Even labour don't like her

A friend of mine who works within the Labour party, and who shall remain anonymous had the following to say about Miss Dunwoody in Crewe

“I personally have little time for my candidate or the way she and our team have played this, and I have made my views very clear on it at the highest level, and I am certainly not the only person to have done so.

However, loyalty to one's party always takes precedence, and of course I naturally wish Labour a win tomorrow. However, as for her personally, I hope she comes nowhere near!!!!!!!!”

I think we all know what side I am on, who I support, but just incase anyone hasn’t gathered it by now – here’s a recap; I hope Timpson smashes Dunwoody in tomorrows by election. Her tactics have been nothing but shameful. She has shown no sign of accepting that the campaign she led was disgusting, disrespectful, and to be very honest; not very lady like. She also admitted to a friend of mine (he convinced her he was a Labour activist…) that she has frequent conversations with Gordon Brown and that he himself has supported her campaign. If Labour win tomorrow it sends a message to Brown saying he can roll out campaigns like this all over the country. We can’t let that happen. There’s only one message Brown needs to hear right now and that’s the one we send to him by winning Crewe tomorrow.

Xenophobia can't win here

I have just returned from spending the most amazing weekend in Crewe, supporting Edward Timpson helping with the by-election. The feeling and atmosphere in Crewe right now is amazing. It’s as if everyone knows we’re going to win – people want to see the Conservatives out and about, and what is even more significant and perhaps proof of the changing political times we live in; people want to hear what the Conservatives have to say. But we must not become complacent in amongst such good moods; the fights not over until the fat lady sings. And by fat lady, I clearly mean Gordon Bottler Brown.

Whilst in Crewe, Conservative Future worked duteously; helping with envelope stuffing, leaflet dropping, canvassing, and even a spot of putting up billboards. Although the mood was positive, there was an annoying undertone in regards to the shallow and often misguided tactics being rolled out against us by the Labour camp. I’d read bits and pieces about the campaign before arriving in Crewe, but actually seeing all the press cuttings for myself and speaking to the people who witnessed it, really took it to a whole new level. Labour campaigners have been victimising the Conservative candidate Edward Timpson – stereotyping him in to a typical middle class jelly mould and at the height of their hate campaign, following him around in top hats and tails. And for what? Votes? Respect? Sticking it to “the man”, perhaps? Your guess is as good as mine because from where I am standing, I just don’t see the merit in their campaign. We’re pussy footing around the subject a little, but why should be? Labour has once again shown their true colour – and they aren’t pretty. They are xenophobic, ignorant, vicious and hostile and I really feel it needs to be made known just exactly what is going on in Crewe.

On reading about Labours tactics, part of me was thinking – how can this be real? How can anyone have thought this was a good campaign strategy? It stinks of inverted snobbery. It is unashamedly immature and juvenile. And it stands up in front of the people of Crewe and screams “We’re desperate!”. How the hell did they get this sort of campaign approved? Part of me wanted to believe it’s just politics, it’s just spin, surely this is not what the Labour party; our and your government believes in? But I was wrong. It is what they believe in. A friend of mine sat down with the “delightful” Moyra Tamsin Dunwoody-Kneafsey – who unfortunately for her, was completely unaware that my friend was in fact a keen Conservative activist, and not the keen Labour activist he told her she was. Apparently “gullible” is another trait of hers. Anyways, she was very keen to tell my friend how proud she was off her campaign and that she has regular talks with Gordon Brown – who is presumably rather proud of her campaign too? She also said being an MP was in her blood and that her children would go on to be MP’s. The children also apparently commented that nobody would want a millionaire as a representative. What about a xenophobe? She really does believe that dribble that comes out of her mouth. It’s a sad reflection of what is really at the core of the Labour party; lies, ignorance and a stomach churning level of inverted snobbery.

