Labour have won the Glenrothes by-election.
19,000 to the SNP's 13,000.
Thursday, 6 November 2008
Tuesday, 4 November 2008
The big day.
Controversial as it may be within the Conservative Party, I will be backing Obama today. Needless to say, I feel he is the best candidate, and I hope for the sake of the world that America feels the same way.
Tuesday, 7 October 2008
Saturday, 13 September 2008
Upcoming events
Some dates for your diary..
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Firstly, for members of the Rushden branch only, there will be a meeting on Thursday 18th September, 6:30pm at the Rushden Conservative Club (44 High St South) to select a candidate for the upcoming town council by-election. Anyone who is a paid up member of the branch can attend and vote.
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Secondly, on Saturday September 20th, there will be a campaign day in Charnwood, Leicestershire from 10am - 4pm ahead of a by-election triggered by the resignation of a Labour councillor. All CF members are welcome - for more details, please have a look at the event here: http://www.new.facebook.com/event.php?eid=26007089747
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Finally, for those attending conference this year, Conservative Future will be holding three events:
CF Party Conference Training Workshop & Reception
Date & time: Saturday 27th at 12:00pm - Sunday 28th at 12:00pm
Location: ICC
Conservative Future is teaming up for the first time with the Young Britons' Foundation to organise a half-day specialist training programme that will help you become the most effective advocate for conservatism you can be. Conservatives owe it to their philosophy to study how to win.
The £25 course fee (£10 for students in full-time education) includes:
* Tuition fee and printed course materials
* Access to the Freedom Exhibition featuring many of the leading conservative think-tanks and campaign groups
* Tea, coffee, water and refreshments
* Entry into the FREE evening drinks reception with MPs, MEPs and PPCs
* Debrief on Sunday morning, with a review of the papers, Bloody Marys and bacon butties!
To reserve your places on the CF Party Conference Training Workshop, please email info@ybf.org.uk. Your place is not confirmed until payment of the workshop fee is made. Cheques should be made payable to "Young Britons' Foundation" and then posted to YBF, 50 Churchill Square, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent ME19 4YU.
Please note - places are limited to 100 activists.
Post training party at Birmingham's exclusive "O-Bar" where YBF have rented a private room. Free entry and two free drinks for those that attended training, tickets available to buy for those that did not. Email christian@ybf.org.uk for details.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=16684793287
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CF 10th Anniversary Reception
Date & time: Monday 29th at 9:30pm - Tuesday 30th at 1:30am
Location: Symphony Hall Foyer, Broad street
This year at Party Conference we will be celebrating this 10 year anniversary and we want you to join us! Come along for drinks, cake and a party. Various MPs will be joining us during the evening.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=25447266657
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Brunch with The National Autistic Society & The Bow Group
Date & time: Tuesday 30th at 10:30am - 11:30am
Location: ICC (Hall 8A)
A brunch (hot food included) with The National Autistic Society & The Bow Group.
"think differently about autism"
http://executive.cfbranch.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/nas0081_policy_conserv_ad_v6.pdf
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Hope to see some of you there!
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Firstly, for members of the Rushden branch only, there will be a meeting on Thursday 18th September, 6:30pm at the Rushden Conservative Club (44 High St South) to select a candidate for the upcoming town council by-election. Anyone who is a paid up member of the branch can attend and vote.
………………………………………………………………………………
Secondly, on Saturday September 20th, there will be a campaign day in Charnwood, Leicestershire from 10am - 4pm ahead of a by-election triggered by the resignation of a Labour councillor. All CF members are welcome - for more details, please have a look at the event here: http://www.new.facebook.com/event.php?eid=26007089747
………………………………………………………………………………
Finally, for those attending conference this year, Conservative Future will be holding three events:
CF Party Conference Training Workshop & Reception
Date & time: Saturday 27th at 12:00pm - Sunday 28th at 12:00pm
Location: ICC
Conservative Future is teaming up for the first time with the Young Britons' Foundation to organise a half-day specialist training programme that will help you become the most effective advocate for conservatism you can be. Conservatives owe it to their philosophy to study how to win.
The £25 course fee (£10 for students in full-time education) includes:
* Tuition fee and printed course materials
* Access to the Freedom Exhibition featuring many of the leading conservative think-tanks and campaign groups
* Tea, coffee, water and refreshments
* Entry into the FREE evening drinks reception with MPs, MEPs and PPCs
* Debrief on Sunday morning, with a review of the papers, Bloody Marys and bacon butties!
To reserve your places on the CF Party Conference Training Workshop, please email info@ybf.org.uk. Your place is not confirmed until payment of the workshop fee is made. Cheques should be made payable to "Young Britons' Foundation" and then posted to YBF, 50 Churchill Square, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent ME19 4YU.
Please note - places are limited to 100 activists.
