Robert Manning, Regional Chairman of North West Conservative Future, has personally welcomed his region’s latest recruit: none other than his former Liberal Democrat opposite number, Cath Bennett. Bennett, who stood down from her role in Liberal Youth and resigned her party membership earlier this week before joining the Conservatives today, released a short statement via [...]
The New Voice of the Young Conservatives? “libertarianism, free markets and social liberal” By Rosalind Hulse- Regional Reporter for Yorkshire and Humber, chairman of South Yorkshire CF. rosalindhulse@hotmail.com. Many people believe that the best form of democracy or opportunity is variety. More than one option, more than one direction. People often forget that parties like [...]
Whoever was watching this must have had a smile on their face, knowing this was almost a comedy sketch in comparison to the modern Conservative Party. For those who didn’t see, this is a show about two students with ideas above their station of their standings in their University Association and the impact on their future careers [...]
Last night some Mole Valley, Epsom & Ewell CF committee members went to an event at the HG Wells Centre in Woking. The two special guest speakers were Dan Hannan MEP and Tim Montgomerie, founder of arguably the most influential Tory blog, Conservative Home. Although the event was titled, “Can Conservatives win on Europe?” this [...]
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 [...]
Now in its third year the coalition government continues to brush aside all questions of disunity or a growing gap between the two parties of government. This great sense of unity is reflected in the Prime Minister’s own opinions, such as his, ‘strong backing’ of the House of Lords Reform Bill. The government itself appears, [...]
In this, my first article on GossipTory, I may inspire a small bit of controversy. Some of you will most certainly disagree with what I’m about to say. I would point you to On Liberty, a classic work, of (admittedly liberal) philosophy by John Stewart Mill. “However unwillingly a person who has a strong opinion [...]
After months of campaigning, the Conservative Party decided to pay tribute to its young activists by organising an exclusive event at Number 10 Downing Street. A special thank you goes to the CF national chairman Ben Howlett, who worked closely with CCHQ and Number 10 for months to secure this fantastic political event. Conservative Future [...]
The summer months bring a perfect time for boosting membership across all ages throughout Great Britain. With police commissioner elections in November this year, the 2014 European Parliamentary elections and the 2015 General Election, it is imperative that membership is increased so that the Conservative Party have a great driving force to win a majority [...]
Last night saw the culmination of a fantastic change in the fortunes of the Conservative Future. It has grown from being an organisation deemed a risk to the parties to credibility to one which in the Prime Ministers own words “Can be welcomed into Downing Street”. On an otherwise rather dreary Monday Conservative Future activists [...]
