At the Ringwood Conservative Club on Friday 27th April, I set out the Government’s achievements, consistent with Conservative Values in its first Parliamentary session which ended on 1 May 2012, In defining Conservative Values I have chosen the 7 externally focused values in Built to Last which was the document produced by the Party in 2006 which set out our vision and our aims.
Uniquely, this document was voted on by rank-and-file Party members and approved by them: just under 93% of those who voted approved it. It is a good way therefore, of showing to those party members who believe either that we have been forced away from our core values by the Coalition or that we have simply drifted, that we are delivering against the values they voted for. Several members present asked that this be made available on the Association Website and be circulated with the monthly activist email. Here it is.
Cllr Goff Beck (Barton & Becton Branch) recounts a recent and exciting trip to Parliament - and invites you to join him later this year on a repeat journey.
Our MP Desmond Swayne writes about welfare dependency in light of the Welfare Bill going to the Lords this week.
Desmond Swayne's talks about how he is wholly opposed to human rights legislation which gives creative opportunities to judges to place some people above the law.
All political parties agreed that it was vital to reduce our annual government deficit of spending over revenue, and that we could no longer go on spending more than the government raised in taxes, just adding the difference to our burgeoning national debt for our children and grandchildren to pay off. Of course, some people blame it all on the bankers – and they, and government failure to properly regulate them, have much to answer for, but the reality is that Britain has been borrowing beyond its means for years: even at the height of the boom when tax revenues were rolling in, the government continued to borrow as if there were no tomorrow.
Desmond Swayne has blogged about school discipline.
New Forest West's MP. Rt Hon Desmond Swayne TD MP, has written a blog entitled 'Murdoch, Badgers and the Dotty English'.
A useful summary of local election 2011 facts - the national picture.
