The Labour Party remain in complete denial about their legacy.

They blame the bankers, the recession, the global downturn – everyone and anyone – except themselves.

This video exposes some of the most shocking examples of waste.

Shoot Nations is an annual, global photography project including a competition, workshops and exhibitions on various continents. Each year focusses on a different global issue and the photographs produced are presented to the United Nations in New York.
Have your Say
This year’s theme is CITY LIVING. Whether living in the country, town or big city, we want to build a global picture of what urban environments mean to young people aged 11 – 25.
It doesn’t matter what sort of camera you have – phone camera, high-end digital, point-and-shoot, show us your …

Come to Georgia in June. Meet the President, campaign for freedom and explore the country. Food, drink,  internal  travel and sightseeing are free!
As a member of International Young Democrat Union, our organisation is entitled to send our youth activists to the IYDU Freedom Forum in Georgia, from 24 to 27 June. The Freedom Forum is a three day programme made up of political briefings, receptions, panel discussions and debates focused on democracy and political freedom. This year’s Freedom Forum will be hosted by the youth movement of the ruling United …

Back in October Eric Pickles launched the online shop on Conservatives.com:

Always wanted a ‘Honk for Change’ car sticker but never known where to get one?

Ever wondered where you can buy an official Conservative baby-grow?

Who is your political hero?

It’s a cliché, but I’ve always identified with Winston Churchill, particularly in his younger days. I actually watch ‘The Gathering Storm’ whenever I need to pick myself up. He was very stubborn but very driven and with a fiercely independent mind. However he was also an outsider and prone to the odd bouts of depression now and then, both of which I can identify with.

When do you think the next General Election will be?

As late as is constitutionally possible! Margaret Thatcher used to say that when she retired from politics she would set up a business called ‘Rent-a-Spine’. I imagine Gordon Brown would be a frequent customer!

A message from the ippr relating to an event they are hosting at Party Conference – they want feedback from CF members:
I’m Carey Oppenheim, Co-Director of the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr), the UK’s leading progressive think tank. You may have been to one of our events before, this will our fourth year at Conservative Party Conference.
Recognising that the debate dominating Conference this year is the future of politics itself as well as the economy, ippr is hosting a key event at each of the three main conferences where …

Over the years, the folks at Conservative Campaign Headquarters have produced a number of great T-shirts for Conservative supporters to wear. But now we want YOU to tell us what should go on our T-shirts.
We’re running a competition where one lucky person will see their idea for a Conservative T-shirt made up and sold at the Party Stand at this year’s Conference.
You don’t need to be a design guru to enter – just send us a suggestion for a funny slogan or a good image.
So get your thinking cap on …

Our friends at The Adam Smith Institute also put a strong focus on encouraging young people to become engaged within politics, as such, organise a varied program of events for students. Most recently launched is their essay competition, ‘Young Writer on Liberty 2009′:
To enter you will have to write three different articles on the subject of:
The Three Greatest Threats to Liberty in 21st Century Britain
The title of each article is entirely up to you.
1ST PRIZE:
- £500 cash prize
- 3 articles published on www.adamsmith.org/blog
- 3 books on the subject of liberty
- …

On April 11th 1979 Margaret Thatcher launched her election manifesto - Alistair Cooke wrote about this for the Blue Blog and it deserves to be reproduced (included were documents you can see below):
‘It was the first time’, Margaret Thatcher wrote later, ‘that the Conservative Party had ever fought so clearly on the theme that it was ”time for a change”.
Exactly fifty-five years earlier Stanley Baldwin had announced a great programme of change that was to relieve the hardship so long endured by millions of working- class families.
In 1979 Mrs Thatcher set …

Nic Conner took part in the pro capitalism protest yesterday outside the Bank of England. Below is an account of the day:

You have to give it to the Anarchists and Communists, this protesting lark is hard work. When I got up this morning I had no idea what was install as this would be my first protest. After my morning shower I popped on my suit, picked up my copy of Hayek’s Road to Serfdom and headed to Reading train station to get the train into London.