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Sunday, April 04, 2010

How to join the voluntary party's national tour of battleground seats

With the starting whistle on the general election campaign finally expected to be blown on Tuesday, months, indeed years, of campaign planning will finally be put into action by Conservative activists on the ground up and down the country.

Whilst the vast majority of party members will be devoting their efforts to their own constituency or a nearby target seat, there is also the opportunity to join the General Election Volunteer Tour being led by senior members of the voluntary party.

It is the brainchild of Jeremy Middleton, the chairman of the National Convention, and is being led by Emma Pidding and Simon Mort, two Past Presidents of the National Convention, who will be spending the campaign taking a campaigning tour of volunteers to battleground seats across the nation.

Emma explains:

Picture 1 "We will cover three (occasionally two, where geography dictates) target seats, six days a week. Visits will be quick, hard-hitting and effective. The objective of the tour is to galvanise volunteer support in as many battleground seats as possible. This tour is, of course, on top of the majority of the work volunteers will already be doing in the target seats. The itinerary will be fed through the Regional and Area chain as seats come up in the plan. It will commence on Tuesday 6th April through until Wednesday 5th May."

Anyone wanting to join the tour should email Simon Mort.

Jonathan Isaby

Posted at 12:41 in Campaign materials, Party democracy and membership | | Comments (15)

Saturday, February 27, 2010

Results of the elections to the National Conservative Convention

News reaches me via Twitter of the results of this year's elections of the officers of the National Conservative Convention, who will sit on the Board of the party for the coming year as the representatives of the voluntary party.

Jeremy Middleton was elected unopposed as chairman, as was Charles Barwell for the role of President.

There were five candidates for the three vacancies as Vice Presidents; the following were successful:

  • Charles Heslop
  • Fiona Hodgson
  • Paul Swaddle

Congratulations to them all.

Jonathan Isaby

Posted at 12:06 in Party democracy and membership | | Comments (40)

Local associations raised £25 million last year

Picture 15 This morning, Jeremy Middleton, the Chairman of the National Conservative Convention, has published his annual report to the meeting of the Convention at the spring conference in Brighton.

You can download the report in full here.

His report makes the point that the party membership is the lifeblood of the party, which contributed so much to the local, European and by-election victories over the last twelve months - and indeed will be crucial to the general election effort over the coming weeks. The report does not, however, tell us how many members there actually are.

But it does highlight the fact that local associations raised £25 million over the last year, most of it in modest donations. This is only goes to further back up Tim's point this morning that the vast majority of money funding campaigning on the ground is not coming from the centre.

Jonathan Isaby

Posted at 11:02 in Party democracy and membership, Party funding | | Comments (40)

Monday, February 08, 2010

The homophobic, sexist and racist Tory grassroots?

The Tory grassroots are one of the last groups that it is acceptable to mock and caricature but there is more and more evidence that they deserve a much better press.

Yesterday Jonathan Isaby published an analysis of seat selections in top and target seats. He showed that of 51 selections in Tory-held seats during this Parliament, 31.4% of selected candidates were women and 7.8% from a minority background. This is not the false progress that would have been produced by All Women Shortlists but, then again, who wants another generation of 'Blair Babes'? Tory members are choosing women and minority candidates in roughly the same proportion as they are applying to be on the overall candidates list. It's not stratospheric progress but it is sustainable progress because the women and minorities who will form about 20% of the next parliamentary Conservative Party will all be there on merit.

At the weekend Therese Coffey won the battle to succeed John Gummer as MP for Suffolk Coastal. Her Euroscepticism and Thatcherite style won over an Association that didn't care if she was a man or a woman. They liked her politics. Second in that selection was Nadhim Zahawi.

Sajid Javid was selected for Bromsgrove. He is the third candidate from a Muslim background to be selected for a top target or Tory-held seat. Already selected is Zahid Iqbal in Bradford West and Rehman Chisti in Gillingham.

Party members are also selecting gay candidates in the safest seats. Nick Boles in Grantham being the most prominent example but there are numerous others.

The average Tory member is blind to the colour and gender of the people that want to be their MP. If their politics are right they'll happily embrace them. Given that the average Tory activist gives so much time freely to the party - without any hope of reward - it's beyond time that they got a little more respect.

