http://www.nottinghamcf.co.uk Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:10:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en “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 ... http://www.nottinghamcf.co.uk/2009/11/greg_hands/ 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 ... http://www.nottinghamcf.co.uk/2009/11/this_term_so_far/   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- ... http://www.nottinghamcf.co.uk/2009/03/nuca-agm-100309/ 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 ... http://www.nottinghamcf.co.uk/2009/02/ken-clarke-mp-talk-and-launch-of-the-nottingham-branch-of-the-bow-group/ 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 ... http://www.nottinghamcf.co.uk/2009/02/roger-helmer-mep-talk-and-dinner/ 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 ... http://www.nottinghamcf.co.uk/2009/02/social-with-jonathan-isaby/ 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 ... http://www.nottinghamcf.co.uk/2009/01/conservative-vs-labour-debate-on-the-economy-a-review/ Tonight, the University of Nottingham Student’s Union Council voted NO to ID cards for foreign students and voted to lobby the government to abandon their plans. This is fantastic news for the people of Britain. It is also great that NUCA has not even run its NO2ID campaign yet, as it ... http://www.nottinghamcf.co.uk/2008/12/nottingham-su-says-no-to-id-cards/   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 ... http://www.nottinghamcf.co.uk/2008/12/question-time-event-2/     It is not possible to watch this video and fail to notice that Gordon Brown is simply reading off a speech, very quickly and without any sort of passion. He doesn’t care quite frankly about people losing their jobs and homes- he cares only about his own position on the ... http://www.nottinghamcf.co.uk/2008/12/the-queens-speech-responses/