From Royal Marines to Politics | Richard Thomson

In this episode #99 of Reflections & Reactions, I talk with Richard Thomson about his journey from serving in the Royal Marines, Maritime Security, Financial System Analysis, and into the world of Politics.

Richard being local from Essex, also discusses the political change going on in Essex, and we also talk about his departure from Reform Party. And then he also discusses his reasons for joining Advance UK.

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00:00 Promo
01:10 Introductions
01:53 A Brief Life Story
06:31 Time in Royal Marines
18:42 Maritime Security
30:39 Fintech
32:32 What went wrong with Reform?
45:04 Politics in Essex and beyond
1:08:43 Last chance with Advance UK
1:20:00 Outro