They want the people of Crewe to believe that Timpson is a public school boy toff – yet one of the young men who mocked him on that very accusation (dressed in a top hat and tails), went to fee paying school himself. They want the people of Crewe to believe Timpson is arrogant, upper class, and is only in the position he is in because of inheritance – yet what they fail to mention is that the family business; Timpson shoe-mending, was bought and sold in and out of the family. They want the people of Crewe to believe that driving a Bentley somehow makes you some kind of evil, horse whip wielding, snuff snorting toff – yet also conveniently forget to mention that Bentleys are manufactured in Crewe and to drive a Bentley in Crewe is seen as a sign of local pride. Not that Labour would ever understand the importance of anything local and community orientated anyway; post offices, local hospitals – why stop there? And lastly they want the people of Crewe to believe that the Labour brand of inverted snobbery is ok. Perhaps some people will fall for it. But that shouldn’t stop us highlighting how completely and outrageously wrong and prejudiced it is. It’s wrong on so many levels, and although reading about some of the horrendous things Labour have done to Timpson – which look a bit like bullying and lying to be honest - in the local press really made my blood boil, part of me is pleased to see, once again, Labour shooting themselves in the foot. It’s as if they walked out in to shoot out in broad day light, declared war, and then just shot themselves. Labour are professionals when it comes to these sorts of campaigns. We saw similar last year when we all thought there was going to be a general election. The Labour battle buses were ready. The Labour printers were doing the leaflets. Gordon marched his men up to the top of the hill, saw an opinion poll, thought “stuff this…” and marched them down again. When will Labour ever actually stage a proper, honest, and noble campaign?!?

Their vicious class campaign against Timpson is neither intelligent nor sophisticated. It’s just black, white and blunt; “we are desperate”. Snobbery is a term often applied to the middle classes. Quite rightly, society views the stereotyping of everyone belonging to one class as wrong. We desire a country where people aren’t judged on class, and live under a government that claims to be “socialist” and believes in equality. And yet, here we are watching that very government parading its campaigners out dressed in top hats and tails, quite clearly making a very bold statement about Edward Timpson’s background. It may not be the same type of snobbery which are used to seeing, but it’s snobbery none the less. It’s inverted snobbery and it’s just as disgusting as any other form. Once again, Labour have made it about class.

So just in case anyone was thinking that the Labour campaign in Crewe was just spin; don’t bother. It’s real. And after Dunwoody opened her big xenophobic mouth to a clever friend of mine, I think we all know it is exactly what they believe. No spin here, just complete prejudice. But despite all of this, Timpson has risen about it all. He has refused to retaliate and has lead a positive and productive campaign in Crewe. Here’s hoping the good people of Crewe can see through this Labour lot and will realise what truly lies beneath the surface. There is no room for such blatant prejudice and I really cannot ask enough that you vote for Timpson in the Crewe by election.

Dear Gordon...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7407852.stm

Hold on to your computer mice people, Gordon Bottler Brown is taking to youtube! What an amazing idea! Gordon Brown is going to sit down, and make little videos for youtube, where he speaks to and answers questions from the general public. So modern. So fresh. And just so progressive! Wow. Just wow. Why didn’t we think of that? Oh hang on…

I've got a question for Gordon.

Dear Gordon,

Do you ever come up with your own ideas or do you just pilfer ours? Just wondering.

Love,
Anastasia x

Conservative Future Social Action Network

Social action has always been an aspect of the Conservative Party which I have always taken an interest in and it is with great delight that I am launching this new Conservative Future project. The Conservative Future Social Action Network, will help to bring together our social action officers from right across the country from all our various areas with the aim of helping Conservative Future to become more involved in the many social action projects which are at our finger tips.

Projects such as helping communities to create local gardens, clean up graffiti and even building a pen for some Bagot goats are all ways that the Conservative Party can show we are more than just words. We are social action too. By bringing all the social action officers together, we also hope to be able to find the communities in need of Social Action and work with the party to help promote Conservative Future as a caring and compassionate organization.

Chairman of CF, Michael Rock today said:

“The CF Social Action Network is a great way to bring together like-minded Conservatives and promote all the great work we do across the country. It should also act as a focal and talking point for those who have yet to become involved in the Conservative movement but are now willing to listen to us, as we progress towards forming the next Government.”

