Entrepreneur Tony Caldeira nominated for Liverpool mayor Conservative party candidate selected from Young Guns’ Class of 2004 Our experts We are a team of writers, experimenters and researchers providing you with the best advice with zero bias or partiality. Former Young Gun Tony Caldeira has been chosen to represent the Conservative Party in Liverpool’s mayoral election.The entrepreneur – who founded his eponymous home textile company Caldeira on a Liverpool market stall in 1991 – will launch a social media campaign under the tag ‘Tony4Liverpool’ tomorrow, ahead of the election on May 3.Despite now operating his business on a global scale, Caldeira remains a vocal champion of his home city, believing it can become not only a capital of culture, but a capital of enterprise culture.The announcement of his selection came as the Global Entrepreneurship Congress is hosted in Liverpool this week – where Sir Richard Branson delivered the headline address this morning.A spokesman for the City of Liverpool Conservatives said: “Tony has the leadership skills, business experience and political knowledge to lead, represent and improve our great city.“He will become an outstanding mayor for Liverpool if elected.” Share this post facebook twitter linkedin