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Fighting Farage - how we won South Thanet
The Chairman and Officers of Leybourne and The Mallings Branch warmly invite you to their popular annual Cottage Pie Supper. This will be held at Kings Hill Community Centre, Discovery Drive, Kings...
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ABC = Always Be Campaigning
Hot on the heels of our two recent by-elections, we are off again tomorrow as we set our sights on five opposition held seats at next May's local elections. Thirty packers will be working in shifts up...
View ArticleCanterbury Tales
In the train en route to meet Canterbury Council Leader, Simon Cook. Shortly before arriving at Canterbury, two charming elderly ladies sitting opposite me started to gather their belongings."Do you...
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Does this new youthful face ring a Bell?
All across the UK, Conservative activists are opening their 2015 Conference Handbooks and staring in amazement at the new and youthful Steve Bell. The above "before and after" photographs show what an...
View ArticleThe lady at the end of our table looks remarkably like the Home Secretary
Conservative Home today has their usual round-up of the runners and riders for the post-Cameron leadership, and I noticed Theresa May was still "on the rise". This is what CH printed: Theresa May: In...
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Something fishy in the town of Hartlepool
Glancing through 'The Peoples Assembly' website my eye was drawn to a list of contact details for supporters to book subsidised coach travel to their protest at #CPC15. Towards the bottom of the list I...
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CPC15 - My Conference Diary
Looking forward to catching-up witth as many friends and colleagues as possible over the conference. Here is my diary for the period - give me a shout on 07792 924820 if you are free for coffee or...
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Trains are like walls - they both have ears
Having arrived early in Manchester, I was amused to receive a text message from a London friend informing me there was a chap down the carriage in the same train as him speaking very loudly about me...
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West Kent Conference Tea - extra space now available
Following several late requests, I am pleased to confirm that I have just visited the venue and secured a larger room for the West Kent Tea on Monday 5 October. We can now accommodate up to ten...
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98 today
When I awoke this morning, slightly fuzzy from last night's curry and Cobra, I anticipated a fairly quiet opening day of conference, and a chance to catch up with friends. My day started as it always...
View ArticleNational membership and joint working
I was sorry to miss Lord Feldman's speech about party reform on Sunday, though from what I heard from others he made positive proposals about a national membership database, which all sensible and...
View ArticleGoodbye Manchester - see you all in Birmingham in 2016
It's been a strange conference and very different from others in recent years. I haven't once set foot inside the main auditorium, though look forward to the PMs address tomorrow.The highlights for me...
View ArticleUnwise to say the least....
Last week I published a blog about a Hartlepool council employee, Edwin Jeffries, using his hartlepool.gov.uk email address to encourage attendance and accept bookings for the Peoples' Assembly coaches...
View ArticleA target even they couldn't miss
Now I am back home and on safer ground, I am happy to admit one of the protesters at Manchester actually managed to hit a nerve. As I left the conference hall for the last time on Wednesday I walked...
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The Tory MP and his encounter with a grinder
Amusement of the week. Witnessing Craig Mackinlay MP trying to ask the waiter (whose English was quite poor) to leave the pepper mill on the table. This resulted in Craig making a semi obscene hand...
View ArticleI am now the proud owner of two tetrabytes in a cloud.
I suspect there comes a time in every adult’s life when the brutal realisation dawns that the language of technology is leaving them behind. I remember clearly when it happened to my mother, it was...
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We only see you when there are elections !
Around 150,000 residents in West Kent will receive newsletters from local Conservatives this week, as our MPs and councillors "report back" on their work and various new "outreach" projects are...
View ArticleSevenoaks Grammar School Annex - the courage to do the right thing
The entire country celebrated with pride when Team GB were in third place on the 2012 London Olympic Games' leader board, with 29 Gold, 17 Silver and 19 Bronze medals. It was the strongest haul of...
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Christmas Reception with Rt Hon Robert Halfon MP
The Chairman and Officers of the Association are delighted that the Rt Hon Robert Halfon MP (Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party) will be guest of honour at a Christmas Reception, to be held on...
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