Category: CORBYN, Rt Hon Jeremy, MP (Leader of the Opposition & Labour MP for Islington North)
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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 (Leader of the Opposition & Labour MP for Islington North)
- DAVIS, Rt Hon David, MP (Tory MP for Haltemprice & Howden)
- European Union
- Gateway FM
- HAGUE of RICHMOND, William, Lord (Tory peer)
- JENKINS, Johnny
- JOHNSON, Rt Hon Boris, MP (Tory MP for Uxbridge & South Ruislip)
- Labour Party
- LEADSOM, Rt Hon Andrea, MP (Tory MP for South Northamptonshire)
- MAY, Rt Hon Theresa, MP (Prime Minister)
- TRUMP, Donald (US President)
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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 (Tory MP for 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 (Leader of the Opposition & Labour MP for Islington North)
- DAVIS, Rt Hon David, MP (Tory MP for Haltemprice & Howden)
- GOVE, Rt Hon Michael, MP (Tory MP for 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 (Tory MP for South West Surrey)
- JAVID, Rt Hon Sajid, MP (Tory MP for Bromsgrove)
- JOHNSON, Rt Hon Boris, MP (Tory MP for Uxbridge & South Ruislip)
- JOHNSON, Stanley (fmr Tory MEP)
- Labour Party
- MACKENZIE, Cllr Luke (Con, Pitsea SE)
- MALTHOUSE, Kit, MP (Tory MP for NW Hants)
- MAY, Rt Hon Theresa, MP (Prime Minister)
- 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 (Tory MP for Esher & Walton)
- South Basildon & East Thurrock (constituency)
- STEWART, Brian, CMG
- STEWART, Rt Hon Rory, OBE MP (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
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The Results – Basildon Local Elections 2019
4th May 2019BASILDON LOCAL ELECTIONS 2019 The dust has settled on Thursday night and there is no getting away from the fact that it was not a great night for the Conservatives. Nationally, the Tories have lost over 1,300 councillors. Labour also lost seats nationally and, although they lost less than 100, they have little to crow…
- ADENIRAN, Cllr Kayode (Lab, Lee Chapel North)
- ADESHILE, Yetunde (Tory candidate)
- ALLEN, Chris (Tory candidate)
- BALL, Alan (fmr. Wickford Ind cllr for Wickford Castledon)
- BARNES, Andy (fmr. Tory cllr for Laindon Park)
- Basildon Borough Council
- Basildon, Borough of
- BIDDLE, Cllr Mark (Shotgate parish cllr)
- Billericay (town)
- Billericay East (ward)
- Billericay West (ward)
- BLAKE, Cllr Kevin (Con, Burstead)
- BREEDON, Simon (fmr. UKIP candidate, now Ind)
- Brexit
- BROCKMAN, Cllr Eunice (WInd, Wickford North)
- BUCKLEY, Cllr Malcolm (Con, Wickford Castledon)
- BURTON-SAMPSON, Cllr David (Lab, St Martin's)
- BUXTON, Andrew (fmr. Lab cllr for St Martin's)
- CALLAGHAN, Cllr Gavin (Lab, Pitsea NW)
- CANHAM, Gary (fmr. Tory cllr for Pitsea NW)
- CATLING, Louise (Labour candidate)
- CHANDLER, Michael (Lib Dem candidate)
- Chelmsford City Council
