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Callum

(wearing the webmaster hat)

Officers

Chairman
Caroline Cummins, Newnham College

Vice-Chairman
Gavin Rice, Queens’ College

Junior Treasurer
Fergus McGhee, Trinity College

Campaigns Officer
Callum Wood, Queens’ College

Secretary
Charles Read, Christ’s College

Registrar
John Oxley, Gonville and Caius College

Daniel BenedykChrist’s College	Miss Dominique Iste Homerton
Alex Kung Magdalene College	Alex CakirSt John’s College
Miss Emma KirbySidney Sussex College	Christopher G PoelQueens’ College
Hugh Burling [Chairman Easter '09]	Ben SlingoPeterhouse

]]> http://www.cuca.org.uk/2009/06/12/officers-and-committee-for-michaelmas-2009/feed/ http://www.cuca.org.uk/2009/06/05/urgent-garden-party/ http://www.cuca.org.uk/2009/06/05/urgent-garden-party/#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:33:56 +0000 Hugh Burling http://www.cuca.org.uk/2009/06/05/urgent-garden-party/ 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.

ABSOLUTE FINAL DEADLINE for the Chairman’s Dinner (click here for details) is the 4th June.

£35 for members, else £40

The deadline for Garden Party bookings will be the 12th June. If you can’t manage to send me a cheque or cash before then (£10 members, £15 else), reply to this e-mail to reserve a place and I can take payment on the day.

All cheques payable to “Cambridge Uni. Conservative Association” and sent to Hugh Burling of St John’s College

CUCA elections for Michaelmas 2009:

Nominations for Committee Members, a Registrar, a Secretary and a Vice Chairman open on the 29th May at 1opm, running until the 5th June at 10pm. The election(s) (if any) will be held on the 12th June.

Completed nomiation forms should be sent  along with a photocopy of your Party Membership Card at to Callum Wood atQueens’ College.

Note that you must have attended 3 events this term in order to stand; those running for Secretary/Registar/VC must have been to 2 campaigns sessions. Chapter Five of the Constitution deals with eligibility. Please email the RO for more information.

Nomination forms can be found here.

9th May: PORT AND CHEESE - Green Room of Caius College at 8pm - £6/£8. Please email hdpb2 in advance.

11th May: Owen Paterson (with CUIS)

Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland11th May  - Kennedy Room of CUS at 715.

12th May: Michael Howard 

Michael Howard is coming to visit CUCA to address us once more. His Party leadership, electoral gains, and record of speeches in the House speak to the great experience, insight and political ability that he will be bringing to his old haunt, the Cambridge Union Building.

Michael Howard is MP for Folkestone and Hythe, once Union President, former Home Secretary; ex-leader of the Conservative Party, and CUCA’s own President.

Kennedy Room - 7pm

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

12th June: Easter Chairman’s Dinner -  Newnham Hall, £35/£40

GARDEN PARTY - 15th JUNE

ADVANCE BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL

in St John’s Scholar’s Garden at 2:30

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 difficulties, 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.

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 7pm

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

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.

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

http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/please-go/

Please sign this petition. Could it go viral? Tell all your friends and it might.

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?

But we cannot afford to be complacent. Below the headlines, the opinion polls repeatedly show that the position is not as strong as it seems. Just 21% of people trust Cameron to keep his promises. The top team is still prone to accusations of being toffs. The traditional Tories still seek tax cuts and a harsh line on crime. They are placated by the size of the lead. As it shrinks, and policies are announced, there will be murmurs.

We have a unique opportunity. People who used to shut their doors as soon as the word “Conservative” was used no longer recoil, they even engage. Time and time again, the people who propelled Blair to power and condemned us to the political wilderness are saying the same thing – I’ll never vote Labour again.

How do we capitalise on this? Hit the streets. It’s all perfectly well discussing the merits of Thatcherism and sipping on gin, but the election will be won on the streets, not in the Bateman Room. Whether you deliver leaflets, canvass, or tell, you can do something to bring us back to power.

It’s tempting to look at the opinion pools, and the papers, and conclude that the election is won. It’s not. This Wednesday’s budget is the election budget. The European elections are the final dress rehearsal. The general election is not won. The campaign is only just beginning. So get involved now – and help make history.

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

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

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.