The Conservative Future Social Action Network will also aim to coordinate our efforts with the main party as a whole and help to spread awareness of the many social action events the Conservative Party are involved in right up and down the country. This is an initiative backed by the Shadow Minister for Social Action, Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, who said the following in the support of the project

Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, Shadow Minister for Social Action said:

“Social Action is about becoming embedded in our local communities and doing our bit to improve the wellbeing of local residents, I am very excited about the launch of the Conservative Future Social Action Network and look forward to working closely with them to get more social action projects up and running across the country.”

Within the next couple of weeks I will be working with the Conservative Party’s official social action teams and meeting to discuss ways in which we can make this project a great success. Any further enquiries, please contact Anastasia at anastasiabeaumontbott@yahoo.co.uk

Guildford CF - the little branch that could.

Get used to seeing Guildford on these pages because there is sure going to be a lot of it. Following the creation of the Guildford strategy plan, today I am proud to announce yet another project in Guildford which Conservative Future will be actively involved with. On the 26th of May (it’s a bank holiday!), we will be helping Guildford Conservatives to host their stall at the Surrey County Show held in Stoke Park in Guildford. Over the last month or so I have been working closely with my area chairman for Surrey; Alexandra Swann, the Conservative Future campaigns coordinator; Patrick Sullivan and the agent for Guildford Conservatives; Frank Young, to try and help Guildford Conservative Future become bigger, better and ultimately more efficient. Over the last couple of weeks I have made trips to Guildford for canvassing, meetings, and a spot of pub lunching and have been blown away by the enthusiasm of the local association in regards to seeing Conservative Future taking such an active roll in Guildford. Part of that active role is attending the Surrey County Show which is shaping up to be a truly fantastic day. We have a stall, a gazebo, blue cupcakes, sign up forms and an impressive number of helium filled balloons planned. The local MP, Anne Milton will also be hosting the stall which will offer visitors the chance to fill out a survey about what matters to them in Guildford. If you would be interested in coming along to this event to support Conservative Future, tickets are £9 from the surrey county show official website.

http://www.surreycountyshow.co.uk/index.html

Like the Duracell bunny. Only better.

Ok, so I realise since being elected to Conservative Future NME, I may not be posting on this blog as much as I used to. And I realise that I may not be attending as many events as I used to (though I do like to slip in sneaky dinners in Surrey where I accidentally tell the guests “I love coming to Sussex…”). But there is all a very good reason for this; I was elected to do a job, and that job I am doing. My schedule has suddenly got very hectic – I’m directing LGBTory, looking after C.F. in the South East of England, and looking after social action projects as Conservative Futures National Social Action Co-ordinator. In between all of that, I am also finding time to visit various areas within the south East Of England, as well as trying to haul Horsham and Crawley CF out of it’s rut (which by the way is going very well!) and finally, occasionally, finding time to just sit back, have a glass of wine and enjoy the summer. It’s as if there are a hundred and one thoughts buzzing around my head right now; ideas, plans, current projects; but none of it is ever something I can put in to words as of yet, but I definitely am busy. Let’s see; there’s the Guildford local produce picnic, the Crawley strategy plan, the Conservative Future social action network, the event in Kent... and so on and so forth… Anyway I just wanted to touch base here on my blog today, just to let you all know that although the work is indeed challenging, I am enjoying it and am having a great time with the South East of England. There are great things afoot, especially in Guildford and Crawley, and I can’t wait to be able to share them with folk. I also just wanted to say congratulation to my fellow member of Conservative Future Scotland, and friend, Bess Rhodes who was recently elected to Chairman of Conservative Future Scotland.

Mission accomplished: Boris is mayor!

