UPDATE: Wayne Adlem has told the Echo he is no longer standing for election

A RELATIONSHIP and sex therapist has been chosen as the candidate for the Workers Party of Britain.

Dr Wayne Adlem, 35, from Muscliffe, is standing for a seat in Bournemouth East ahead of the general election.

Wayne is a husband and father of two; he works as a psychologist, specialising in relationship and psychosexual sex therapy.

He said: "I have always wanted to be a relationship therapist to help people in what many view as one of the most important things of life: intimacy, sex, relationships, love."

Dr Adlem said that his career in psychology would help aid his political ambitions.  

"I feel this will help me as a parliamentary candidate because I find people straightforward to read, which I think is important in politics.

"I think there's a lot of corruption and misrepresentation in the House of Commons.

"There's this elitism in Westminster that needs to be eradicated in order actually to put the majority of the country first.

"The majority of the country are low earners; people don't earn six-figure sums; they earn under the second tax bracket. So that's who I'm standing for."

Dr Adlem discussed his reasons for joining the Workers Party for Britain.

He said: "I felt politically homeless. The current government has not been great, and I don't feel the opposition has been either.

"To have a strong government, you need a strong opposition to hold you accountable. So I don't think Labour is a viable option either.

"I feel quite strongly that I have been given the opportunity to be the alternative to the status quo, and I want to take it."

For Bournemouth East, Dr Adlem said his main priorities are that the NHS be fully funded, that public safety and knife crime be addressed, and that child services and domestic abuse be funded.

Dr Adlem said: "Children are our future, so I feel giving them the best start is important.

"I will be petitioning for every child to have free school meals, regardless of their parent's income."

He added: "I have aligned myself with the worker's party because I am just a normal worker; I want to do my best for the people in my community."