Category: CAMERON, Rt Hon David (fmr. Tory PM)
-
Why I’m Backing Boris
23rd June 2019Since the announced resignation of the Prime Minister, Theresa May, I have been asked many times and by many people – though few as doggedly as Johnny Jenkins at Gateway FM – whom I would be supporting in a Conservative leadership election. I have resisted, up until now, all attempts to coax an answer from…
- 1922 Committee
- Brexit
- CAMERON, Rt Hon David (fmr. Tory PM)
- Conservative & Unionist Party
- CORBYN, Rt Hon Jeremy, MP (Ind, Islington North & fmr Leader of the Opposition)
- DAVIS, Rt Hon David, MP (Con, Haltemprice & Howden)
- European Union
- Gateway FM
- HAGUE of RICHMOND, William, Lord (Tory peer)
- JENKINS, Johnny (Gateway FM)
- JOHNSON, Rt Hon Boris, MP (Con, Uxbridge & South Ruislip - Prime Minister)
- Labour Party
- LEADSOM, Rt Hon Andrea, MP (Con, South Northamptonshire)
- MAY, Rt Hon Theresa (Lady), MP (Con, Maidenhead & fmr Tory PM)
- TRUMP, Donald (fmr US President)
-
Conservative Leadership 2019
18th June 2019On Saturday, I attended a meeting of the National Conservative Convention in my capacity as Chairman of Basildon & Billericay Conservative Association and sat in on a hustings for the upcoming Conservative leadership election, attended by all six of the remaining candidates and I thought I would share my recollections and thoughts about the occasion.…
- Basildon & Billericay (constituency)
- BRADY, Sir Graham, MP (Con, Altrincham & Sale West and Chair, 1922 Cttee)
- Brexit
- CAMERON, Rt Hon David (fmr. Tory PM)
- CHURCHILL, Rt Hon Sir Winston, KG &c (late Tory PM)
- Conservative & Unionist Party
- CORBYN, Rt Hon Jeremy, MP (Ind, Islington North & fmr Leader of the Opposition)
- DAVIS, Rt Hon David, MP (Con, Haltemprice & Howden)
- GOVE, Rt Hon Michael, MP (Con, Surrey Heath)
- HAGUE of RICHMOND, William, Lord (Tory peer)
- HARRY (Henry), HRH The Duke of Sussex, KCVO
- HESELTINE, Michael, Lord, CH (Tory peer)
- HOWARD of LYMPNE, Michael, Lord, CH QC (Tory peer)
- HUNT, Admiral Sir Nicholas, GCB LVO DL
- HUNT, Rt Hon Jeremy, MP (Con, South West Surrey)
- JAVID, Rt Hon Sajid, MP (Con, Bromsgrove)
- JOHNSON, Rt Hon Boris, MP (Con, Uxbridge & South Ruislip - Prime Minister)
- JOHNSON, Stanley (fmr Tory MEP)
- Labour Party
- MACKENZIE, Cllr Luke (Con, Pitsea SE)
- MALTHOUSE, Kit, MP (Con, NW Hants)
- MAY, Rt Hon Theresa (Lady), MP (Con, Maidenhead & fmr Tory PM)
- MERKEL, Angela (Chancellor of Germany)
- MI6 (Secret Intelligence Service)
- National Conservative Convention
- OSBORNE, Rt Hon George, CH (fmr. Tory Chancellor)
- RAAB, Rt Hon Dominic, MP (Con, Esher & Walton)
- South Basildon & East Thurrock (constituency)
- STEWART, Brian, CMG
- STEWART, Rt Hon Rory, OBE (fmr Tory MP for Penrith & The Border)
- STOCKTON, Harold, 1st Earl of, OM FRS (Harold Macmillan) (late Tory PM)
- STURGEON, Rt Hon Nicola, MSP (SNP First Minister of Scotland)
- THATCHER, Margaret, Baroness, LG OM (late Tory PM)
- Uncategorised
- WILLIAM, HRH The Duke of Cambridge, KG &c
-
Thanks, Dave!