- Conservative & Unionist Party
- CORBYN, Rt Hon Jeremy, MP (Leader of the Opposition & Labour MP for Islington North)
- DADDS, Cllr David, JP (Con, Billericay East)
- DAVIES, Cllr Allan (Lab, Fryerns)
- FELLOWES, Cllr Derrick (N'Mayne Ind, Nethermayne)
- GODDARD, David (Labour candidate)
- Green Party
- HARRISON, Alex (Labour candidate)
- HARRISON, Cllr David (WInd, Wickford Park)
- HEDLEY-BARNES, Stephanie (Tory candidate)
- HENRY, Cllr Jeff (Con, Laindon Park)
- HILLIER, Sandra (fmr. Tory cllr for Langdon Hills)
- HILTON, Tracey (Labour candidate)
- HODGE, Stephen (fmr. N'mayne Ind cllr for Nethermayne)
- HOLLIMAN, Cllr Peter (Con, Wickford North)
- HOWARD, Martin (Lib Dem candidate)
- HOWARD, Vivien (Lib Dem candidate)
- Independence from EU Group
- JENKINS, Phil (fmr. Lib Dem cllr for Nethermayne)
- KETTLE, Cllr Pauline (Ind, Nethermayne)
- Labour Party
- Laindon
- Laindon Park (ward)
- LAWRENCE, Cllr Danny, BEM (Con, Billericay West)
- Lee Chapel North (ward)
- Liberal Democrats
- Local Elections
- LOW, Tony (fmr. Tory candidate, now Ind)
- MANTERFIELD, Karen (Lib Dem candidate)
- McGEORGE, Cllr Melissa (Lab, Vange)
- McGURRAN, Cllr Aidan (Lab, Vange)
- MORRIS, Cllr Don (Con, Wickford Castledon)
- MOWE, Michael (fmr. Tory cllr for Wickford North)
- Nethermayne (ward)
- Nethermayne Independents
- NICE, Clare (Lib Dem candidate)
- NICE, Steve (Lib Dem candidate)
- PALMER, Gillian (Labour candidate)
- Pitsea (town)
- Pitsea North-West (ward)
- Pitsea South-East (ward)
- READ, Sarah (Green candidate)
- REID, Cllr Patricia (Lab, Pitsea North-West)
- Results (elections)
- SAINSBURY, Edward (Lib Dem candidate)
- SANDHU, Sandeep (Tory candidate)
- SCAROLA, Cllr John (Lab, Laindon Park)
- SMITH, Cllr Kerry (Ind, Nethermayne)
- St Martin's (ward)
- TAYLOR, Perry (Tory candidate)
- TOWLER, Peter (Labour candidate)
- UK Independence Party (UKIP)
- Wickford (town)
- Wickford Castledon (ward)
- Wickford Independents
- Wickford North (ward)
- Wickford Park (ward)
- YAQUB, Cllr Maryam (Lab, St Martin's)
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THE RESULTS – Basildon Borough Council Elections 2018
8th May 2018Thursday was an exceptionally good night for the Conservatives (much better than 2016). We held the five seats we were defending (Billericay East, Billericay West, Burstead, Crouch and Wickford North) and, in addition, won five more (Laindon Park, two seats in Pitsea South-East, Wickford Castledon and Wickford Park). UKIP, who were the second largest party…
- ABRAHALL, David (fmr. Tory cllr for Pitsea SE)
- ADENIRAN, Cllr Kayode (Lab, Lee Chapel North)
- ADESHILE, Yetunde (Tory candidate)
- ALLEN, Chris (Tory candidate)
- ALLPORT-HODGE, Linda (fmr. UKIP cllr for Langdon Hills)
- ANSELL, Cllr Andrew (Lab, Pitsea SE)
- ARNOLD, Amanda (fmr. Tory cllr for Pitsea SE)
- BAGGOTT, Cllr Andrew (Con, Burstead)
- BALL, Alan (fmr. Wickford Ind cllr for Wickford Castledon)
