The C-pod was in action again yesterday morning in Oakhill Road. Helen Whately, Nick Kilby, Janet Bowen -Hitchings, Mavis Cracknell and self were in attendance. So were numerous people doing door knocking and delivering literature throughout the area.
Local residents came along in sufficient numbers to keep Janet and me, who stayed on the pod, fully [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Conservatives’
November 8, 2009
Oakhill surgery
November 4, 2009
LisbonTreaty: letter to DT
In case the dear old Telegraph doesn’t publish my letter, here it is.
Sir,
It is a pity that your headline of yesterday (3rd. November) accused David Cameron of ‘reneging’ on his commitment to a referendum on Lisbon, when in fact he had no choice in the matter.
The pledge he gave in 2007 [...]
October 31, 2009
Association dinner
Excellent attendance last night at Kingston and Surbiton Conservatives’ annual dinner.
Apart from a great meal we were treated to an amusing after dinner speech by Justine Greening MP, just coming to the end of her first term as MP for Putney. It was very appropriate as she and Helen Whately have much in common and [...]
June 8, 2009
Good news from Ulster
Congratulations to the Ulster Conservatives and Unionists on winning the third European Parliament seat in the province. They came a close third after Sinn Fein and the DUP.
It’s great to see that Ulster is starting out on the road back into the mainstream of British politics. There are lots of Johnstons in Belfast and environs, [...]
May 27, 2009
Euro-elections 2009 Part IV: Conservatives
The Conservative literature arrived only yesterday, some five days after my postal ballot paper. This was disappointing and might have cost the party some votes as many postal voters will have returned their papers already, without having read much from the Tories. This is a shame because, as a presentation, it’s the best and most [...]
May 24, 2009
Sauce for the goose…………?
In an earlier post I suggested that the Telegraph was concentrating on the second homes issue to the exclusion of all else. It appears that, when it suits their purpose, they are prepared to bring up issues they have ignored elsewhere.
The communication allowance is a case in point. I note that this morning’s Sunday Telegraph [...]