Tim Montgomerie

Posted at 08:50 in Candidates, Party democracy and membership | | Comments (139)

Thursday, November 26, 2009

Tory members expect "too many tax rises" and little change in Britain's relationship with Europe from a Conservative government

In the final survey of grassroots opinion that ConservativeHome will be publishing this side of the General Election we find members in a sobre mood when it comes to their expectations of what a Conservative government will achieve regarding tax and Europe.

73% are “worried that George Osborne will not cut spending enough but will instead attempt to trim the deficit by too many tax increases”. This worry is reasonable given (a) the long period in which George Osborne resisted pleas to break free of Labour's spending plans and (b) the fact that the party has not yet outlined many sizeable spending cuts.

We then asked "If the Conservative Party wins the next election what do you think Britain's relationship with Europe will be like after David Cameron has completed a full term as Prime Minister?" These were the answers:

  • 20% feared "even more powers will have been lost to Europe";
  • 20% agreed that "the UK-EU relationship will be about the same";
  • 41% answered that "a few powers will be won back but nothing significant";
  • 13% thought that "significant powers will have been won back";
  • 6% answered that "Britain will be on the verge of leaving the EU".

In one sense these results will reassure the Tory leadership. One of the explanations for President Obama's fall in popularity has been inflated and difficult-to-meet expectations. A desire to get rid of Brown will drive Tory voters to the ballot box in large numbers next year and so the 'enthusiasm deficit' isn't a worry yet. Nonetheless, in the longer term, the party needs to give its core vote more good reasons to keep turning out for Conservative candidates. ConHome's Shoestring manifesto offered some suggestions in that regard.

Tim Montgomerie

> The shadow cabinet league table for November 

Posted at 08:24 in ConservativeHome Members' Panel, Europe, Party democracy and membership, Tax and spending | | Comments (128)

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Edward McMillan-Scott has been expelled from the Conservative Party

Edward McMillan-Scott MEP - accused by William Hague of "individual glorification" in his attempt to smear Michael Kaminski - has today been formally expelled from the Conservative Party.  I'm expecting a statement soon.

Picture 11 He was due to speak on the Party Conference fringe (hat tip Sally Roberts) at 5.30pm on the Tuesday.  I intend to be there if he has the audacity to turn up but he may have had his pass withdrawn.

Tim Montgomerie

PICKLES ERIC NW 5.15pm: Statement from Eric Pickles:

“William Hague wrote to Mr McMillan-Scott in August setting out the conditions under which the whip would be restored and warning that if he failed to undertake these actions, further steps would be taken. He has failed to respond to any of these conditions and therefore his membership of the party has been revoked.” 

Wednesday morning: Edward McMillan-Scott MEP reacts to his expulsion from the Conservative Party in a BBC interview.

Posted at 17:00 in Europe, Party democracy and membership | | Comments (117)

Sunday, September 06, 2009

Party membership has fallen by "almost a quarter" under David Cameron's leadership

CameronLookingRight The Independent on Sunday today publishes an analysis of Conservative Party membership figures, based on information provided in accounts from 229 local Associations to the Electoral Commission over the last four years (The report also features an unflattering photo of a "less-than-riveted party member" asleep at last year's conference who bears more than a passing resemblance to Tony Baldry MP...).

Its conclusion is that membership has fallen by almost a quarter during the period which David Cameron has led the party:

"Although the Tories have enjoyed a huge opinion-poll lead for several months, they have not been able to translate the surge in popularity into an increase in membership on the scale experienced by Labour during Tony Blair's early years in charge.

"The total membership in more than 200 constituency associations – barely a third of the overall number – who provided relevant figures to the elections watchdog fell from 185,000 to 145,000 between December 2005 and December 2008. The constituencies experiencing falls include "safe" seats, the bases of shadow Cabinet members and target seats that must be taken if the Tories are to win the next general election."

Am I surprised about this? Well, not really.

Last month Tim asked What is the point of being a Tory member? and cited a series of members' rights which have been taken away over recent years - mostly surrounding the power to select and deselect elected representatives.

And John Strafford covered similar ground just a couple of weeks ago in his Platform piece, The decline and death of Party membership - Why should anyone now be a member of the Conservative Party?

I should say in all fairness, however, that not only has there been a longstanding downward trend in membership over a period of years and indeed decades, but that this trend is equally apparent in parties across the political spectrum.

