Monthly Archives: December 2009

Season’s Greetings

On behalf of the Committee I would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! See you all in 2010!

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Christmas Dinner Review

Last night saw the UCL Conservatives meet in the Marlborough Arms for the annual Christmas Dinner. Amassing in a back-room of the pub, we sat down to a banquet of four courses that was in store. The food came thick and fast, with the starters flying everywhere with such speed that some had to make [...]

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The Great Fiscal Cop-Out

Well it is admittedly not quite what I had predicted, though that certainly doesn’t mean I am pleasantly surprised. The monotonous tone of delivery that Mr Darling seems to specialise in should not distract us from what has happened in today’s pre-budgetary report. And what has happened is that the government has clearly stuck the [...]

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David Willetts at UCL

Last night UCL Conservatives hosted a festive drinks receiption of mulled wine and mince pies with our guest speaker David Willetts MP. Due to the festivities occuring in the quad there was a slight mix up with meeting him and for a few minutes we were slightly worried as to how we were going to [...]

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Campaigning in Holborn & St Pancras this weekend

Hey all, George Lee, our candidate in Holborn & St Pancras at the next general election, is campaigning this weekend (12th and 13th) in Highgate and Bloomsbury. On Saturday he’s in Highgate canvassing between 10 and 2 (meet at Archway Tube Station at 10am) and on Sunday he’s canvassing in Bloomsbury between 10 and 2 [...]

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Labour’s Pre-Budgetary Plans

Labour’s Pre-Budgetary Plans or why we can’t trust the Government to get it right We are doubtless all familiar with the mantra which was, until very recently, one of Gordon Brown’s favourite sayings. This is of course that Labour would invest in spending while the Tories would cut it. It was not until poll after [...]

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Upcoming Event

This is just a quick post reminder that tomorrow UCLU Conservative Society will be hosting a drinks reception with David Willetts MP for Havant and Shadow Secretary for Innovation, Universities and Skills. Particularly relevant for us as we are a University society. The event will be taking place in the Wilkins Garden Room beginning at [...]

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Fancy a change of routine?

Hi Everyone! This coming Tuesday, I am proposing something a little different after David Willetts- courtesy of the SOAS Conservatives! We have been warmly invited to their social at Mahiki (probably to start around 10.30pm) and I would suggest we go along for a lovely change and night out! There is however a £10 entry [...]

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Last chance!

Hi Everyone! This is a last call out for anyone that would like to come to the Christmas Dinner on the 15th of December. We are going to extend the deadline to MIDNIGHT, FRIDAY 4TH to buy your tickets AND email me your menu choices. If you do not email me your menu choices, I [...]

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