Gosh, where do I even begin to talk about last night? It was like Christmas, only better. If election night was exciting, last night was simply euphoric. I started receiving news of a possible win at about 4:30pm, at which point I got straight on a train to London so that I could join the imminent celebrations. Walking in to a room full of Boris supporters, there was that incredible atmosphere that comes right before a suspected election victory, and an feeling of “this is it.” At around 8:00pm, we saw Tessa Jowell (who by the way, appears to have aged 10 years in the space of 12 hours) on the television, BBC I think, saying that a re-election of Ken Livingston was highly unlikely. And then finally at 5 minutes to midnight, Boris Johnson was elected as the new mayor of London. It was an absolutely incredible feeling. The campaign has been one of the most exciting, vibrant and energetic I have ever seen and I’ve loved every single moment of it. Being on the CF NME, obviously I am going to try and blow our own horn here, but I really think that the efforts of Conservative Future as a whole these last few weeks, can not be under stated. We were out there, supporting Boris, helping Boris, and following him around London, making sure we got the message out there. It’s also been a bit of a revelation in terms of Boris hasn’t it? Boris to me, has always been this face in the Conservative Party who represents fun, and individualism and fresher packs – we’ve all seen the Andy Warhol-esque posters of Boris. But after meeting him about a week ago, and after really listening to everything he has had to say for himself, I have realised that perhaps it is all just an image and that Boris is actually an incredibly articulate and intelligent man who we should be so proud off right now. We’ve taken overwhelming gains nationally. We’ve now taken city hall. The next stop is 10 downing street, and just like Conservative Future have backed Boris all the way to city hall, we will back David Cameron all the way in to No.10. I simply want to reiterate the sentiments expressed by my fellow Conservative Future NME members and chairman, Michael Rock; well done to everyone who helped us reach this incredible moment. I always said that the main aim of Conservative Future is to help get the Conservative Party in to government; we are now one step closer to that and I believe Conservative Future has helped. Mission accomplished! =)

I wonder what Brown is thinking right now.

Well… last night was really something wasn’t it? I sat glued to the television until about 2am, and then fell asleep only to be wake by numerous little phone calls informing me of various gains. What a night! I remember the count I attended in Scotland last year at Lasswade; was awful – simply awful. But last night was just incredible. I think we all knew it was going to be good; we all had that feeling in the pit of our stomachs, but I don’t think anyone anticipated it would be that good. I am yet to sit down and go through the results in the South East with a fine comb, but will be doing that at some point today. It’s just so exciting, it’s as if all the work we have done in the last 12 months has finally paid off, and although Gordon Brown is blaming “difficult economic circumstances” (Oh, would these be the same economic circumstances which he has taken credit for in the past?), I think we all know what really happened last night. The people of Britain realised what a ride they were being taken for and decided to give Stalinist Brown the message loud and clear. They don’t want a Labour government anymore! His PR guy arrived at 10 Downing Street this morning at about 7:30am. Go on then, spin your way out of this one…

I am still waiting for London Mayoral results. If Boris wins, it will be the icing on the cake and further proof, that after years of waiting, and putting up with the nonsense of this Labour government, The Conservative Party are on their way back to power.

Boris for Mayor

Pichu the red panda does it again...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/south_of_scotland/7348083.stm

This is so irnonic. Growing up in Dumfries, my Mum and Dad used to frequently take me to see the animals at Kirkcudbright wildlife park, but nearly everytime we went there, one of the red pandas was missing, having escaped it's enclosure and done a runner up the hills somewhere. One of my childhood memories is of constantly hearing about this red panda who kept escaping and then everyone being on alert for the creature appearing in back gardens etc... Some things never change and apparently Pichu the red panda has done it again and has made a bid for freedom. She escaped with her baby Isla and although Pichu has now been returned to the wildlife centre in Galloway (again!), Isla is still at large. Seriously, those red pandas at Kirkcudbright wildlife centre need to be honoured for their skills in escaping. Maybe we can get them working for MI5!

Tescos padded bra for 7-8 year olds.

Sometimes I feel as I don't even have to proove the points I make about the way childhod is sexualised these days... why bother? - when Tescos will do it for me...

