Nov
28
“Not only is Gordon Brown Useless, he is Positively Dangerous”
Greg Hands, the Shadow Treasury Minister and MP for Hammersmith & Fulham was well received when he spoke at Nottingham University on 19 November giving us an insight into the country’s economic situation.
After a brief introduction, Greg Hands talked about the issues surrounding the state of [...]
Nov
27
This Term So Far…
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This term so far….
It came to my attention that whilst NUCA has been fiercely active so far this term, we haven’t been too hot in writing up what we’ve done, so to make up lost ground I thought I’d write a quick round up of some of the events we’ve had so far this year.
Getting [...]
Mar
11
NUCA AGM- 10/03/09
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Last night NUCA held its AGM. With a good turnout of 30 people, the AGM covered the outgoing President’s speech, the Treasurer’s review of our finances, a vote on constitutional amendments and the election of next year’s committee.
The 2009/2010 committee was elected as:
Nick Allsopp- President
James Spencer- Vice-President
Amy Hennessy- Treasurer
Chris Loftus- General Secretary
Ed Cain- Campaigns and [...]
Feb
23
Ken Clarke MP talk and launch of the Nottingham branch of ‘The Bow Group’
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On Friday 20th February NUCA welcomed Ken Clarke MP. The evening signalled the launch of the University of Nottingham branch of ‘The Bow Group’ and Ken spoke animatedly about his long membership of the Bow Group. We have chosen to forge links with the Bow Group as a way to allow NUCA members to take [...]
Feb
23
Roger Helmer MEP talk and dinner
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On Friday 13th February, NUCA hosted Roger Helmer MEP. Roger, introduced with a talk from Tim Aker (TaxPayers’ Alliance) about a recent stunt regarding the EU’s fishing policy, articulated his personal views on Britain’s membership of the European Union. The speech was very interesting, as one comes to expect from Roger, and a particularly interesting [...]
Feb
12
Social with Jonathan Isaby
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On Tuesday 10th February NUCA held a social with Jonathan Isaby, Co-editor of ConservativeHome and former columnist for The Telegraph. The evening began in the Sir John Borlase pub with a few pints and later moved on to Brassmonkey and Saint Bar for cocktails and general revelry. It was a very enjoyable evening and we [...]
Jan
29
Order, Order…
The long awaited parliamentary style debate between the Labour Society and the University’s Conservative Association took place on the evening of the 9th December in a furore of banter and heckling which any MP would be proud of. Tensions between the parties had been running high since the Politics Society’s ‘Question Time’ debate where [...]
Dec
10
Question Time Event
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On Tuesday 2nd December, Nottingham University Politics Society hosted its own ‘Question Time’ style evening. The presidents of every political society on campus comprised the panel: The Politics Society, Conservative Future, Labour Students and Young Greens. The addition of a chairman ensured a flowing debate.
Much amusement was caused by the absence of the Liberal Democrats [...]
Nov
25
At 3pm on the 25th November, less than 24 hours after Darling’s pre-budget report, seven members of the Nottingham University Conservative Association took their seats in the front rows of a conference room in Nottingham, ready to listen to Alan Duncan’s speech to business leaders from across the region.
The speech was frank and honest, from [...]
Nov
22
Big Delivery Weekend
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Today NUCA took part in the ‘Big Delivery Weekend’, delivering leaflets on behalf of Rowena Holland, PPC for Nottingham South.
We delivered 4 walks over the course of the day, which equates to around 400 houses- a good effort on a cold wintery day!
We were delivering in Clifton- an area about 15 minutes outside of Nottingham. [...]