- BARNES, Andy (fmr. Tory cllr for Laindon Park)
- Basildon Borough Council
- Basildon, Borough of
- BENNETT, Alan (fmr. Lab cllr for Lee Chapel North)
- BENNETT, Santa (Labour candidate)
- Billericay (town)
- Billericay East (ward)
- Billericay West (ward)
- BLAKE, Ann (fmr. Tory cllr for Pitsea SE)
- BREEDON, Simon (fmr. UKIP candidate, now Ind)
- BROCKMAN, Cllr Eunice (WInd, Wickford North)
- BUCKLEY, Cllr Malcolm (Con, Wickford Castledon)
- Burstead (ward)
- CALLAGHAN, Cllr Gavin (Lab, Pitsea NW)
- CATLING, Louise (Labour candidate)
- CLANCY, Cllr Imelda (Ind, Langdon Hills)
- CONROY, Mark (UKIP candidate)
- Conservative & Unionist Party
- CORBYN, Rt Hon Jeremy, MP (Leader of the Opposition & Labour MP for Islington North)
- Crouch (ward)
- DAVIES, Cllr Allan (Lab, Fryerns)
- Democrats and Veterans Party
- EACERSALL, David (DVP candidate, formerly UKIP)
- ELLIS, Mark (fmr. UKIP cllr for Laindon Park)
- FERGUSON, Cllr Jack (Lab, Pitsea NW)
- FERGUSON, Frank (fmr. UKIP cllr for Lee Chapel North)
- Fryerns (ward)
- GIBBS, Dr Phillip (UKIP candidate)
- GORDON, Cllr Andrew (Lab, Lee Chapel North)
- Green Belt
- GREEN, Cllr Hazel (UKIP, Laindon Park)
- HANNON, Loren (UKIP candidate)
- HARRISON, Alex (Labour candidate)
- HARRISON, Cllr David (WInd, Wickford Park)
- HARRISON, Derek (Wickford Independents candidate)
- HARVEY, Steve (DVP candidate)
- HEDLEY, Cllr Anthony (Con, Billericay West)
- HENRY, Cllr Jeff (Con, Laindon Park)
- HODGE, Stephen (fmr. N'mayne Ind cllr for Nethermayne)
- HOLLIMAN, Cllr Peter (Con, Wickford North)
- HOUGHTON, David (UKIP candidate)
- Independence from EU Group
- JACKMAN, Chris (fmr. Tory cllr for Wickford Park)
- JEFFERY, Cllr George (Con, Wickford Park)
- KETTLE, Cllr Pauline (Ind, Nethermayne)
- KIRKMAN, Cllr David (Lab, Fryerns)
- KIRKMAN, Paul (fmr. Labour Leader of Basildon Council)
- Labour Party
- Laindon
- Laindon Park (ward)
- Laindon Park & Fryerns (county division)
- Langdon Hills (ward)
- LARKIN, Ald. Mo, BEM JP DL (fmr. Tory cllr for Pitsea SE)
- Lee Chapel North (ward)
- Liberal Democrats
- MACKENZIE, Cllr Luke (Con, Pitsea SE)
- MAYLIN, Gary (Tory candidate)
- McCAFFERY, Susan (UKIP candidate)
- McDONALD, Cllr Elaine (Lab, Lee Chapel North)
- McGURRAN, Cllr Aidan (Lab, Vange)
- Momentum (Corbynistas)
- MORRIS, Cllr Carole (Con, Wickford North)
- MORRIS, Cllr Don (Con, Wickford Castledon)
- MORRIS, Richard (UKIP candidate)
- MUYLDERS, Sally (Labour candidate)
- Nethermayne (ward)
- PETCHEY, Richard (UKIP candidate)
- PIPER, Kevin (UKIP candidate)
- Pitsea (town)
- Pitsea North-West (ward)
- Pitsea South-East (ward)
- Post-election analysis
- REID, Cllr Patricia (Lab, Pitsea North-West)
- REID, Malcolm (Labour candidate/agent)
- RICHES, Lorna (UKIP candidate)
- RIMMER, Cllr Craig (Con, Pitsea SE)
- SAGGERS, Norma (UKIP candidate)
- SANDHU, Sandeep (Tory candidate)
- SARGENT, Cllr Terri (Con, Crouch)