Remember about a week ago I wrote about the miss bimbo website and made reference to the fact these sites only exist because we allow them to: "we foster them with our ridiculous sexual ideals, our padded bras for 12 years olds and our willingness to condemn the latest paedophilia to darken our newspapers, but not the shop that puts sexual emphasis on a school girl’s uniform"

Well, today I discovered that Tescos sell a padded bra aimed at seven and eight year olds. Tescos say "It is a product designed for girls at that self-conscious age when they are just developing. It is designed to cover up, not flatter, and was developed after speaking to parents." That's lovely, but Tescos seems to completely miss the point all together. Maybe the reasons seven year old girls feel to self conscious in the first place is because everywhere they look they are presented with images of sex - in the media, on the internet, on the television and most worryingly, in the toy aisles at supermarkets where they will find the likes of Bratz dolls.

When will companies stop coming up with excuses and just pull the plug on such discusting items? Our children already copy our binge drinking culture, are we really going to wait for them to copy our sick sexual ideals as well? Once again however, I don't need to proove that point or answer that question. Tescos will happily do it for me. Last year I recall Tescos having to remove a "pole dancing kit" from its toys section... discuss?

We were there.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7345345.stm

I want to personally thank everyone from Conservative Future who came out today to suport our involvement in Day For Darfur. the weather may have been a bit iffy but we were there. What is going on in Darfur is horrendous and for too long now we have been saying we will do something. It's time something was done. It was nice to see so many political groups there as well who put aside their political differences for the sake of Darfur and came together regardless of which parties they belonged to. Some people have asked how a protest was going to save Darfur. You're right - a protest might not save Darfur, but it might just raise enough awareness of what is going on there to make a difference. That was what today was all about and I am so happy Conservative Future was a part of it.

Day For Darfur - join us!

If you are joining Conservative Future on our Day for Darfur demonstration hosted by Globe For Darfur tomorrow, we will be meeting just outside Green Park tube station at 12:00. Wear comfortable clothing and footwear. Weather reports are predicting rain in London tomorrow so please keep that in mind when picking your outfit. I'll be there come rain or shine. See you tomorrow!

Bye for now.

Just a quick message to say I am going to be away until Friday - going to Edinburgh, Dumfries and Manchester to see various folk. Got any queries about LGBTory, Conservative Future or just, y'know... stuff? You can give me a call on 07719797344.

Conservative Future backs Boris!

Throughout the London Mayoral campaign CF members have made a real contribution to it's success.

With the race entering the final stages we have been asked to help make the final push to aid Boris in his fight with Ken “Leaving-soon”. To that end we are going to be holding 2 National Days for CF members, from all over the country, to come and campaign alongside the man himself – come along and Back Boris!

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The first National Day will be run in a slightly different format; we will be campaigning in four areas* of London:

1) HILLINGDON (Herts & CF London North West members)
-- Meet Hillingdon tube station (10:30am)
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=10546672660

2) HIGHGATE (CF London Uni members & CF members from outside London)
-- Meet Kentish Town tube station (10:00am)
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=12956065263

3) HAVERING (CF London North East members)
-- Meet Hornchurch tube station (11:30am)
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=10685859030

4) CROYDON CENTRAL (CF London South members)
-- Meet East Croydon train station (10:00am)
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=12337516572

*5) There is also an LGB Tory 'Back Boris' event:
-- BFI Southbank (11:00am)
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=32206130288

We let it happen.

You’ve probably read about the Miss Bimbo website – if not here’s a link.
http://missbimbo.com

Miss Bimbo – well that’s a nice name for a website isn’t it? You go on, create an account then have a little character which you look after, but by look after what they actually means is give breast implants, feed diet pills, dress like a slut and then marry a rich boyfriend to buy you even bigger breast implants. Sounds like one of those online sex games rather than a website aimed at impressionable young girls. But that’s the horrific thing which has caused the whole scandal – it is aimed at children. There’s certainly nothing stopping children accessing it. How do we know this? Because when selecting your date of birth, you could have been born in 2007 and you would still receive access! Blatant disregard for the innocence of childhood right there! I could write forever about how wrong and just plain unacceptable this website is, but I’m sure hundreds already have, so I thought I’d approach this from a new angle. Why do we allow things like this to even go unchecked? Why aren’t there age limits on a website like that? And why does it take a story in the national news about this website to throw our society in to uproar? Is it perhaps because we know we’re partly to blame and don’t want to face the awful truth it is our fault?