18th July 2016I must begin this blog with my customary apology for the length of time it has taken to write it. A number of people have complained that I have not yet written up the Full Council meeting of 7th July, well over a week ago, including no less a figure than Cllr David Harrison (WI,…
- BLAIR, Rt Hon Tony (fmr. Labour PM)
- BROWN, Rt Hon Gordon (fmr. Labour PM)
- Buckingham Palace
- CAMERON, Elwen
- CAMERON, Florence
- CAMERON, Nancy
- CAMERON, Rt Hon David (fmr. Tory PM)
- CAMERON, Samantha
- CLARKE of NOTTINGHAM, Kenneth, Lord, CH PC QC (Tory peer)
- Corporation Tax
- DAVIS, Rt Hon David, MP (Con, Haltemprice & Howden)
- Downing Street
- DUNCAN SMITH, Rt Hon Sir Iain, MP (Con, Chingford & Woodford Green)
- ELIZABETH II, HM The Queen
- Europe
- European Exchange Rate Mechanism
- European Union
- G8
- GOVE, Rt Hon Michael, MP (Con, Surrey Heath)
- HARRISON, Cllr David (WInd, Wickford Park)
- HOWARD of LYMPNE, Michael, Lord, CH QC (Tory peer)
- Keynesianism
- Labour Party
- LEADSOM, Rt Hon Andrea, MP (Con, South Northamptonshire)
- Liberal Democrats
- MAY, Rt Hon Theresa (Lady), MP (Con, Maidenhead & fmr Tory PM)
- MAY, Sir Philip
- National Insurance
- One Nation Conservatism
- PMQs
-
Why I'm backing Leadsom for PM
3rd July 2016I used my last blog to explain why I had taken the decision to vote Leave in the EU referendum on 23rd June and I just want to start this one by saying how delighted I was by the result. I always tend to treat voting in a rather theatrical manner but for this one…
- 1922 Committee
- BARLEY, Emily (Chair, Conservatives for Liberty)
- BARON, John, MP (Con, Basildon & Billericay)
- Basildon, Borough of
- BLUNKETT, David, Lord, PC (Labour peer)
- CAMERON, Rt Hon David (fmr. Tory PM)
- Conservative & Unionist Party
- Conservatives for Liberty
- CRABB, Rt Hon Stephen, MP (Con, Preseli Pembrokeshire)
- Data Retention Investigatory Powers Act (2014)
- European Arrest Warrant
- European Union
- FOX, Rt Hon Dr Liam, MP (Tory MP for North Somerset)
- GOVE, Rt Hon Michael, MP (Con, Surrey Heath)
- JOHNSON, Rt Hon Boris, MP (Con, Uxbridge & South Ruislip - Prime Minister)
- LEADSOM, Rt Hon Andrea, MP (Con, South Northamptonshire)
- MAY, Rt Hon Theresa (Lady), MP (Con, Maidenhead & fmr Tory PM)
- Referendum
- WERRITTY, Adam
-
Why I shall vote to Leave the EU
22nd June 2016I have thought long and hard about the momentous decision that faces our nation on Thursday. Not particularly about how I am going to vote, for I have known that with a fair degree of certainty for well over a decade. Rather, I have agonised over whether or not I wanted to blog on the…
-
Elections 2015: The Aftermath
14th May 2015Believe it or not, it has taken me about a week to recover from Polling Day. I have never fought a General Election campaign before – in 2010, I stayed up with a friend and watched the result coming in on the telly – so to do so as an agent, running an MP’s re-election campaign,…
- AKER, Tim (fmr UKIP Thurrock cllr & MEP)
- ALLPORT-HODGE, Linda (fmr. UKIP cllr for Langdon Hills)
