Oct
31
NUS: The Big Debate
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With a debate and vote coming up on Tuesday 4th November about NUS re-affilition, I felt that it was only right to say a couple of things in relation to the NUS.
As a student, I cannot see what the NUS does for us. Rather, the only thing I know the NUS does for us is [...]
Oct
30
YBF at Nottingham: A Review
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On the afternoon of Wednesday 29th October, a group of twelve members of the Nottingham University Conservative Association attended a ‘Campaign Skills Training Workshop’ run by the organisation for training young conservative activists, the Young Britons’ Foundation. This was the first step on their Universities tour, and after a very successful conference at Wellington College [...]
Oct
28
YBF5 – Activist Training Conference 2008, Wellington College, Berkshire
Last weekend NUCA descended on Wellington College, Berkshire for the 5th Young Britons’ Foundation Activist Training Conference.
Nationally recognised as one of the leading Conservative Future branches, Nottingham University Conservative Association can be particularly proud to have provided by far the largest delegation to the conference; with [...]
Oct
25
Inspiring Speeches of the 20th Century
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Oct
25
…and drinking?
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“A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.”- Benjamin Disraeli
Oct
25
Barack roasts McCain!
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Oct
17
Cameron attacks PM over economy
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Oct
15
Quote
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“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.” – Winston Churchill
Oct
15
Hull’s answer to the problems facing our broken society? A yacht.
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This blog is currently looking a bit bare whilst still in its infancy, so I thought I would go onto ‘Times Online’ to have a look for a couple of articles that may be worth talking about- and low and behold one of the first things I came across was “NHS trust wants to spend [...]
Oct
3
A Sad Day for Britain’s Heritage
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I was reading the ‘Times’ newspaper whilst at Conference, and I read an article which made me feel very sad,
“Judges across civil courts [will] break with 300 years of tradition and ditch their horsehair wigs for modern gowns.”
Some may view the abolition of the judges’ wig as a sign of moving with the times and [...]