Monthly Archives: October 2008

Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross; Enemies of the State?!

Another proud moment for a UCL alumnus… As many of you may well be aware questions are currently being asked of Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand after their recent stunt involving a prank call to Andrew Sachs, better known as Manuel from Fawlty Towers. The prank involved them calling up on a number of occassions and [...]

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Asking questions over financial crisis

It’s interesting to see where voters, unschooled in economics except by Robert Peston, place blame for the current financial crisis.  An opinion poll out yesterday by Channel 4 and YouGov found that 61% of people blamed ‘Banks in America and elsewhere lending irresponsibly’, whereas only 21% blamed the government. For Conservatives, it is essential that [...]

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Gordon Brown calls for Osborne investigation

Today Gordon Brown has stated his belief that George Osborne should be investigated over the ongoing scandal surrounding the alleged soliciting of money from Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska. No surprise that these calls also came on the day that he decided to finally admit that the country is heading for an economic recession Although the [...]

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Welcome to new members!

Firstly, on behalf of our committee, I would like to welcome all new members to the UCL Conservative Society. We have already had several events, including the ‘welcome drinks reception’, ‘Westminster pub crawl’ and launch of the CF ‘No2ID’ campaign. We have many more excellent events planned (one most weeks), which those on the mailing [...]

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