Jonathan Isaby 

Posted at 07:39 in Party democracy and membership | | Comments (137)

Wednesday, September 02, 2009

Please submit your ideas for 'the grassroots manifesto'

Over this 'Mission Week' we are highlighting some of ConservativeHome's biggest themes:

  • We began on Monday with Frank Field MP writing about the need for reform of the teaching of history. This forms part of our hope that patriotism will be a big part of the next Tory manifesto. Jeremy Hunt added to the theme yesterday with a Platform piece on British sport and today Brandon Lewis writes about British tourism.
  • Yesterday I published a draft speech for David Cameron's Party Conference speech.  The speech contained many of ConHome's favourite themes including the need for much more honesty about the public finances, the need for a fair sharing of the pain of austerity and, third, a balanced conservatism that blends the traditional and modern dimensions of our politics - not least social justice and social conservatism.  The idea that there are massive tensions between the different conservative traditions is nonsense.

Part III of this 'Mission Week' is the next stage of our championing of the Tory grassroots.

Grassroots Up until now we have sought to represent the grassroots in three main ways:

  • Monthly polling of a panel of members (a panel that very accurately predicted the outcome of the 2005 leadership election). We poll on policy and grassroots' members' views of shadow ministers' performance.
  • Protecting the rights of members in internal party elections and selections. We won victories in 2005 on the party leadership and since then against the party's efforts to keep the A-list secret and as the only mechanism through which Associations could choose candidates.  We have been defeated on MEP selection and by new efforts by the party leadership to centralise shortlisting. 
  • To counter the way many in the media caricature the grassroots.  We will continue to argue that Tory members are much more enlightened and much more balanced in their views than is regularly suggested.

Throughout September we will be conducting a weekly poll rather than a monthly poll in order to have the very latest information on what most concerns the people who give so freely and energetically to the Tory cause.  The results will form a little blue book we will be publishing on the eve of Tory conference.  Please use the thread below to suggest questions that we should ask.

Tim Montgomerie

Posted at 12:14 in ConservativeHome Members' Panel, Mission Week, Party democracy and membership | | Comments (116)

Thursday, August 06, 2009

Will the next Tory leader be chosen by an open primary election? (And if they are what is the point of being a Tory member?)

I've been largely off duty for the last 48 hours and have missed the opportunity to say what Jonathan Isaby has already said about the Totnes primary result.  I'll simply copy & paste the words that appear in a leading article in The Independent:

"In the present climate of wide disaffection with politicians, any innovation that can generate public participation in politics is welcome. Ms Wollaston will go into the next general election having been selected by 7,914 of her fellow constituents, rather than a local party of 700 members. That can only be healthy for our democracy. Open primaries are not the only reform needed to reinvigorate our stagnant political culture. But they are an excellent start."

Picture 14 The open primary process does have significant implications for being a party member, however (as John Strafford made clear in this radio discussion).  Why would anyone want to be a member?

  • Membership was once necessary to be a parliamentary candidate but this summer David Cameron opened up the list to non-members.  Is that a permanent change?
  • Michael Howard tried to remove members' decisive say in the leadership election in 2005.  He nearly succeeded.
  • Members were stripped of the power to deselect sitting MEPs by John Maples MP and the Party Board.
  • Members are not only going to lose the decisive say in selections if open primaries become the norm (I actually support that) but (something I don't support) they are also losing the power to shortlist.
  • The Heartland magazine that members received during William Hague's time as leader has been scrapped.
  • The affinity rewards for members are okay but not special.

I have mixed feelings on all this. ConHome partly exists to champion the rights of party members (and to counter the way they are caricatured) but it's also true that mass membership parties are a thing of the past. The internet will change the nature of democracy. There are so many issues here but before we get to the stage where the next Tory leader is elected by a national open primary election [it's not impossible that Brown's Labour successor might be chosen that way] there should at least be a debate as to whether we want membership of the Conservative Party to still be a meaningful thing?

Tim Montgomerie

Posted at 09:49 in Party democracy and membership | | Comments (167)

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Edward McMillan-Scott MEP must be expelled from the Conservative Party

48 hours ago I Tweeted that Edward McMillan-Scott MEP had been expelled from the Conservative Party.  I was misinformed and misinformed readers in the process.  All that has happened so far is that he has had the whip withdrawn.

