“In the House of Lords on 15 June, Rt Hon Ken Clarke, Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor in the new British Government, addressed a meeting of over 100 British expats who had travelled to the Reception in London . Seven members of Conservatives Abroad in Jávea heard Ken, probably the most experienced [...]
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Bonuses and Unemployment Figures climbing high
Employment Rate falls to 72.1 per cent The employment rate for the three months to February 2010 was 72.1 per cent. The rate was down 0.3 on the quarter and it has not been lower since the three months to October 1996. The number of people in employment fell by 89,000 on the quarter to [...]
Road to Recovery???
Having just heard Gordon Brown’s speech about his Road to Recovery I have just posted this to the Blue Room: The Labour Government, untroubled by the quality of the surface, has professed to be on the Road to Recovery for thirteen years. Unfortunately the gear was stuck in reverse – and now they are on [...]
Expat voting
The cost of staging a one-man crusade against the government is high but fortunately for Mr Preston the UK legal firm, Clearly Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, is acting for him on a pro bono basis
The general message we need sent out
If you are British, living abroad please register your vote in the UK – using either www.aboutmyvote.co.uk or www.dontleaveyourvoteathome.com The form will need to be printed and sent by post to the UK – if you are unsure where to send the form – please check here using your last address in the UK The [...]
A Red Herring?
Following rumours re Blair for EU presidency… Lib Dem EU OBSERVER has picked up the following ITALIAN ENDORSEMENT! http://euobserver.com/9/28828/?rk=1 Please Cut and paste the link to your browser if the link is not live.
A new petition
If the idea of Tony Blair becoming the first European President appalls you, please take note … … you may care to add your signature. http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/notoBlair/
Message From UK Part Two
After the masses of telling comments that attached to the Daily Telegraph’s article covered in the ‘Message from UK’ (lower down this September list of articles. The DT asked Phillip tp write a reply – which he has done and which he has set out, very clearly, his feelings about the arguments to abolish the [...]
“for an unreconstructable raving lefty”
This was written for an unreconstructable raving lefty who writes blindly about the NHS as if it was next to God. I thought it was worth putting up here for in-house comments (if any !?). John D ———————– Gracious me !! - and this is happening under a Labour government and directly because of a Labour government. [...]
Message from UK
It is important that we encourage everyone we know to use their vote if they have one … please help to spread the word. The Conservatives Abroad homepage has a pop-up link to a registration form. See also our branch website www.javeaconservatives.org Philip Dunne, deputy chairman of the Conservative party with responsibility for Conservatives Abroad, [...]