Gardner Attacks Government Over Luton Airport Expansion

“The consequences of the Government’s decision will be felt on our doorsteps and in our playgrounds and back gardens for decades to come. I grew up under a Luton flightpath, with my parents complaining about the noise. In those days there was a fraction of the air traffic. I simply dread to think of all the extra noise, pollution, and added traffic on the Lower Luton Road and our other local thoroughfares.”
Harpenden Town Council Sues St Albans Over New Parking Charges

Conservative candidate for Harpenden, Nigel Gardner, put the parking charges at the heart of his campaign: “Hats off to our Harpenden Town Councillors. It’s a sad day when Harpenden has to launch legal proceedings against St Albans council and their officials. But there was simply no other way to defend our High Street traders and local community.”
St Albans Council in Hole Over Golf Course Plan

Nigel Gardner, Harpenden’s Conservative candidate in the General Election, has called on St Albans Council to come clean over the growing scandal at Batchwood’s 9th hole: “The Council is in a financial hole but still found £100k for a golf hole, which has turned into a PR hole, which is getting deeper because they lack the wisdom to know that when in a hole, stop digging.” He added, “This from the same people who are driving Harpenden’s hard-working high street traders towards rack and ruin.”
Council Considers Options After Parking Charges Approved

2024 Tory Parliamentary candidate for Harpenden, Nigel Gardner, whose campaign was fought on opposing the charges, added: “I am furious. For the past year, Harpenden residents, Harpenden businesses and Harpenden lovers across the political spectrum have made it abundantly clear that they don’t want these parking charges.”
St Albans Times: Facing up Locally to Four More Years of Trump

Gardner, who was the European Commission’s spokesman on relations with the US during the Clinton administration, as well as Conservative Party candidate for Harpenden and Berkhamsted, told local media: “Politics for me is about creating hope not fear. Donald Trump’s re-election is clearly creating new hope for millions of Americans – like the car workers who now see a future for their industry. But he is also creating fear amongst some of the weakest people in America – like the children of illegal immigrants who may lose their right to American citizenship.”
Harpenden Left A ‘Ghost Town’ In The Wake Of On-Street Parking Charges

“It’s a sad day – and not just for Harpenden’s hard working high street traders and our local economy,” said Nigel Gardner.
“Everyone – from our young mums to our pensioners – will find their daily lives harder as a result of the council’s actions. St Albans council have simply not listened, and have little understanding of what makes Harpenden tick.”
St Albans Times: Who Should Make Final Decision On Harpenden On-Street Parking Fees?

The former Conservative Parliamentary candidate for Harpenden has questioned why a council officer who doesn’t live locally should have the final say on controversial plans for on-street parking charges in the town.
Nigel Gardner: Unless Conservatives can focus on young people, the next election is already lost

When I lost in Harpenden and Berkhamsted (and Tring) on 4 July, I garnered 16,574 votes. Now, new research suggests over 2,800 of those who voted for me earlier this month will not vote Tory at the next general election.
Not because of any policy or scandal – but because they will be dead.
Harpo Berko Times: Defence Secretary And Former South West Herts MP Back Tory Candidate

As we enter the final stages of the General Election campaign, Harpenden and Berkhamsted Conservative candidate Nigel Gardner has received two new endorsements.
Harpo Berko Times: Friends Reunited: David Cameron Catches Up With Uni Pal Nigel Gardner In Harpenden

Unusually for a Friday afternoon, there is a big buzz of people gathered in The Oddfellows Arms in Harpenden’s Leyton Green, while outside a large security detail of men in suits and earpieces wait near their black Jeeps and monitor the situation.