Post training party at Birmingham's exclusive "O-Bar" where YBF have rented a private room. Free entry and two free drinks for those that attended training, tickets available to buy for those that did not. Email christian@ybf.org.uk for details.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=16684793287
………………………………………………………………………………
CF 10th Anniversary Reception
Date & time: Monday 29th at 9:30pm - Tuesday 30th at 1:30am
Location: Symphony Hall Foyer, Broad street
This year at Party Conference we will be celebrating this 10 year anniversary and we want you to join us! Come along for drinks, cake and a party. Various MPs will be joining us during the evening.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=25447266657
………………………………………………………………………………
Brunch with The National Autistic Society & The Bow Group
Date & time: Tuesday 30th at 10:30am - 11:30am
Location: ICC (Hall 8A)
A brunch (hot food included) with The National Autistic Society & The Bow Group.
"think differently about autism"
http://executive.cfbranch.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/nas0081_policy_conserv_ad_v6.pdf
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Hope to see some of you there!
Thursday, 24 July 2008
Glasgow East by-election
It's looking very, very likely that Labour have lost their third safest seat in Scotland to the SNP in the Glasgow East by-election. Obviously a hugely significant loss - I'd hate to be Gordon Brown right now!
UPDATE (1:29AM): According to the BBC, it would appear there will be a Labour requested re-count. Desperate times call for desperate measures...
UPDATE NUMBER TWO (2:25AM): It's official - the SNP have taken the seat! Labour vote cut from 18,775 to 10,912, leaving the SNP with a majority of 365 votes. Also, a very respectable third place for our candidate, Davena Rankin, and a lost deposit for the Lib Dems.
UPDATE (1:29AM): According to the BBC, it would appear there will be a Labour requested re-count. Desperate times call for desperate measures...
UPDATE NUMBER TWO (2:25AM): It's official - the SNP have taken the seat! Labour vote cut from 18,775 to 10,912, leaving the SNP with a majority of 365 votes. Also, a very respectable third place for our candidate, Davena Rankin, and a lost deposit for the Lib Dems.
Thursday, 17 July 2008
Cameron's vision of a broken society
“There is a danger of becoming quite literally a demoralised society, where nobody will tell the truth any more about what is good and bad, right and wrong. That is why children are growing up without boundaries, thinking they can do as they please, and why no adult will intervene to stop them – including, often, their parents. If we are going to get anywhere near solving some of these problems, this has to stop.”
David Cameron MP
I have often said that our “Are you thinking what we’re thinking?” campaign would have been far more successful had we simply reversed the statement. Whilst people often agreed with the posters, nobody wanted to actually admit to thinking like a Tory! However, had our slogan been “We’re thinking what you’re thinking”, I believe that it would have been better received. People would have felt that our party was already in tune with their views – that we were speaking to them, rather than asking them to answer us.
Well, David Cameron has managed to inspire exactly that feeling in the public; his speech in Glasgow East last week marked a milestone for both party and leader. No longer are the Conservatives afraid of saying what needs to be said, of addressing fundamental truths about today’s Britain for fear of being labelled the ‘nasty party’. If anything, Cameron’s speech made Labour, with their early prison releases and daily stabbings, look like the ‘not nasty enough’ party.
After reading comments about the speech such as this,
“Does this mean I'm Conservative now? For the first time in my 28 years on this planet - a politician has broken through my hitherto impervious political apathy and addressed my deepest concerns about where the UK is going and the pathetic examples we are teaching our children! Hooray!!”
Abigail Harding (taken from the TimesOnline site)
it is clear that the Conservatives are speaking to the electorate in a way we have not done in a very long time. Cameron cut through the political promises and newspeak and spoke, not as a politician, but merely as a citizen, worried about where our society is headed.
When I first heard this speech, I hoped that one day, we would look back and remember it as the turning point, as the moment Britain woke up. With the Conservatives in power, I’m confident it will be.
David Cameron MP
I have often said that our “Are you thinking what we’re thinking?” campaign would have been far more successful had we simply reversed the statement. Whilst people often agreed with the posters, nobody wanted to actually admit to thinking like a Tory! However, had our slogan been “We’re thinking what you’re thinking”, I believe that it would have been better received. People would have felt that our party was already in tune with their views – that we were speaking to them, rather than asking them to answer us.
Well, David Cameron has managed to inspire exactly that feeling in the public; his speech in Glasgow East last week marked a milestone for both party and leader. No longer are the Conservatives afraid of saying what needs to be said, of addressing fundamental truths about today’s Britain for fear of being labelled the ‘nasty party’. If anything, Cameron’s speech made Labour, with their early prison releases and daily stabbings, look like the ‘not nasty enough’ party.
After reading comments about the speech such as this,
“Does this mean I'm Conservative now? For the first time in my 28 years on this planet - a politician has broken through my hitherto impervious political apathy and addressed my deepest concerns about where the UK is going and the pathetic examples we are teaching our children! Hooray!!”
Abigail Harding (taken from the TimesOnline site)
it is clear that the Conservatives are speaking to the electorate in a way we have not done in a very long time. Cameron cut through the political promises and newspeak and spoke, not as a politician, but merely as a citizen, worried about where our society is headed.
When I first heard this speech, I hoped that one day, we would look back and remember it as the turning point, as the moment Britain woke up. With the Conservatives in power, I’m confident it will be.
Leafleting in Loughborough
David Cameron will be in Loughborough next week for a public meeting, and so this weekend (19th/20th July) there will be a leaflet drop to advertise his visit. If you are interested in helping out, please contact James Poland (jmpolandATaol.com) for more details!
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