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Events for Michaelmas 2009

Saturday, October 10th, 2009

A termcard can be found in the last few pages of the bright blue freshers’ guide. 

Freshers’ [Free] Gin and Tonic Squash
9th October – 8pm – Jason Batman Room (Caius)
Sponsored by Politeia

Annual BBQ[Free] Barbecue
10th October – 2pm – Jesus Green
Tasty burgers and succulent sausages with a drink or two. Sponsored by the Adam Smith Institute

Andrew Rosindell
11th October – 7pm – Bowett Room (Queens’)
Our first speaker of the term is the new Shadow Minister for Home Affairs, and has extensive experience motivating young Conservatives.

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URGENT – GARDEN PARTY

Friday, June 5th, 2009

PLEASE PAY FOR THE GARDEN PARTY IN ADVANCE

I know this is awkward and inconvenient for many, but SJC outlaws on-the-door payment. Please try to get payment to Hugh Burling of St Johns College (hdpb2) ASAP.

Apologies.

The Cambridge Union is Proud of Margaret Thatcher

Friday, May 8th, 2009

Cambridge Union rightly voted in favour of the motion “This House is proud of Thatcher’s time as Prime Minister”. John Redwood, james-sharpe-in-the-chairPeter Lilley and Edward Leigh did a great job of standing up for Mrs Thatcher. Our own James Winfield Arthur Edward Sharpe III chaired the debate, resplendent in his white tie outfit. See him in action here.

Come discuss the result at PORT AND CHEESE on SATURDAY 9th MAY in the Green Room of Caius College. £6 for members else £8 .

Excerpt from John Redwood’s Blog:

“I said five things that I felt needed saying.

1. Margaret in office was always most concerned personally about people around her, supporting them in dredwood-speakingifficulties, writing notes to them at times of trouble and showing great courtesy. She would always ask what could the UK do to help whenever she heard of a tragedy anywhere in the world. She was the best boss I ever worked for.

2. She helped Ronnie Reagan win the Cold War. Surely it is good news that Eastern Europe has been liberated from the grip of communism? That was only possible because the Western alliance was resolute in the 1980s.

3. At home she introduced demcoracy to the Unions. She wanted Aurthur Scragill to ballot his members about a strike. His failure to do so split his Union, and represented a challenge to the legal authority of Parliament.

4. She allowed many more people to buy their own home, and shares in the business they worked for. She believed in empowering more people through ownership. She championed the worker and the saver against the vested interests of the establishment.redwood-replying

5. She taxed the rich more . She knew that if you set lower and more realistic rates of tax, the rich will come here, stay here, create jobs here. It worked. Mr Blair kept those rates. Mr Brown is changing them in a way which will damage both the country and his party.”

 

 

 

Coming Up:

CUCA Speaker Meetings are FREE and OPEN TO ALL

Owen Paterson (with CUIS)

Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

-11th May  – Kennedy Room of CUS at 715.

Michael Howard 

Home Secretary ’93-’97 (crime down 18%); Party Leader ’03-’05 (seats up to 198); President of CUCA

12th May – Kennedy Room of CUS at 7pmmichaelhoward

For Dinner with our speakers afterwards, please contact the Chairman (hdpb2)

Events this week (4th-9th May)

Sunday, May 3rd, 2009

Frederick Forsyth will address members of both CUCA and CUS in the Kennedy Room, in the Union building, at 7pm on Bank Holiday Monday (4th), to be introduced by a member of the TaxPayers’ Alliance: free and open to all.frederick-forsyth

Frederick Forsyth is the celebrated journalist turned novelist whose thrillers are so factually accurate and insightful as to be prophetic. He’s coming to the Union in his capacity as a political commentator and staunch Eurosceptic to explain how the EU damages British democracy and resists democratic reform of itself.

For any Thatcherites out there, or simply bon vivants who want to try out the Union’s cocktail menu, join us beforehand in the bar from 6pm for an informal “Margaret Thatcher Day Cocktails”.

Note also that this week’s UNION DEBATE held on Thursday the 7th will be “This house is proud of Margaret Thatcher’s time as Prime Minister” – sure to be riveting with Peter Lilley and John Redwood defending the Iron Lady against Lucas F-S and Ian Gibson. It’d be good to see a large CUCA contingent there to balance out the lefties.

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Port and Cheese
will be in the Green Room at
Caius College,

Saturday 9th May at 8pm

Dress Code: Black Tie

£6 for members, else £8 – please send cheques payable to “Cambridge University Conservative Association” to Hugh Burling of St John’s College

Events for Easter 09

Saturday, April 25th, 2009

24th April – Gin and Tonic:

Kick-off your revision with a stiff drink or eight on at 8.00pm in Caius’ College Green Room.

 All the G&T you can drink – free for members and for those who join up (£2 non-members).

 Shane Greer will be attending our Gin and Tonic Party. Mr Greer is the Executive Editor of Total Politics, a former YBF Executive Director and a major up-and-coming Conservative publicist

Dress Code: don’t look a mess

 

29th April James Delingpole

 is coming to speak to us at 7:00pm in the Union Dining Room. Mr Delingpole is a Telegraph and spectator columnist as well as the satirical author of, among other works, Thinly Veiled Autobiography and How To Be Right.