- SCANLAN, Thomas (Labour candidate)
- SHEPPARD, David (fmr. UKIP cllr for Fryerns)
- SMITH, Cllr Kerry (Ind, Nethermayne)
- TURNER, Cllr Phil (Con, Billericay West)
- UK Independence Party (UKIP)
- Uncategorised
- Vange (ward)
- WALLACE, Naomi (Labour candidate)
- WARD, Stephen (fmr. UKIP cllr for Pitsea SE)
- WARNER, Spencer (Tory candidate)
- Westley Heights (county division)
- Wickford (town)
- Wickford Castledon (ward)
- Wickford Crouch (county division)
- Wickford Independents
- Wickford North (ward)
- Wickford Park (ward)
- WINGFIELD, Kevin (Tory candidate)
- ZWENGUNDE, Clarence (Labour candidate)
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Full Council – 15.10.15
19th October 2015As I come to write up last Thursday’s meeting of Full Council, I would just ask readers to bear with me, as this was a mammoth SEVEN-HOUR meeting that went on until two o’clock in the morning. The meeting started at 7pm, earlier than usual, with a special Extraordinary Meeting to consider two nominations for…
- ALLEN, Cllr Stuart (Con, Crouch)
- ALLPORT-HODGE, Linda (fmr. UKIP cllr for Langdon Hills)
- BAGGOTT, Cllr Andrew (Con, Burstead)
- BALL, Alan (fmr. Wickford Ind cllr for Wickford Castledon)
- BALL, Cllr Tony (Cty Cllr for Wickford Crouch and fmr. Leader of Basildon Council)
- Basildon Borough Council
- BENNETT, Alan (fmr. Lab cllr for Lee Chapel North)
- BLAKE, Cllr Kevin (Con, Burstead)
- CALLAGHAN, Cllr Gavin (Lab, Pitsea NW)
- Conservative & Unionist Party
- CORBYN, Rt Hon Jeremy, MP (Leader of the Opposition & Labour MP for Islington North)
- DADDS, Cllr David, JP (Con, Billericay East)
- Dry Street
- HARRISON, Cllr David (WInd, Wickford Park)
- HILLIER, Cllr Stephen (Con, Langdon Hills)
- HOLLIMAN, Cllr Peter (Con, Wickford North)
- Independence from EU Group
- JACKMAN, Chris (fmr. Tory cllr for Wickford Park)
- Labour Party
- LARKIN, Ald. Mo, BEM JP DL (fmr. Tory cllr for Pitsea SE)
- LAZARUS, Roland (Billericay resident)
- Liberal Democrat and Green Group (now defunct)
- LOVEY, Danny (fmr. Tory cllr)
- MAHENDRAN, Bala (fmr Chf. Exec., Basildon Council)
- MALSBURY, Trevor (fmr. UKIP cllr for Lee Chapel North)
- McGURRAN, Cllr Aidan (Lab, Vange)
- MOORE, Cllr Dr Richard (Con, Burstead)
- MORRIS, Cllr Carole (Con, Wickford North)
- MORRIS, Cllr Don (Con, Wickford Castledon)
- OSBORNE, Rt Hon George, CH (fmr. Tory Chancellor)
- Planning Committee
- RACKLEY, Phil (fmr. Green cllr for St Martin's)
- SCHOFIELD, John (fmr. Tory cty cllr for Westley Heights)
- SMITH of BASILDON, Angela, Baroness (Labour peer)
- SMITH, Ald. Nigel, JP (fmr. Labour cllr for Lee Chapel North)
- SMITH, Cllr Kerry (Ind, Nethermayne)
- TURNER, Cllr Phil (Con, Billericay West)
- UK Independence Party (UKIP)
- Wickford UKIP (now defunct)
- WILLIAMS, Geoff, MBE (fmr. Lib Dem cllr for Nethermayne)
- WILLIAMS, Linda (fmr. Lib Dem cllr for Nethermayne)