- ARNOLD, Amanda (fmr. Tory cllr for Pitsea SE)
- BALL, Cllr Tony (Cty Cllr for Wickford Crouch and fmr. Leader of Basildon Council)
- BARNES, Andy (fmr. Tory cllr for Laindon Park)
- BARON, John, MP (Con, Basildon & Billericay)
- Basildon Borough Council
- Basildon Sporting Village
- BENNETT, Alan (fmr. Lab cllr for Lee Chapel North)
- BLAKE, Cllr Kevin (Ab Ind, Burstead)
- BOBBIN, Ald. Keith (fmr. Labour cllr for Pitsea NW)
- BUCKLEY, Christopher
- BUCKLEY, Cllr Malcolm (Con, Wickford Castledon)
- BUCKLEY, Sylvia (late Tory cllr for Wickford Castledon)
- BURTON-SAMPSON, Cllr David (Lab, St Martin's & Mayor of Basildon)
- BUXTON, Andrew (fmr. Lab cllr for St Martin's)
- CALLAGHAN, Cllr Gavin (Lab, Pitsea NW & Leader of Basildon Council)
- CAMERON, Rt Hon David (fmr. Tory PM)
- CANHAM, Gary (fmr. Tory cllr for Pitsea NW)
- CARRION, Jose (fmr UKIP cllr for Pitsea SE)
- COKER, Mark (Tory candidate)
- DADDS, Cllr David, JP (Con, Billericay East & fmr Mayor of Basildon)
- DAVIES, Cllr Allan (Lab, Fryerns)
- DOYLE-PRICE, Jackie, MP (Tory MP for Thurrock)
- DWYER, Ian (Tory candidate)
- FRANCOIS, Rt Hon Mark, MP (Con, Rayleigh & Wickford)
- GORDON, Cllr Andrew (Lab, Lee Chapel North)
- GORDON, Lynda (fmr. Labour cllr for Lee Chapel North)
- HARRIS, Rebecca, MP (Con, Castle Point)
- HARRISON, Cllr David (WInd, Wickford Park)
- HEDLEY, Cllr Anthony (Con, Billericay West)
- HILLIER, Sandra (fmr. Tory cllr for Langdon Hills)
- HODGE, Stephen (fmr. N'mayne Ind cllr for Nethermayne)
- HORGAN, Stephen (late Tory cllr for Billericay West)
- HYDE, Jilly (fmr. Tory cllr for Laindon Park)
- JACKMAN, Chris (fmr. Tory cllr for Wickford Park)
- JENKINS, Phil (fmr. Lib Dem cllr for Nethermayne)
- LARKIN, Ald. Mo, BEM JP DL (fmr. Tory cllr for Pitsea SE & fmr Mayor of Basildon)
- LAWRENCE, Cllr Danny, BEM (Con, Billericay West)
- Le GRESLEY, Nigel, JP (fmr. UKIP cllr for Wickford Castledon)
- LUDER, Ian, CBE (UKIP PPC for South Basildon & East Thurrock)
- MAJOR, Rt Hon Sir John, KG CH (fmr. Tory PM)
- McGEORGE, Cllr Melissa (Lab, Vange)
- METCALFE, Stephen, MP (Con, South Basildon & East Thurrock)
- MORRIS, Cllr Don (Con, Wickford Castledon)
- MOWE, Michael (fmr. Tory cllr for Wickford North)
- MUNYAMBU, Daniel (fmr. Ind cllr for Vange)
- Post-election analysis
- QUINCE, Will, MP (Con, Colchester)
- RACKLEY, Pat (fmr. Ind Labour cllr for St Martin's)
- RACKLEY, Phil (fmr. Green cllr for St Martin's)
- RUSSELL, Sir Bob (fmr. Lib Dem MP for Colchester)
- SMITH, Ald. Nigel, JP (fmr. Labour cllr for Lee Chapel North)
- STEPHENS, Nicole (Tory candidate)
- TAYLOR, Byron (fmr. Labour cllr for Vange)
- TURNER, Cllr Phil (Con, Billericay West)
- WATERS, Anne Marie (UKIP candidate)
-
Letter from David Cameron
5th July 2013A letter to Cllr Andrew Schrader from the Prime Minister, the Rt Hon David Cameron MP: Dear Andrew, I am writing to congratulate you on your recent success in the Basildon Council by-election. I was delighted by your success and that you will be representing Billericay East ward for us. This is a great personal…