Dr Charles Smith lives in Bridgend and taught in schools, colleges, and universities as a senior lecturer in economics, teacher-trainer, and senior quality manager. As an economist he specialised in governance of devolved regional development in the European context, and he’s been a Labour County Councillor. He’s Chair of Bridgend for Europe and Wales for Europe, and a member of the Executive of the National Council of the European Movement UK. He has dual nationality, his Spanish passport giving him freedom of movement across a family of 27 nations. He wants this privilege restored to all UK citizens by rejoining the EU.

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