Speakers usually stay for dinner with the Committee. If you would like to attend, please ask the Chairman ().

The Chairman’s Welcome Drinks Reception

Sidgwick Hall, Newnham College

Sunday 20th April, 8:00pm

Join us for a free gin and tonic extravanganza to kick Easter Term off in style. We shall be joined by Alex Singleton, a political commentator who has been published in the Telegraph, the Guardian and The Express, who will talk on Cameron and Globalisation. £2 for non-members.

George Freeman

Dining Room, The Cambridge Union

Tuesday 29th January, 6pm

George Freeman is the Conservative candidate for the new constituency of Mid Norfolk. He ran his own business in Cambridge, where he was a trustee of the Cambridge Union Society. He will be talking to us about renewing the Conservative Party.

Stanley Johnson

“Britain, Europe, and the environment under Cameron’s Conservatives”

The Junior Parlour, Trinity College

Monday 5th May, 6pm

Stanley Johnson is former Conservative MEP an environmentalist and author of books on the environment. He has worked at the World Bank and was the Head of Prevention of Pollution Division at the European Commission from 1973 - 1979. He is a trustee of the Gorilla Organisation and a board member of Plantlife International.

He is also father of Boris Johnson, who is currently Conservative candidate for London Mayor. Stanley Johnson was Conservative candidate for Teignbridge in the 2005 general election.

Port and Cheese Evening

Sunday 11th May, 8pm

Our legendary Port and Cheese evening returns, providing a welcome break from revision! A selection of fine cheeses and free-flowing port, accompanied by stimulating conversation, will help you unwind.

Dress code: black tie

(Cost: £6 for members; £8 for non-members.)

The Lord Blackwell

Dining Room, The Cambridge Union

Friday 16th May, 6pm

We are joined by Norman Blackwell, a former Downing Street policy unit director who worked for both Margaret Thatcher and John Major. Lord Blackwell is currently Chairman of the Centre for Policy Studies. Lord Blackwell was formerly a Partner at McKinsey & Company, and a director of Dixons Group. He currently has a range of business interests including non-executive director of Standard Life, Slough Estates plc, Interserve plc and Corporate Services Group plc. He is also a senior adviser to KPMG and a Board Member of the OFT. He was created a Life Peer in 1997.

The Chairman’s Dinner

Wordsworth Room, St John’s College

Friday 13th June, 7pm for 7:30pm

Our gala white tie-preferred dinner is the highlight of the term’s social calendar. This term, our hosts will be St John’s College, and the oak-panelled Wordsworth Room our venue.

Our guest speaker, is the MP for Hammersmith and Fulham, Greg Hands who will talk on “My memories of CUCA’s Nick Clegg.”

Places will be strictly limited, so look out for the announcement later in term.

May Week Garden Party

Sunday 15th June, 3pm-6pm

The gardens of Newnham College provide a fitting venue to close a fantastic year for CUCA. We will be serving Hiedseick Monopole Gold Top Vintage 2002 Champagne, Pimms’, strawberries, and cucumber sandwiches. Places will be strictly limited, so look out for the announcement later in term.

Dress code: blazers, no jeans.

CUCA Policy Pub Meets

We hold policy discussion meetings over a few drinks in the pub several times a term. If you would like to suggest a topic to discuss, please email the Vice-Chairman (). Information about these events will be published on the website in due course.

Under Val’s guidance, CUCA continued to go from strength to strength in Lent term, and we intend to continue this growth over the coming term.

My Executive, Committee and I are currently preparing an Easter term that will provide a range of exciting speaker and social events.

If you have any suggestions for speakers, or other thoughts and comments, do not hesitate to contact me on .

With best wishes for the Easter Vacation,

Mike Morley B.A. (Hons) MSci Cantab.

Chairman, Easter Term 2008

Officers

CHAIRMAN: Mike Morley
(Trinity College)

VICE-CHAIRMAN: Hugo Hadlow
(St John’s College)

JUNIOR TREASURER: Shamir Shah
(Downing College)

CAMPAIGNS OFFICER: Henry Walton
(Magdalene College)

SECRETARY: Murali Vadivelu
(St John’s College)

REGISTRAR: James Sharpe
(Fitzwilliam College)

Committee

Charlotte Day
(Newnham College)

Gavin Rice
(Queens’ College)

Laura Phelps
(Homerton College)

Steven Clarke
(Magdalene College)

Caroline Cummins
(Newnham College)

James Shaw
(King’s College)

Former Chairmen in Residence

CHAIRMAN LENT 2006: Alexander R. Langley BA, Gonville and Caius College
CHAIRMAN EASTER 2007: Bezhan Salehy, Selwyn College
CHAIRMAN MICHAELMAS 2007: James Wallis, Gonville and Caius College
CHAIRMAN LENT 2008: Roland Valentine Stewart, Gonville and Caius College

Sunday 24th February, 8.15pm

Green Room, Gonville and Caius College

£5 for members, £7 for non members.

