Monthly Archives: November 2009

Slight change of plan

At the last UCL event it was mentioned that this week’s event is to be a pub quiz. Sadly due to lack of available facilities in the UCL area this has been cancelled on the Tuesday night and instead moved to thursday night. For those who want to take part you need to meet at [...]

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John Major reception and dinner

Yesterday evening the Student branch of the Tory Reform Group held their drinks receiption with former Prime Minister John Major. The event took place in Royal Overseas Club where students had the opportunity to mingle with other STRG members prior to Sir John’s arrival, enjoy a glass of wine or juice and meet the former [...]

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Jeremy Hunt at UCL

Last night Jeremy Hunt MP was our guest speaker at our weekly drinks receiption. The event began with a very interesting speech about the role of the Minister for Culture, Media and Sport before moving on to an extensive Q and A session. In his speech Mr. Hunt mentioned some ideas and schemes that he [...]

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Campaigning Info

Hey, As you may have noticed I have set up a campaign page on or website. This will be updated weekly with the upcoming campigning events. It would be great for as many of you to volunteer as possible, remember you often get free pub lunch and the opportunity to work with and meet some [...]

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This week’s events

Just a quick post to remind you all that at UCL tomorrow night we will be hosting a drinks receiption with Jeremy Hunt MP. Mr Hunt is the Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and MP for South West Surrey. He has taught English in Japan, worked in PR and founded the [...]

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Tis the season to be jolly

Following the success of last year’s Christmas dinner UCL Conservative Society has decided to host another this year. The 2009 Society Christmas Dinner  will be  Tuesday 15th December and the cost is £16.25 for a 4 course meal. You must book by Tuesday 1st December. Pay online at this link here Please email the Society [...]

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Student TRG Reception With Sir John Major – Next Wednesday

All UCL Conservative Society friends and members are invited to the Student Tory Reform Group reception on Wednesday 25th November with Sir John Major, former Prime Minister. For further details see http://www.trg.org.uk/index.php/student_trg I will be selling tickets at the Jeremy Hunt event. For further details email i.martin@ucl.ac.uk Iain Martin (UCL Conservative Treasurer and Student TRG [...]

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Attitudes to Leaders

The culture of different countries has always interested me and is one reason for why I decided to study foreign languages, by looking at other countries we can see difference as well as the similarities between us and work out what is unique about our country, in things like cuisine, language and in our attitudes [...]

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Normal Service has ressumed

In the past week you may have noticed that there have been a few technical problems with the blog. Do not fear they have been ironed out and we are now back to normal service. Keep checking here for posts about up coming events, reviews of past events and posts about life, the universe and [...]

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Armistace Day

The start of November is a time of remembering. As the last leaves fall from the trees and the temperature steadily falls we, the British public, first celebrate Bonfire Night, remembering the failled attempt to blow up Parliament by Guy Fawkes and a group of other revolutionaries, then we turn our thoughts to Rememberance Sunday [...]

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