Conservative Future Edinburgh

Winning Tories!

2009-05-26T15:45:00.000-07:00

Yup that's right Edinburgh CF and Napier Conservative Association have done it again they have won yet another pub quiz.

This time in the Cumberland bar after a light evenings delivering of european pledges through letterboxes for the fantastic Mr McGill. It was a very close call with only one point in it but the team came through winners after a very tortuous round with confusing words which were supposed to be FABRICS! Not bad out of 15 teams :)

Sadly that is the last official student event of term however we will be updating you on the young professionals and returning students activities over the summer months. Dont forget to keep checking out blog and facebook for upcoming events. With a picnic in the meadows, at least two festivals, pig racing, a by-election or two plus numerous other social events it will be an exciting time.

If you are interested in youthful tory blogs keep an eye out for Tory Bear although sadly he is leaving Scotland for English pastures so the hunt is on for a new blogger extraordinaire.

Have a great summer :)

Breaking News - Cameron to reopen candidates list!

2009-05-24T09:53:00.000-07:00

Sunday, May 24 2009

David Cameron has announced that he will reopen the Conservative parliamentary candidates list.

In an interview on the Andrew Marr show, David said he wanted to “open up the talent that is available in Parliament".

And he urged people to apply for our candidates list even if they have never been involved in politics before:

“If you believe in public service, if you want to help us clean up politics, if you share our values come and be a Conservative candidate.”

http://www.conservatives.com/News/News_stories/2009/05/Cameron_reopens_candidates_list.aspx

What a wonderful world!

2009-05-20T14:21:00.000-07:00

Yes thats right...

The European Election are nearly upon us,
Perth Conference has had great reviews,
Conservative Future Scotland has a new team in place,
The Government is in turmoil,
The Speaker is resigning,
We may soon have another by-election,
Life is EXCITING...

So what can YOU do about it?

Well for starters...
If you can spare the time on Monday evening (the 25th) then your help would be really appreciated at Edinburgh North and Leith to deliver european pledges. Starting at 6pm in Northumberland street we will be finishing at an undisclosed location where beveridges will be consumed and a pub quiz will be partaken of.

Then for entrees
Struan's Stevenson's team are coming to Edinbrgh South on Thursday 28May from 9-10am in Morningside. They will have an 'AdVan' and will bedistributing leaflets and would like folk to join them. They will bemeeting at M&S Simply Food on Morningside Road.

Cameron Rose and Edinburgh South would love to have some sprightly young bodies on Friday the 29th of May and Saturday the 6th of June for lampost duty!

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The main dish of the day is currently the European Elections and all things associated.

The reason why we have so many bad politicians is because we don't scrutinise them enough when it comes to voting them in... that's why these European Elections are so important. With two Conservative MEPs in Scotland, we've managed to do the unthinkable and use the European Parliament as a force for positive change.

Struan Stevenson is one of the hardest working and most successful British MEPs and Belinda Don (hoping to replace John Purves, who retires next month) has been his right hand in the Edinburgh office; We must do everything we can to make sure they keep the flame of hope and change alive in Brussels.

To make sure this happens we're going to be stepping up the campaign on the last weekend of the election campaign (from Saturday 30th May) and it would be brilliant if you were able to lend a hand, whatever your speciality we've got something for you to use it on throughout the city; street stalls, envelope stuffing, leaflet delivering, phone canvassing and partying.

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If you prefer the alternative menu of socialising only then...

Firstly there is that afore mentioned pub quiz on Monday the 25th May,

Secondly we will be having a picnic in the meadows on the 6th of June where electioning/ politicing and anything serious need not be discussed.

Thirdly if you would prefer to plan for the end of June then make a note of the 26th when we will be heading to join the Edinburgh South Pig Race Night!

And finally looking into July (the 14th to be precise) it is about time for a summery dough experience at Pizza Express!

That's a fairly full menu/calendar to be getting on with so have a great summer and I look forward to seeing many of you at our forthcoming events.

Henrietta

New Beginnings

2009-05-18T18:41:00.000-07:00

CF Edinburgh will be updating its information in the next couple of days.

The Weeks Details

2008-11-03T16:39:00.000-08:00

Tuesday 4th November

3pm
Fancy a beer with the Foreign Secretary?
Ed Conservatives are are hosting an informal beer and sandwiches with Sir Malcolm Rifkind the former Foreign Secretary.Grab a beer and come along to the Library Bar Lounge in Teviot at three. The sarnies are on them...

11pm
Late night USA
Ed Conservatives are congressing in Teviot for a USA Election Results party. All welcome to attend. You'll be able to spot them as they'll be the only ones with the McCain tshirts and signs!

Saturday 8th November

8pm - 12am
Crowdie House Ceilidh
Lothian's Conservation Volunteers are holding a charity ceilidh in the Southside Community Centre, Nicholson Street, Edinburgh. Tickets £8.00 /£6.00 concession. Join CF members for a fun night of ceilidh dancing with a great band. A bar will be available. Hope to see you there!

Wednesday 12th November

9.30pm
Tory Trivia
Join CF members in the golf tavern to take part in the inimitable quiz. It's time the tories came first again! Golf Tavern, 30-31 Wright’s Houses, Edinburgh.

Concise Conservatism

2008-11-02T15:36:00.000-08:00

Or rather an update on the current goings on!

