Yorkshire and the Humber Conservative Future

The Yorkshire CF table enjoying the night

The Dewsbury Association were delighted when a cohort of Yorkshire CFers attended their annual Association Dinner. The Dinner took place at Dewsbury and District Golf Club which proved a beautiful setting for a lovely evening.

The CFers were there to support Dewsbury MP Simon Reevell, a loyal supporter of CF, who has just recently deservedly been confirmed to stand for re-election as candidate for Dewsbury in 2015.

A delicious 3 course meal with plenty of wine flowing was followed by speeches by Dewsbury Association Chairman Alan Burton, MP Simon Reevell, Honorary President of the Mirfield Conservatives Keith Sibbald and the special guest Sir Roger Gale, MP for Thanet who spoke a little about his experiences serving in Parliament with Lady Thatcher. He also congratulated CF for the work that they do and wished them luck for the future.

Speeches were followed by an auction and a raffle at which some CFers were lucky enough to win a prize before musical entertainment rounded off the evening.

The evening was a massive success with lots of money raised for the Association to go into the fighting fund for Simon’s re-election battle and the local election candidates.

CFers have been asked to keep the 13th July free in their diary to come and support the next big Dewsbury Event which will be a Race Night, more details will follow in due course.

Following the success of the previous Speaker’s Corner the West Yorkshire Area Team have invited YHCF to attend another one. It will take place Leeds Seventeen Restaurant (Nursery Lane, Alwoodley, Leeds LS17 7HW) starting at 7:30pm.
Guests include Alec Shelbrooke, MP for Elmet and Rothwell and Councillor Alan Lamb. There will be three motions and consequently three debates and all are encouraged to get involved and express their views on the topics.
Tickets are £6 but West Yorkshire Area Team are kindly offering a discounted price of £3 for CF members.
The last Speaker’s Corner was a great success and this promises to be every bit as good so please come along and enjoy it.

For those of you who have not yet been informed registration for the National Conservative Party Conference is now open. The Conference will take place from the 29th September to the 2nd October in Manchester.

If you have attended a conference before you will already have a security code but if you have not been to conference before you will need to request a security code before you can apply. The registration process will take you through this and the link to registration is here https://conservativepartyconference.com/index.

If you register before the 31st May it will only cost Student Party members £40 and regular party members £80. After the 31st May this rate will start to increase so it is advised you register as soon as possible to get the cheapest rate!

The conference is normally the highlight of the party’s year and offers a chance to mix with fellow CFers from all over the country, members of the Senior Party and of course a chance to meet the likes well known figures. As well as the conference sessions there is plenty of time to socialise at events such as the Northern Reception.

YHCF hopes as many people as possible from this region will turn out and we look forward to seeing you all there!

Monday 8th April proved to be an unexpectedly sad day for our country as we learned of the passing of one of our greatest Prime Ministers, Margaret Thatcher. Thatcher’s legacy has had an effect on Britain unlike any other; thanks to her we were able to once again feel pride in our country and take our place on the world stage. As well as giving us back our weight internationally she reformed the country inside it and modernised the UK in all possible ways and bringing Britain back to its feet. She restored other peoples’ faith in us and our own faith in ourselves. As Andrew Marr put it  she truly was a ‘one-woman revolution’

In tribute to this wonderful woman Yorkshire CF arranged for a floral tribute to be laid in memory of her in the form of a wreath of white roses, the symbol of Yorkshire. Many of CF from all over the country, as well as from Yorkshire, travelled to London on Wednesday 17th April to be at her funeral and cheer her coffin as it made its final journey from Westminster to St Paul’s. The atmosphere was beyond words and just showed how many lives she touched for the better throughout her reign, it was a fitting send off. She was truly a great loss but even though she is gone her legacy will live on.

Yorkshire CF’s thoughts and condolences remain with her family.