Articles tagged Conservative Party:
Reflecting on Bracknell & Moving On
- 18 Oct 2009
First of all, I have been overwhelmed over the last 24 hours by all the emails, texts, tweets and blog comments people have left. 98% of them have been very nice and almost made me feel like I am reading my own obituary! Yesterday was a a very good one for Bracknell Conserv...
Reflections on the 2009 Conservative Conference
- 8 Oct 2009
First of all, a heartfelt apology. I know I have been a useless blogger this week. I always find it difficult to do good blogging at conferences. This year, for some reason, I just couldn't motivate myself to blog much. It was partly that I didn't go into the conference hall m...
In Praise of Party Agents
- 4 Oct 2009
Yesterday evening I gave an after dinner speech at the Conservative Conference to 180 party agents and their guests. I will admit to being somewhat nervous at the prospect having been to one or two of these boozy events in the past. However, I shouldn't have worried as they we...
Why I'd Like to be MP for Bracknell
- 30 Sep 2009
Some of you may have seen on various sites over the last two days that I am in the final round of the parliamentary selection for Bracknell. I didn't want to say anything here until the shortlist was officially announced by the local party. There are seven of us in the...
An Open Letter to Ben Bradshaw & Chris Bryant
- 3 Jul 2009
Dear Ben and Chris, I have read your attacks on the Conservative Party and its attitude to homosexuality with a mounting sense of despair. I do not believe there is anything the Conservative Party could do to stop these partisan attacks. Michael Howard apologised for Sectio...
Greshams Lecture: What is the Conservative Party For?
- 9 Jan 2004
At Greshams School, Holt WHAT IS THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY FOR? The title of this lecture is intended to be a little provocative – what is the Conservartive Party for? And I don’t mean in the sense of – it’s for hanging, or it’s for low taxes, I mean what is its purpo...
Manuscript: Conservative Party Election Manifestos 1945-97
- 11 Nov 1997
Conservative Party General Election Manifestos 1945-1997 ed by Iain Dale Conservative Party General Election Manifestos 1945-1997 edited by Iain Dale ...