I don’t understand the hypocrisy of society sometimes. Whenever a case involving paedophilia or child pornography comes up the newspaper, we are quite rightly disgusted. We go in to uproar, we want to know where the paedophiles live so we can hunt them down, but then what do we do? We go down to our local Ann Summers and oh look… they sell school uniforms for grown woman. And that's ok? Now, I’m not being a prude here. I don’t care what you do in the bedroom. But am I the only one who finds a grown woman dressed in a school girl’s outfit or a girl scouts outfit completely inappropriate and perverse? Society needs to wake up and realise that these things only exist because we allow them to exist; we foster them with our ridiculous sexual ideals, our padded bras for 12 years olds and our willingness to condemn the latest paedophilia to darken our newspapers, but not the shop that puts sexual emphasis on a school girl’s uniform. This isn’t about being a prude – this is about just having some common decency and some morals. There are some things which as a society, we should NEVER sexualise, and childhood and all that surrounds it is one of them.

And I believe miss bimbo will be exactly the same. Sure, we all appalled right now – we would give the creators of that awful website the “burn at the stake” treatment if we could. But a few weeks down the line, it will all be forgotten and we will be back to sexualising our youngsters. If we are to tackle this problem, we need to show continuity. We need to change the way we advertise to children, we need to change what we allow to be presented to children as “the norm” and we need to deal with items like this not once every few months because it makes us feel better about ourselves, but deal with it constantly.

Penguins taking to the skies?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7320000/newsid_7324100/7324112.stm?bw=bb&mp=rm&asb=1&news=1&bbcws=1

Oh how I laughed and laughed and laughed when I saw this video, especially when the little penguins actually took off - all part of a hilarious April Fools hoax by the BBC. Loved it!

Conservative Future backs Day for Darfur!

Today is a really exciting day for me. =) After weeks of phone calls, emails and will power, Conservative Future announced its newest social action project; becoming official supporters of Day for Darfur. Talk began of getting involved with the Day for Darfur project, which is organised by Globe For Darfur, literally days after the new chairman and executive were elected, and after months of tiresome election campaigning, I was relieved and glad to finally get stuck in to bringing about positive changes for Conservative Future. I really want to see social action become a huge part of CF in the next 12 months and I feel this is the perfect project to kick start the first in hopefully a long line of social action projects. New chairman, new NME, new ideas, new focus. =) It’s the way forward!

The aim of the project is simple; to raise awareness of the struggles and problems currently going on in Darfur, with particular attention to the trauma experienced by the children of Darfur who live through the suffering day in day out. When I began to co-ordinate this event, it was really important to me that I 100% knew what I was talking about when it came to Darfur and that I knew the true extent of the horrific crimes that are going on over there, so I went away and did some research. Everyone knows it’s bad in Darfur – you can’t escape it. But when you start reading accounts by survivors as young as 13, that’s when it really hits you. What's even more alarming about the accounts is how “normal” the survivors seem. It began to occur to me that perhaps the children, who are the victims of such horrific crimes such as rape, don’t realise the gravitas of how horrendous what is happening is. It is the norm because they’ve grown up in to it. That was a truly frightening thought. Then when you read stories about mothers having to choose which of her children live or die because she can only carry one as she is fleeing from her destroyed village, the terrifying reality of the situation just gets you. It was horrible reading some of the accounts and some of the photos were pretty graphic, but I’m glad that I went to the trouble of truly rooting myself to this campaign. You watch the images on T.V and it almost isn’t real because we're so far away in our cushy little lives but through doing so much research and through helping to put together Conservative Futures involvement in the “Day for Darfur” project, it has become very real.

The Chairman of Conservative Future, Michael Rock issued the following statement about the event,

"Through out the election campaign, all candidates agreed that CF needed change. The healthiest debate centred about how to achieve this. I personally argued that we needed to engage with the wider political community and the new executive have already begun that process. Becoming an organisation that appeals to a broader range of political activists, and becoming more accessible is the first step towards rebuilding Conservative Future so that we can expand in a whole new direction.