 

4th May – Frederick Forsyth

 is coming at 7:00pm in the Union Kennedy Room. Mr Forsyth is the author of many thrillers including Day of the Jackal and The Afghan, and a vocal Eurosceptic. A spokesman from the Taxpayers’ Alliance will introduce him. With the Cambridge Union.

9th May – Port and Cheese

 are both delicious, not to mention excellent brain food. So at 8.00pm in Caius’ College Green Room we’re serving lots and lots of them both. Entry is £6 for members and £8 for guests and can be pre-booked* closer to the date. Dress code: black tie.

 

11th May – Owen Paterson

 will address us and the CU Northern Ireland Society at 7:00pm in the Union Kennedy Room. Owen Paterson is MP for North Shropshire and, as Shadow Secretary for Northern Ireland, is heavily involved with the Conservative-Unionist negotiations.

12th May – Michael Howard

 is visiting at 7:00pm in the Union Kennedy Room. Mr Howard is the President of CUCA and a former leader of the Party. Any more introduction would be egregious.

6th and 10th June - Punting

 

On both days we’re making the river even bluer. At 3.00pm those who’ve finished exams early should come to St John’s Great Gate. Cake and bubbly will be provided but places will be strictly limited and must be booked in advance for £5. Dress code: Boaters, waistcoats, shirtsleeves and floaty dresses all very welcome.

12th June – The Chairman’s Dinner

this term will be held on 12th June with the reception at 7.30pm for 8.00pm in Newnham’s hall.

 

Start your May Week with a champagne reception, a lavish four-course meal and an after-party at the Union, looking gorgeous in your tails or elbow-lengths.

Guest speaker: Stephen Robinson. His latest biography of Bill Deedes, onetime Telegraph editor and Macmillan’s Minister of Information, comes out in May.

 

Tickets must be booked in advance and will be £40 members and £45 guests (tbc).

Dress code: White tie preferred.

 

The Annual Garden Party

will be held at 2.30pm on 15th June in St John’s College Scholars’ Garden (tbc).

Tickets must be pre-booked and will be £10. Our Garden Party is not one to be missed: this year alongside the strawberries and champagne will be a special surprise theme to be announced after the last issue of Varsity…

 

Easter Term 2009

Sunday, April 19th, 2009

Welcome back! To make up for the brevity of Easter term, we have a line-up that’s jam-packed with CUCA fun and frolics.

Fristly, Click HERE to see the termcard for Easter 2009.

Secondly, a welcome from this term’s executive, beautifully captured by our Chairman:

Chairman: Hugh “Jintao” Burling

Vice Chairman and CF Member: caroline_cummins

Caroline Cummins

See “Who’s Who” for full details of the Officers, Committee and their roles.

Secretary and Loyal Englishman:

Gavin Rice

Junior Treasurer: fergus_mcgheeFergus “Chalk-stripe” McGhee

Campaigns Officer: INDESTRUCTIBLEcallum_woodCallum Wood

The Crack Registrar: charles_readCharles Read

The first event of term is our notorious

GIN AND TONIC PARTY

To be held in the BATEMAN ROOM of Caius College

Friday 24th April at 8pm

£2 or free for members (inluding those joining on the night)

Please watch this space for more event details – more will be added once the colour termcards are finalised.

As always, we have a stream of political opinion and humour on our blog. This latest excerpt is the work of Ben Gadsby: There is a temptation, I think, amongst Conservative supporters and campaigners to think the game is won. We’re consistently over 10 points ahead in the polls (17 this morning), the Labour Government is dogged by scandal – how can the next election not be a Conservative victory? … read more here

Keep an eye on facebook and your inboxes for details of Campaigns Sessions.

Update: pre-Easter Term 2009

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

1. CUCA has a tie. It is silver with magenta stripes. You can still buy them from A.E. Clothier, and also Charles Tyrwhitt, T.M Lewin and Ede & Ravenscroft.

2. We need writers for the blog on the website.

Whilst there is some sort of signing up you can do to write directly, I am lazy and so tend to just e-mail my musings to Callum Wood, our campaigns officer and current webmaster (cpw36).

3. I also am looking for skilled volunteer cake-chefs for the Garden Party. Reply to me at hdpb2 if you like squeezing elaborate icing-designs.

Pax Christi,

Hugh Burling
(Chairman)

Dominic Grieve QC MP

Friday, March 6th, 2009

Dominic Grieve

31 March 2009, 19:30 for 20:00
Royal Overseas League, London

Dominic Grieve is the Shadow Justice Secretary, and Conservative Member of Parliament for Beaconsfield. Until recently he was the Shadow Home Secretary and Shadow Attorney General.

Please join us for this very special Coningsby Club event.

Coningsby Club dinners are £42 per head for a three-course meal (excluding wine).

Dress Code: Black Tie

To book, please send a cheque made payable to the “Coningsby Club” for £42 to Sarah Abram, Brick Court Chambers, 7-8 Essex Street, London WC2R 3LD. Alternatively, you can book online at http://www.coningsbyclub.co.uk/

Francis Maude

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

Francis Maude

Francis Maude, MP

Monday 9th March, 7pm, Cambridge Union Society

Francis Maude is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Horsham, Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office, Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and a member of the Privy Council.

Leon Brittan

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

Leon Brittan

The Rt. Hon. The Lord Brittan of Spennithorne

Thursday 5th March, 7pm, Old Music Room, St John’s College

Former Home Secretary, Former EU Commissioner, and Chairman of CUCA in Lent 1960, we are pleased to welcome back Leon Brittan.