Conservative peer gives thrilling and uplifting speech to North Eastern party members

It is rare to find a large group of Conservatives in a labour stronghold- and even rarer to find them confident and assured in the event of an election. But earlier this week after a reassuring speech by Lord Michael Bateman Conservative Party members were left ready for action. South Tees Conservative Association’s annual dinner, [...]

The Not-So-Nasty Party

One of the more illuminating events at this year’s fringe was put on by the Birmingham Patron’s Club. It was titled “Managing Decline: the future of the Conservative Party in cities”. It centred on the depressing fact that our party’s performance in urban Britain outside London is little better than our much more well-known poor [...]

This Year’s Fringe

My god, but the Conservative conference fringe this year seemed a bleak place. Sitting with my conference companions in the ICC coffee shop, flicking through the guide, it seemed that the odd interesting topic or debate was surrounded by innumerable events which can only have been dreamed up by the lobbyists. I don’t know how [...]

A Discovery That Made Me Proud To Be Blue

While scanning the web after conference, re-reading about MPs I met and listened to, I discovered something. During party conference I had the pleasure of briefly meeting the Right Hon. Dr Liam Fox, who was giving a speech at a fringe event on the Tuesday. While I knew about his birthplace, I never even thought [...]

Cabinet Ministers: 2 for 1!

In a change to the previously publicised line up, the Epsom & Ewell Conservative Association will now be hosting not one but two Cabinet ministers! The Rt. Hon. Maria Miller MP will join Epsom & Ewell’s very own Chris Grayling MP on November 9th in Banstead. Tickets can still be purchased through Mole Valley, Epsom [...]

New Foreign Affairs Group Established

Article By Isaac Duffy. The launch of a new foreign relations group, Conservative friends of central Asia has surfaced today.  The new group, chaired by Conservative Party member Thomas Kingston and it’s vice chairman Calum Heaton-Gent, has been set up to improve Anglo and central Asian relations. The group defined its mission as to promote [...]

Do You Fancy Dinner With A Cabinet Minister?

Mole Valley, Epsom & Ewell CF invite you to the Epsom & Ewell Conservative Association Annual Dinner on Friday 9th November at Cuddington Golf Club in Banstead. For a limited time tickets are only £35 when you book through their Eventbrite page. Further details can be found here. Daniel Hannan MEP will be the guest [...]

The Future of The Party: Part II – U-turn if you want to

Government U-Turns Costing More Than They’re Worth? I ask people their views on the U-Turns. By Rosalind Hulse, Regional Reporter for Yorkshire and Humber. Being a proud Tory who is about still in the clutches of state schools I am sadly forced to listen to my teachers yells about the government’s education reforms and my teachers [...]

Yorkshire and Humber: Bringing The Big Society To South Yorkshire

REGIONAL REPORTER-Yorkshire and Humber Meetings between CF South Yorkshire and local associations are currently going on, the objective is simple, to introduce CF Social Action. As no council elections will be going on during the upcoming academic year, the free time of South Yorkshire’s 16-30 year old Tories can be used to create a positive [...]

Police Commissioners: The Battle Ahead!

On the 15th November voters in each of the 41 Police Forces in England and Wales will get their chance to elect their first Police and Crime Commissioner. It is of vital importance that the Conservative party do well in these elections as our party is the only one of the main three that wants to punish criminals [...]