To that end, we are pleased to announce that we are official supporters of “Day for Darfur 5”, a protest against the crisis in Darfur with particular focus on the affect that the situation is having on the children of Darfur.

When David Cameron visited the region last year, he did so because the humanitarian crisis is affecting millions of individuals and we should be doing more to alleviate the suffering. It is unacceptable to stand aside whilst government back militia attack innocent civilians.

We hope you can join us, Conservative Future and Andrew Mitchell MP, Shadow International Development Secretary, in London on Sunday, April 13th. For more information please contact Anastasia Beaumont-Bott on 0771979734."

We will be at the Sudanese Embassy in London on the 13th of April, at 12:30pm and will be marching to 10 downing street. To stay up to date with proceedings with this event and to learn more, please sign up to the facebook event group - http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=10682459754&ref=nf - and keep watching the cf website http://conservativefuture2007.blogspot.com.

See you there! =D

Wanted! Area chairmen!

As part of my new role on the CF NME I have been given my area folio which goes as follows:

Surrey
Sussex
Kent
Hertfordshire
Hampshire & Isle of Wight

Those are my areas which I am going to be paying special attention to in the next 12 months and hopefully working very closely with the area chairman from each of them. But as some of you may know, this years area chairmen elections saw less than half of Conservative Futures area chairmen vacancies taken. This was dissapointing to say the least because I believe if Conservative Future is to truly make a significant impact on a national level, we need to have at least more than half of our vancancies occupied! Now I can't speak for the rest of the country, but what I can say is that this years NME are committed to to filling those gaps in order to acheive the best possible result out there. My part in that is simple: I need to find area chairmen for Kent and Hertfordshire.

"The new executive are working hard on our plans for the year and one of our first priorities is to fill all the vacancies for Area Chairman roles. This position is going to become the most important role in our organisation. In future, the Area Chairman will take the lead on: organising National Days, organising regional meetings, supporting branches and providing feedback to the NME and CCHQ. The Area Chairman will spearhead CF, not the NME who are going to act as a support service and as facilitators.

We currently have around half of the Area Chairman positions filled. Our priority now is to get all the positions filled within one month so we have re-opened the application procedure for the Area Chairman roles. Please fill in an application form and email it to me (michael@rock4cf.com) by Monday 31st March."

- Michael Rock, CF National Chairman"


If you think you'd make a good area chairmen for either Kent or Hertfordshire, you can download an application form here
http://conservativefuture2007.blogspot.com/2008/03/want-to-be-area-chairman.html

Mystery illness

Just wanted to explain my recent silence. Following attending Conservative Spring forum in Newcastle last weekend, I have developed a really bad viral throat infection. It's really bad - I literally cant stop coughing and being sick. And I know I'm not alone. Friends of mine, who also attended the forum, are also quite ill and we reckon we might have picked up some kind of bug. They have even created a facebook group about it - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7623024942. The blurb from the group reads...

I don't know about you, but I don't quite feel the same as I usually do. There was once a carefree time when I could do all the things the human body was created to do. I could benchpress 100kg. I could run 100 metres in under 10 seconds. I could even see in colour.

That's all changed now. I came back from Spring Forum nursing a contagion that can't be explained: a sore throat, repeated fevers, and a liver that just won't stop complaining! I know I'm not alone. If you've suffered any of these symptoms, or any others, join us.

We have to work out what's going on with our bodies, and prevent it from happening again. We fell sick together, so we must heal together. We will fight - Britain will win!

Here me roar throat infection, you've met your match! Anwyays, so when I am better, which I hope will be soon as I currently cannot speak without spluttering and coughing, I will be back to full health and working as hard as ever. Whilst being ill, I am staying inside, but am using my time to write down things I want to do for Conservative Future within the next 12 motnhs. I am already working on one very exciting social action project and it's one that I am so proud to be a part off. There is also about to be an exciting development with LGBTory... See you on the other side peeps =D

Much love,
Anastasia xxx
*cough cough cough*