common sense, the manifesto is hardly far right wing when read in the round, and certainly I still believe in all of it, or the general thrust anyway.

“It’s such a shame that today’s politicians and journalists are beholden to the 'woke' world we live in today where everyone is afraid to speak the truth.

"I will not apologise or back down from any of my statements and will not submit to 'woke'.

“I liked all of Trump’s policies, am a Brexit supporter (but regret it has been poorly implemented so far), believe man-made Climate Change is far less relevant than solar activity in the global warming debate, the net zero agenda is madness and I wholeheartedly support Jeremy Corbyn’s and Dawn Abbott’s (sic) views of the war in Ukraine.

“I confirm all of it, apologise for none of it and that most of the Western world disagrees with me bothers me not one jot. Even my close friends don’t agree with me. And if these views make me a pariah to some, so be it.”

Mr Sturgess said his hero was Margaret Thatcher and his current politics “politics are closer to the Reform Party than the current rather 'socialist' Tory Party".

“As for Boris who had the chance with his 80-seat majority to actually change the UK for the better, well he blew it sadly having been captured by the Wets and the Woke brigade. How dear Maggie would be turning in her grave.”

Mr Sturgess had previously said he would be appealing against the council’s decision to refuse his golf complex plans consent.