Mark Spiro has had enough of big parties

He has mixed in the highest of political circles, but now Mark Spiro is doing his best to make a stand against mainstream politics.
Twenty-year-old Mr Spiro will run as an independent candidate in next year’s Camden Council elections.

However, it was not so long ago that Mr Spiro, a former chair of Hampstead Town ward for the Conservatives and member of the Tories’ general election team, was passionate about big-party politics.

He was the youngest speaker at a Conservative party conference since William Hague. Mr Spiro was 17 at the time. What’s changed? He tells People: “I got quite close to the Tories and saw things that I didn’t like. Career politicians are completely the wrong people to represent us, especially in light of the MPs’ expenses scandal.

“The whole thing is really frustrating, but you can either sit back and complain or do something about it.”