If you want to come to our first port and cheese extravaganza, please email rvs24 and deliver cheques to me ASAP by UMS or to my pigeon hole in Caius (R.V. Stewart)

Please make cheques payable to Cambridge University Conservative Association.

Tickets will be given on a first come first serve basis. The Port parties are very popular but numbers are limited by the room size and college rules.

Many of you will have replied to the Facebook event. Please note that you will not be given a space until we have received a cheque or cash for your ticket.

Nominations for election for Easter 2008 open today at 10pm for seven days. The nomination form is available at: http://www.cuca.org.uk/images/noms.pdf

The Constitution of the Association, giving all details relating to elections is available on the website. The criteria for eligibility are summarised below.The return officers for this election are Messrs Roland Valentine Stewart and James Wallis, of Gonville and Caius College.

To stand for election, please submit your completed nomination form to the Returning Officers before 10pm on Wednesday 27th February. The returning officers are also available to give impartial advice.

To be eligible for Committee you must:

• Be a member of the Conservative Party and no other
• Have attended 4 ordinary meetings of the Association this term before the close of nominations
• Have paid all your debts to the Association
• Not have been elected to Committee more than twice
• Must be a resident member of the University of Cambridge in Easter Term 2008

To be eligible for Executive you must:

• Meet all the criteria for eligibility for Committee
• Been on Committee or Executive in Michaelmas 2007 or Lent 2008
• Must not have stood for election to the same Executive office more than once before
• Most not have served in the same Executive office before
• Must have attended at least two campaign sessions before the close of nominations

Election Timetable:

Nominations Open: 10pm, Wednesday 20th February
Nominations Close: 10pm, Wednesday 27th February

Elections: 12pm-3pm, Wednesday 5th March

TGM: Wednesday 5th March 3.30pm

Applications are open for the position fo Junior Treasurer, to serve through to the end of Lent Term 2009.

Applications close on Tuesday 19th February, and you can download the application form now: Junior Treasurer Application Form.

If you wish to apply, please complete the application form and deliver it to my pigeon hole at Caius or UMS it to me (R.V. Stewart) by Tuesday.

From 8pm, tonight in the Castle Inn (up the Hill, past Magdalene), CUCA will be holding its first policy pubmeet of the term.

Over a few drinks, we discuss a topical event and its effect - if any - on policy. Tonight, in light of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s recent remarks about incorporating aspects of Sharia law into British law, we shall start by discussing the implications of these comments, what we think of them, and what
we think of relevant broader issues such as what role the Church or even the Royal Family should play in politics and influencing policy.

There will be a campaigns session meeting at 2.30pm on Saturday at the Caius Porters’ Lodge. If you can help out with distributing leaflets for the local association, please let me know on hjw43.

Wednesday 6th February, 4pm

Dining Rooms, House of Commons

The annual tea party will be held in the House of Commons Dining Rooms from 4pm - 6pm, and we will then go on to the Carlton Club for a drinks reception at 6:30.

It promises to be a fantastic event, and I have received very encouraging response from a number of MPs - more than 30 have already got back to me to say they are coming, including Iain Duncan Smith, Shadow Defence Secretary Liam Fox, former Party Chairman Michael Ancram, whilst George Osborne and Boris Johnson have said they are likely to be able to make an appearance.

The event is always very popular. Tickets will be £15 for members and £18 for non-members. If you would like to come, email rvs24 ASAP and write a cheque payable to the Cambridge University Conservative Association and deliver it to my pigeon hole at Caius or UMS it to me (R.V. Stewart)

For those of you who are ‘attending’ on the Facebook group, I still need a cheque and email confirmation before I put you down on the list. Tickets will go quickly, on first come first serve basis, so haste is required!

Sunday 3rd February , 8.30pm

Green Room, Gonville and Caius College

£5 for members, £7 for non members.

If you want to come to our first port and cheese extravaganza, please email rvs24 and deliver cheques to me ASAP by UMS or to my pigeon hole in Caius (R.V. Stewart)

Please make cheques payable to Cambridge University Conservative Association.

Tickets will be given on a first come first serve basis. The Port parties are very popular but numbers are limited by the room size and college rules.

Many of you will have replied to the Facebook event. Please note that you will not be given a space until we have received a cheque or cash for your ticket.