EMS has been a good champion of human rights issues but his recent actions mean that he deserves expulsion from the party.

He was elected on a pledge to leave the EPP and join the new grouping that David Cameron promised to establish (the European Conservatives and Reformists group has it has been titled).  He publicly agreed with that commitment and was put at the top of Yorkshire regional list as a result.

Within two weeks of being re-elected he was attacking the new group and then, on Tuesday, stood against the new group's candidate for Vice President of the European Parliament.  If it had not been for the selflessness of Timothy Kirkhope and Geoffrey Van Orden in standing aside for Michal Kaminski MEP there was a real danger of a serious rupture in the new group.

As far as I'm concerned Mr McMillan-Scott has acted dishonourably in signing a pledge that he had no intention of properly honouring.  He became a Conservative MEP on false pretences and must now pay a heavy price for his conduct.  There is already a suspicion that Europhiles are being given preferential treatment.  Ken Clarke joined the shadow cabinet although he disagrees with party policy on Europe.  Fair enough but the same freedom is not given to Better Off Out members who are banned from joining Cameron's frontbench.  Party democracy was subverted in the MEP selection process to protect MEPs like EMS from scrutiny by members.  Stuart Wheeler and Lord Kalms paid heavy prices for their failure to toe the line but they were always 100% open about their intentions.  EMS has not behaved with integrity and must be expelled from the Conservative Party.

Tim Montgomerie

Posted at 22:11 in Europe, Party democracy and membership | | Comments (135)

Thursday, June 11, 2009

"Turn a blind eye" to Tory UKIP voters says Brian Binley MP

BINLEY-BRIAN Lord Kalms was the latest Conservative Party member to be expelled for voting UKIP in last Thursday's elections but, on the Cornerstone blog, Brian Binley MP urges the Tory leadership to turn a blind eye on Tory members 'lending their vote' to other parties:

"A number of my very good supporters have already told me that they voted UKIP in the Euro elections because they wanted to make a point. I am now in a quandary.  Do we kick them out of the local party or do I keep quiet?  Well, I am obviously not keeping quiet.  So what should the party do?  If its got any sense at all, it should recognise that occasionally good Tories, for their own good reasons, will vote in a way the party doesn’t like. Tough!  The party better get used to it or create a policy which those good Tories can support."

Tim Montgomerie

Posted at 12:44 in Party democracy and membership, UKIP | | Comments (133)

Friday, June 05, 2009

Lord Kalms to be expelled

KALMS STANLEY I report this news with a heavy heart but I can't quarrel with the party's decision. You can't advocate supporting another party and remain a Conservative member.

Former Tory Treasurer Lord Kalms advocated a vote for UKIP on Sky News earlier in the week and said that he was "lending" his vote to Nigel Farage's anti-EU party.

I was a huge beneficiary of Lord Kalms' generosity.  In 2000 he gave me the first of three £100,000 cheques to run the Renewing One Nation unit at Conservative Central Office.  With Robert Halfon, Peter Franklin, Cameron Watt and Guy Hordern we worked hard to start the work that Philippa Stroud, IDS and the whole Centre for Social Justice team have taken to a much higher level.  I will always be grateful for the trust he placed in me.

He was also the chief funder of Business for Sterling.  B4£ turned the tide on the Euro - showing that business didn't want it.

A great businessman.  A serious philanthropist (Eric Pickles knows that from his role in setting up the City Technology College in Bradford while he led the council).

He is a big loss to our party.  I hope he doesn't join UKIP.  I hope he'll return with Stuart Wheeler some day in the future.

Tim Montgomerie

Posted at 16:52 in Compassionate conservatism, Party democracy and membership, UKIP | | Comments (69)

Thursday, May 21, 2009

MacKay must go if Tories are serious about cleaning up Parliament

Jonathan blogged late yesterday evening on David Cameron's effective sacking of Peter Viggers.  CCHQ has spun the same message to lots of newspapers this morning.  The Sun is typical:

"Sir Peter, the MP for Gosport, was told to retire or be thrown out of the party by leader David Cameron. His claims included a £1,645 floating “duck island” for his pond."