Past:

The Boldest I' Birmingham
The Core I' Central Office
The Damndest I' Drinking n Dancing
The Eves I' Eventful
The Force I' Forth
The Friends I' Facebooking
The Gang I' The Glen
The Hags I' Halloween
The Incomers I' Innocent
The Loners I' Leafletting
The Members I' Memorable
The Newbies I' The New Club
The Oldies I' Organising
The Protesters I' The Parliment
The Quota I' The Quizzes
The Rest I' Resourceful
The Strongest I' Scottish Conference
The Totties I' Tory Bear's Party
The Underdogs I' Undervalued
The Veritable I' The Volunteering
The Wimmen I' The Writing
The X's I' X Ballot Papers
The Young'uns I' Yearning
The Z's I' Zonked at the end o this past month!

Present Elections:

Still GLENROTHES till 6th Nov... GO MAURICE GO!

Still FORTH till 6th Nov... GO IAIN GO!

Still GLASGOW till 6th Nov... GO JOHN GO!

Forthcoming Elections:

East Ayrshire - Ballochmyle Ward date now set at 11th December... Eric Jackson standing

Dates for your Diary:

TUESAY 4TH NOVEMBER
BEER WITH THE FOREIGN SECRETARY 3PM
USA ELECTION RESULTS 11PM

SATURDAY 8TH NOVEMBER
CROWDIE HOUSE CEILIDH 8PM

WEDNESDAY 12TH NOVEMBER
TORY TRIVIA IN THE GOLF TAVERN 9.30PM

TUESDAY 18TH NOVEMBER
CINEMATICS - WIT, POLITICS OR HISTORY 8PM

THURSDAY 27TH NOVEMBER
POKER POLITICS IN THE MANOR 8PM

SATURDAY 29TH NOVEMBER
CONSERVATIVE FUTURE SCOTLAND CONFERENCE

Phew - What a month to come!

Tory Revelry

2007-09-25T18:36:00.000-07:00

With a new batch of Tory students arriving in Edinburgh at all 4 of its universities, CFE is planning a big get together to welcome everyone into the fold. We have hired out the top floor of the Tun for an evening of merriment and socialising. For those of you who are unaware The Tun is the big complex round the corner from the Scottish Parliament. We'll be there from 7.30 and look forward to seeing you there. Feel free to pass the invite on and bring a friend along.

The important information at your fingertips

Date - Thursday 4th October
Time - 7.30pm till late
Venue - The Tun
Conditions - None - All students, non-students and small animals allowed for a top night of true blue revelry.

I hope that everyone has had a wonderful summer and look forward to seeing you in the near future.

Henrietta (Chairperson Conservative Future Edinburgh)

Conservative Future Edinburgh So Far

2007-08-05T13:00:00.000-07:00

I thought it was about time for a small update on the workings of Edinburgh so here goes.

Since the proposed committee meeting there have been two official informal events of magnanimous proportions or rather at least 15 people turned up to socialise at both gatherings.

The first was a collection of souls to celbrate the end of the Blairism era. This occured within the wonderful Dragonfly establishment situated at West Port on the 27th of June. Various pieces of photographic evidence are viewable on facebook in Mr Fells Random 2007 album and may in time be transferrred to other deadly locations.

The second was a congregation in the Queens Arms on the 18th of July. This event was proposed to explore the intricacies of the Indian independance bill, the introduction of the secret ballot act and the unveiling of the Cenotaph. The revellers were encouraged to acquire stamped drinking cards and participate in the establishments trivia challenge. An important point to note #Conservative team table 5 were the winners of the challenge gaining free beveridges!#

Other events that CFEdinburgh members have attended are the Scotia Pride event and the Opening of the Scottish Parliament. At the Scotia Pride event CFEdinburgh members were in charge of the Conservative stall. We were the only political party there with a sponsered stall and the feedback about LGBTory was excellent.

It was nice to see so many people at the Parliament opening and we were joined by a member of Conservative Future Glasgow to help with the waving of the Union Jack's, Saltire's and a Falkland Flag. There was considerable shock amongst the gathering when a particular male declined the acceptance of a union flag.

I think that is about it for updating you of CFE activities for just now. Our next event will be a picnic in the Meadows on the 12th of August.

Have a lovely summer enjoying the ocassional glimpses of summer sunshine.

Henrietta (Chair Edinburgh Conservative Future)

CFE Elections

2007-06-09T08:28:00.000-07:00

On the 2nd of June 2007 Conservative Future Edinburgh held their AGM. The newly elected CFE committee is as follows.

Lady Chair	Secretary	Treasurer
Henrietta Shaw	Marcus McLean	vacant
Political Officer	Social Officer	Publicity

Tim Fell	Tom Inglis	Ruth Whitfield

Ordinary 1	Ordinary 2	Ordinary 3

Amie Barnes	Steven Binney	Lewis Watson

The first committee meeting will be on Monday the 11th of June and I hope to be able to update you with future events shortly.

Update

2007-06-09T07:40:00.000-07:00

It has been far to long since this blog has been updated and a lot of things have happened.

Morning Surprise - Megaphones plus tories in a field!

Union Party - Flags booze dancing and a pink guitar!

Union Speech - British beliefs and bread and butter issues

CFS Rally - Wonderful day and Annabel's abode traumatised!

Cameron Visit - Glasgow's finest hour

Poster Propaganda - Sticky situations and Ladder shinanigans

Polling Day - Freezing stations and Telephone nightmares

Scottish Parliamentary Results - Ceiling troubles and Noise pollution

Aftermath - Thankyou bonanza and National horror

That about sums up the past month.