Saturday, February 09, 2008

Dates for your diary.....

New Year, new dates for the diary with plenty of things to be getting on with...

Coming up:
16 February - Campaigning with Simon Jones, PPC for Dagenham & Rainham. Please contact Simon at Feedback@JonesVision.co.uk
18 February - Dinner with Boris, 3 course dinner - £50 at Hornchurch Indoor Bowls Club. For further information please contact the Roger Evans Campaign, c/o 85 Western Road, Romford or call 01708 761583.
1 March - Campaigning with Simon Jones, PPC for Dagenham & Rainham. Please contact Simon at Feedback@JonesVision.co.uk
14 March - Hornchurch & Upminster Association AGM and the Havering Conservative Future AGM. Further details will be sent to relevant members nearer the time.
15 March - Campaigning with Simon Jones, PPC for Dagenham & Rainham. Please contact Simon at Feedback@JonesVision.co.uk
29 March - Campaigning with Simon Jones, PPC for Dagenham & Rainham. Please contact Simon at Feedback@JonesVision.co.uk
12 April - Campaigning with Simon Jones, PPC for Dagenham & Rainham. Please contact Simon at Feedback@JonesVision.co.uk
26 April - Campaigning with Simon Jones, PPC for Dagenham & Rainham. Please contact Simon at Feedback@JonesVision.co.uk
1 May - London Elections, make sure you vote!!!!

Further dates for other social events will be announced shortly.

Friday, October 05, 2007

Conference 2007 - Blackpool

A fantastic time was had by all of us that attended. I have managed to post a copy here of the film which was shown to us during conference. Make sure you watch it!


Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Peoples Question Time - 25 October 2007

A message from Cllr Roger Evans, AM:

“Hot on the heels of Andrew, Boris , Victoria and Warwick, Mayor of London Ken Livingstone will be visiting Redbridge to answer questions along with those Assembly Members who can find their way from Tower Bridge .

The event details are below, including how to apply for a free ticket. Once again I will be chairing the event (wonder if there's a career in this).

The event will focus on policing and safety, transport, environment and the 2012 Olympics, so if you have questions here is the opportunity to get the answers from the horse’s mouth.”

Saturday, September 08, 2007

Oh what a night!

Havering Conservative Futures 8th Presidents Dinner was a resounding success last night. The Coach House Hotel once again proved to be the place to be.

The evening started off with a few drinks in the garden and the bar, followed by a 3 course meal, a raffle (half of the money raised went to Help the Aged, the Mayor of Havering's chosen charity), a small speech by myself, a speech by James Brokenshire MP and finally more drinks and a disco with some good, and some bad dancing.

Quote of the evening (if there are any more, I am sure the Committee will pop them up here...)
"Isn't GK clumsy?" - by the London North East Chairman who had just managed to fall off the ramp into the Garden and twist his ankle!

Personally, I'd like to thank all of the HCF Committee who helped to organise the event and to everyone who attended for making it such a memorable evening! I hope no one is suffering nightmares from some of the bad dancing witnessed on the dance floor!

Saturday, September 01, 2007

London Mayoral Hustings

Hi All,

Details of the London Consevative Mayoral Hustings as follows:

Tue 11/09, 19:30 hrs - Lambourne Room, Ilford Town Hall, High Road, Ilford.

This is bound to be popular so please book a place if you wish to attend.

To book, contact Emma Gold – 020 7984 8152 or e-mail to emma.gold@conservatives.com

Saturday, August 25, 2007

Squirrels Heath By-election - Cllr Lynden Thorpe

Lynden Anne Thorpe, the Conservative Party Candidate at this by-election, was elected.

Our Congratulations go to Lynden!

Lynden now makes up the three Councillors of this Ward with Cllr Eric Alec Munday and Council Leader Michael John White.

Following the passing of Cllr Eddie Cahill a By-election for Squirrels Heath ward was held on Thursday 23 August 2007.

Persons who stood nominated for election as a Councillor for the Squirrels Heath Ward were:

CAMPBELL Gregory Heugh National Liberal Party, the Third Way, 170 votes
MCINERNEY Peter John The Labour Party Candidate, 210 votes
MURRAY Terry Patrick UK Independence Party, 134 votes
STEVENS Denis Henry Havering Residents Association, 310 votes
THORPE Lynden Anne The Conservative Party Candidate, 1828 votes

Turnout for this By-election: 26.5 per cent

This is a fantastic result!

Wednesday, August 08, 2007

Bluelist political online system launch - 12th September 2007

I received an email in relation to the following:

Bluelist political online system launch - 12th September 2007

"We are pleased to announce that we will be launching the Bluelist political online system on the 12th September 2007. This web based system has taken a year to develop and we are confident that we will be delivering something of real value to our Bluelisters and candidates. We will be marking the event with a reception at the National Liberal Club. We hope that many of you are able to join us to mark the occasion. Below are the details of the event:

Date: Wednesday 12th September, 2007, 6:30pm to 8pm

Venue: The National Liberal Club - The David Lloyd George room

Dress code: The rules of the club state that Gentlemen are expected to wear a jacket and tie, for ladies smart town wear is appropriate

The address for the venue is:
Whitehall Place
London
SW1A 2HE

We also intend to use the event to help raise funds to support campaigning in two key parliamentary seats - Loughborough (where the PPC is Nicky Morgan) and Dagenham & Rainham (whose PPC is Simon Jones). Both Nicky and Simon have been early and active supporters of Bluelist. We will be selling raffle tickets at the event at £10 a ticket to help raise funds for their campaigns.

Exciting announcement about Bluelist

We have been considering for a while the best way to link our political, charities and corporate communities. During our development and workshops on the political system we have debated with members the best way to communicate what we want to achieve. As you know the heart of what we want to achieve is to develop a system that enables you to get more out of your career and organisations that you are involved with so that you can give more back to your communities and the world around you. We want to develop a place that enables you to advance your career and contribute to society through political and charitable causes in one space. We intend to make an announcement on our brand at the launch event."

If you wish to attend this event, please email nicola.kaye@bluelist.org to book your place. To find out more about bluelist, please go to the website www.bluelist.org.

Thursday, August 02, 2007

Upminster

Angela Watkinson MP has been kind enough to put together an entry for our blogspot in relation to Upminster....

"One of the things I like about Upminster is that it doesn’t change much – we like it the way it is. Certainly there have been changes since I first moved to Upminster town in 1965 – it still retained its village feel, with lots of individual shops who would accept a cheque without identification, because the shopkeepers knew most of their customers. We had a little cinema, where Somerfield is now, and primary aged children could walk to school unescorted. (Can you hear the Hovis tune?)

Change over the last 6 years is harder to define. People eat out much more these days, so the balance between restaurants and retail shops has changed. Our much loved land mark, Upminster windmill, has suffered storm damage but happily, repairs are already in hand. When restoration is complete, there will also be a visitors’ centre for schools. Local residents complain increasingly about anti social behaviour and PCSOs now assist the police in gathering information. We are all worried about further hospital closures but Upminster constituency continues to be a desirable place to live, with good schools and transport links to London which maintain the high house prices. Unlike most London constituencies, we are 50% Green Belt including some farms. Havering used to be called the Town and Country Borough and I think that describes it very well.

Upminster constituency used to be a series of villages which have gradually joined together over the years. My vision for the future is to upgrade the parts that need it whilst retaining their individual local character. Our churches, voluntary organisations and sports clubs are all well supported – it is simply a great place to live."

I hope to be able to post a few more items from other MP's and PPC's in the area in the near future.