MACKAY ANDREW ConHome never believed that repayments were enough and it's good to see David Cameron hardening his stance.  What I cannot understand, however, is why Peter Viggers (duck island within £30,000 of gardening claims) is a more serious offender than Andrew MacKay (claiming £283,000 with Julie Kirkbride for two second homes).  Both acted within the rules but both acted completely against the spirit of those rules.  Is it simply because the duck island thing creates a bigger headline?  I regard the expulsion of Andrew MacKay as a Tory candidate as a test of the leadership's seriousness.  Friends of the leader can't be seen to be getting special treatment.

Local Tories can, of course, deselect Andrew MacKay.  Many media outlets are concluding that MPs are safe from deselection if they get the backing of their Association officers.  Not true.  If deselection happens it will be because the wider Association revolts.  A strict censure from the party leader's scrutiny committee might be enough to trigger some deselections but much more likely is that the mere likelihood of a deselection consent will produce a pre-emptive resignation.  That seems to have been the story behind the resignations of Douglas Hogg and Anthony Steen.  Both won backing from their Association big wigs but grumblings from their Association at large caused them to go quietly.  John Strafford writes a guide to deselection on Platform today if any readers are looking for inspiration.

McLOUGHLIN PATRICK 2 The encouragement of certain MPs to go quietly is being coordinated by Patrick McLoughlin, the Chief Whip.  Mr McLoughlin - who some thought would be usurped by Andrew MacKay as Cameron's Chief Whip - should the Tories win the next General Election - has been doing a "magnificent behind-the-scenes job" according to one member of the shadow cabinet.  His stock has risen markedly in recent times, I'm told.

A few other quick thoughts...

  • Good to see our candidates taking the initiative in setting out their own code of conduct on expenses should they be elected.  See this, for example, from Simon Hoare in Cardiff South & Penarth.
  • Bill Wiggin's mortgage misclaiming does seem to be a genuine administrative error and The Telegraph's suggestion that his case is similar to that of Elliot Morley and David Chaytor is a very unfair charge.  Mr Wiggin issued a statement yesterday evening (satisfactorily) explaining himself (see end of this post).
  • Middleton Jeremy I understand from a third party that the new Chairman of the National Convention Jeremy Middleton has been pressing hard for grassroots representation on the leader's scrutiny committee and that that representation will be delivered.  Good news.  It's important that the Westminster village involves wider voters in this process.
  • JuryTeam is getting its act together.  Esther Rantzen appeared at its launch yesterday and former Tory MP and Treasury minister Philip Oppenheim is threatening to stand if disgraced MPs stand again.  Another reason for David Cameron's purge to be thorough.

Tim Montgomerie

Posted at 09:02 in Parliamentarians' duties and remuneration, Party democracy and membership | | Comments (116)

Monday, May 18, 2009

Cameron: A vote for the Conservatives on 4th June will be a vote for a General Election NOW

Picture 60 Launching the Conservative Party's European Election campaign the Conservative leader repeated the key themes of the MEPs' campaign and then went on to issue three main messages:

1. The need for a General Election now would be the theme of the Tory campaign.  Every Tory activist will ask voters to sign a petition calling for an immediate election.  He said that voters shouldn't let Gordon Brown off the hook by voting for fringe candidates.  You can sign the petition here.

2. He said that Associations had the power to deselect MPs. Deselections could begin with (a) an Association Chairman's initiative, (b) with a petition from fifty local members or 10% of the membership (whatever is the smaller) or (c) with an instruction from the Party Board.  After MPs have come before the independent scrutiny board and had their expenses examined the Party Board may instigate the beginnings of deselection procedures.  Very welcome.

3. UKIP are not worthy of voters' trust, he said. Britain elected 12 UKIP MEPs last time but four of them disappeared some to prison, some to right-wing lunacy. They failed to protect British fishermen. They voted to get rid of the protections for Stilton cheese and Newcastle Brown Ale. The final word should go to Robert Kilroy-Silk, he said.  Mr Kilroy-Silk called UKIP "nutters".

Tim Montgomerie

Download a PDF of the Europe Manifesto.

5.15pm WATCH DAVID CAMERON'S CALL FOR ELECTION

Posted at 15:35 in Europe, Parliamentarians' duties and remuneration, Party democracy and membership, UKIP | | Comments (72)

The Conservatives could be Rantzen-ed if we do not clean house before a General Election

A senior aide to David Cameron told me over the weekend that the Conservative leader agrees with Tory members that repayment of wrongly claimed allowances is not going to be enough to meet the public mood.