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Lord Howe of Aberavon (1926-2015) – RIP
11th October 2015I was deeply saddened to learn of the death of former Conservative Chancellor, Lord Howe of Aberavon, at the age of 88. Geoffrey Howe was Margaret Thatcher’s longest-serving Cabinet minister and was one of the primary authors of her government’s economic revolution. Although best remembers as Mrs Thatcher’s first chancellor, he was also the second…
- Anglo-Irish Agreement of 1985
- BIFFEN, John, Lord, PC DL (late Tory Peer)
- Bow Group
- BRITTAN of SPENNITHORNE, Leon, Lord, PC QC (late Tory peer)
- BROOKS, Dr Edwin
- BUTLER of SAFFRON WALDEN, R. A., Lord, KG CH (late Tory peer)
- CAMILLA, HRH The Duchess of Cornwall, GCVO
- CARRINGTON, Peter, 6th Lord, KG GCMG CH MC (late Tory peer)
- Centre for Policy Studies
- Community Charge (Poll Tax)
- Conservative & Unionist Party
- CORBYN, Rt Hon Jeremy, MP (Leader of the Opposition & Labour MP for Islington North)
- Economy
- Employment Act (1980)
- Euro (European Single Currency)
- Europe
- Exchange Rate Mechanism
- FOOT, Rt Hon Michael, FRSL (late Labour MP)
- GILMOUR of CRAIGMILLAR, Iain, Lord (late Tory peer)
- Government
- GREY of FALLODEN, Edward, 1st Viscount, KG (late Liberal Foreign Secretary)
- HEAD, Anthony (actor)
- HEALEY, Dennis, Lord, CH MBE FRSL (late Labour Chancellor)
- HEATH, Rt Hon Sir Edward, KG MBE (late Tory PM)
- HESELTINE, Michael Lord, CH (Tory peer)
- Hong Kong
- HOSKYNS, Sir John
- House of Lords
- House of Lords Reform Act (2014)
- HOWARD of LYMPNE, Michael, Lord, CH QC (Tory peer)
- HOWE of ABERAVON, Geoffrey, Lord, CH QC (late Tory Chancellor)
- HOWE of IDLICOTE, Elspeth, Baroness, CBE (Tory peer)
- HOWE, B. Edward
- Industrial Relations Act (1971)
- INGHAM, Sir Bernard
- Iron Lady, The (film)
- JENKINS, Sir Simon, FSA FRSL (journalist)
- JOSEPH, Keith, Lord, CH (late Tory peer)
- KAUFMAN, Rt Hon Sir Gerald (late Labour MP)
- LAMONT of LERWICK, Norman, Lord (fmr. Tory Chancellor)
- LAWSON of BLABY, Nigel, Lord (fmr. Tory Chancellor)
- LILLEY, Peter, Lord (Tory peer)
- MacDONALD, Rt Hon Ramsay (late Labour PM)
- MACLEOD, Rt Hon Iain (late Tory MP)
- MAJOR, Rt Hon Sir John, KG CH (fmr. Tory PM)
- OAKSHOTT, Hendrie, Lord (late Tory peer)
- Office of Fair Trading
- Parliament, Houses of
- POWELL of BAYSWATER, Charles, Lord, KCMG OBE (Tory peer)
- PRIOR, Jim, Lord (late Tory peer)
- QUEEN, HM The
- REIGATE, John, Lord (Sir John Vaughan-Morgan) (late Tory peer)
- Right Approach to the Economy, The
- SHAND, P. Morton
- SHULTZ, Prof George P
- ST JOHN of FAWSLEY, Norman, Lord, FRSL (Sir Norman St John-Stevas) (late Tory peer)
- STOCKTON, Harold, 1st Earl of, OM FRS (Harold Macmillan) (late Tory PM)
- STRAUSS, Norman
- STREEP, Meryl (actress)
- TEBBIT, Norman, Lord, CH (Tory peer)
- THATCHER, Margaret, Baroness, LG OM (late Tory PM)
- THORNEYCROFT, Peter, Lord, CH (late Tory peer)
- WALTERS, Prof Sir Alan