Yesterday, I set out five things that David Cameron needs to do next:

1TO5 All those things - particularly number one - need to happen BEFORE a General Election.  The party cannot go into an election with the likes of Andrew MacKay and Julie Kirkbride remaining as Tory MPs.  Today's Daily Mail reports that Esther Rantzen is considering running against disgraced Labour MP Margaret Moran:

"Miss Rantzen acknowledged that the MP had agreed to hand back the cash. 'She may think this is enough. Her constituents, however, may beg to differ - and if they do, I am more than happy to offer myself up as an alternative."

BellRantzenThe former That's Life presenter "urged anti-sleaze campaigner Martin Bell - who famously unseated the former Tory MP Neil Hamilton in Tatton - to produce a guide to political novices on how to beat MPs."  She told the Mail: "Surely Mr Bell could now offer a new generation of hopefuls a few tips on how it's done? Because frankly we are sick of so many of our party political MPs, and their ghastly conspiracy to extract as much money from us as possible."

The internet makes it very easy for such "a new generation of hopefuls" to emerge.  The Sun suggests that Mr Cameron will call for an immediate General Election.  He shouldn't want that election until he has cleaned up his own house.

Tim Montgomerie

Posted at 07:51 in Conservative strategy, Parliamentarians' duties and remuneration, Party democracy and membership, Party funding | | Comments (52)

Thursday, May 14, 2009

'Paying back' isn't going to be enough, MPs should not feel that they are safe from deselection

Demos is totting up the amount of taxpayers' money that MPs are repaying.  More than £111,000 so far.

"Payback" was the dominant theme of David Cameron's Tuesday press conference and he won very favourable press coverage for his impressive leadership on the issue.  He said on Tuesday that he would be saying more on the cost of politics and at PMQs yesterday he was arguing for the abolition of the £10,000pa Communications Allowance (currently used by all but 21 Tory MPs) and repeating his call for a 10% cut in the number of MPs.

David Cameron is wise to avoid saying too much too soon but I'm far from convinced that apologies and paying back are going to satisfy a very angry public.  Two leading commentators agree:

  • Ben Brogan: "Do you know any other walk of life where actions which that might deserve the scrutiny of the authorities could be explained away with an "oops!" and a cheque?"
  • Stephen Glover: "Just saying sorry is not enough. MPs who have abused their expenses have to be sorry.  All these effusions of sorrow, from people who the day before yesterday did not seem particularly sorry, and appeared sometimes positively unsorry, seems to me more than slightly fishy."

If no MPs resign or are fired over all of this the public will not believe that anything has really changed.  There are no open and shut cases for discipline on the Tory benches - unlike Labour where Elliot Morley surely cannot survive - and that's why I think Cameron should keep the idea of a special deselection window open.  There's something not quite right about Westminster politicians making all the calls on this issue.  Involving local party members in deciding if their MPs are still worthy representatives could, I believe, be an important way of protecting the party from Martin Bell-style candidates.  Part of the reason for misbehaviour by MPs is that too many think they are in safe seats.  They shouldn't think that.  Readoption shouldn't be automatic.  Local constituencies need more powers to deselect MPs who are no longer adequate worthy ambassadors for the Conservative Party. 

Tim Montgomerie

Posted at 07:12 in Parliamentarians' duties and remuneration, Party democracy and membership | | Comments (62)

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

David Cameron should require all questionable MPs to be readopted or deselected

Inspired by Harry Benson my suggested solution to this problem of ethically questionable but legal behaviour would be to allow Conservative Associations to hold extraordinary meetings to decide whether they want their Honourable Members to remain as their candidates.  The reselection window should be opened immediately after the European Elections and closed by the end of July.  Local members are best placed to decide if MPs' misbehaviour is of sufficient seriousness to merit their deselection.  Some of the process would be messy but it would be fast, democratic and by 'clearing house' could ensure that candidates at the next election have the confidence of the grassroots.  I think we might see a few pre-emptive resignations.

What do people think?

Tim Montgomerie

12.05am postscript: David Cameron should announce the initiative with a powerful statement of his determination to ensure that every voter in the country has the choice of a Conservative candidate who has integrity.

Posted at 11:44 in Parliamentarians' duties and remuneration, Party democracy and membership | | Comments (109)

Monday, May 04, 2009

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