Past Events

Margaret Thatcher 30th Anniversary Drinks – 4/5/09

Some members of the new committee

^ President Sahar Rezazadeh with Guild Liason Officer Joe Hollywood

^ Former President Dan O’Doherty enjoys his first (but not last!) drink post AGM

^Former President Dan O’Doherty with BUCF members

BUCF Annual General Meeting -  4th May 2009

^The turnout at the AGM

^Outgoing President Dan O’Doherty & The Committee Elect 2009-10

^President Dan O’Doherty Final Speech

^BUCF’s Iron Lady – President Elect Sahar Rezazadeh makes her speech

^ BUCF Vice President-Elect Dan Cole addresses the members

^ BUCF Events Officer-elect Adam Jenner shows us how its done

Vice Chair of CF Raheem Kassam congratulates BUCF

^West Midlands Area Chair Jimmy McLoughlin rallys the troops

^Former BUCF Treasurer Dan Cowdrill accepts his honorary membership

Outgoing President & Events Officer with BUCF members Adam & Rav

BUCF/George Osborne Event – March 2009

A few BUCF members and the Shadow Chancellor George Osborne

George in full flow

Three rows of BUCF’ers!

BUCF President Dan O’Doherty & Member Alex Yaffe

Michael Gove MP Visit – Feb 2009

BUCF Members and Shadow Education Secretary Michael Gove MP

Paul Goodman MP Visit – Jan 2009

BUCF Members and Paul Goodman MP

YBF Media Training – Jan 2009

BUCF VP Laura Blyth being interviewed by YBF Director of Operations Christian May

BUCF Member Adam Jenner is put through his paces by the YBF Interview Team

BUCF President Dan O’Doherty interview is played back

The City Branch Credit Crunch Spectacular – Jan 2009

Members of BUCF and Former Conservative Party Chairman Caroline Spellman MP

Edgbaston PPC Deirdre Alden, Leader of Birmingham City Council – Cllr Mike Whitby, BUCF Social Action Officer - Sahar Rezazzadeh

BUCF members Charlotte Edwards & Adam Jenner join President Dan O’Doherty attempt to ‘out’ Barack Obama as a Tory!

The Bruges Group 20th Anniversary Dinner – October 27th 2008

Lady Thatcher and Norman Tebbit in deep conversation

Lady Thatcher leaves the ballroom to deafening cheers of ‘Ten more years!’

BUCF President Dan O’Doherty (Pictured) joined a host of Euro Sceptics at an event at the Grovesnor House Hotel in Lond to mark the 20th anniversary of Lady Thatcher’s (pictured) speech to the College of Europe in which she warned of excessive European influence.

BUCF Drinks Event – October 2008

BUCF held its first ’student’ event of the term with a drinks evening at the Bristol Pear in Selly Oak. Edgbaston PPC Deirdre Alden, David Fazakerley and Councillor Fergus Robinson came along to show their support. The Local Assosciation kindly funded the event.

Conservative Party Conference 2008 & BUCF Drinks

Plan for Change – The Conference Theme

The Greatest Tory hero debate which was won by Margaret Thatcher

The Conference Hall

BUCF Conference  Drinks – The Committee

President BUCF, BUCF Honorary President Patrick McLoughlin MP, NUCA President

NUCA Vice President Marcus Linsey, Pip, Mathew Roper BUCF Events Officer

An indication of the turnout!

Freshers Fayre 2008

 

The Committee clear up!

Conservative Future Dep. Chairman Christian May, Dom Fisher, Jimmy McLoughlin

Secretary Laura keeps her cool in BBC Radio 4 interview, VP Blyth (deep in thought) and El Presidente (taking photo) had already been grilled (eek!)

Summer Break 2008

BUCF Chairman and Vice President of Nottingham University Conservative Future attend private function with Edwina Currie, former Birmingham City Councillor and Junior Health Minister

Summer Term 2008

David Cameron Event – 19th May 2008 – The Orange Studios Birmingham 

^ David Cameron and George Osbourne (Photo: Beth Jobbins)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LtoR - Timm Smith BUCF Member, Ed Sparkes BULS member, Tom Whittaker Former Chair of the University of Birmingham Debating Society 

Autumn Term

Halloween Campaigning

Theresa May Visit

New St. Campaigning

Freshers Meal

Freshers Stand

 

March 2007
CF Drinks, Mailbox Birmingham.

Jack Gilliland (Former Chairman, BUCF) Louise Best (City Branch) Cllr. Gareth Compton, and Daniel Cowdrill (Former Treasurer, BUCF)

CF group photo

Deirdre Aldern (PPC Edgbaston) and Peter Luff MP

Louise Best (City Branch), Sophie Hollender (front), Deirdre Aldern, Jack Gilliland and Tom Whittaker (Now Chairman of Debating Society)

Discussion with Ed Vaizey

Meeting with President of the Adam Smith Institute, Dr Madsen Pirie

December 2006
Peter Lilley Debate on immigration controls
The former Conservative minister, Peter Lilley, introduced the debate hosted by the Debating Society. Mr Lilley joined members after for dinner before heading back to London.

Conservative Way Forward Presidents Dinner  - Guests of Honour: Liam Fox, Shadow Minister for Defence and Baroness Thatcher

Events Officer (2008-present) Mathew Roper, Shadow Minister for Defence Liam Fox, BUCF Chairman (2008-present) Dan O’Doherty

Conor Burns (CWF), Baroness Thatcher and Chris Chope OBE

Boris Johnson visit
Shadow Minister for Higher Education and Future Mayor Of London Boris Johnson’s exclusive visit for members of BUCF

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November 2006
Ken Clarke Democracy Taskforce Q & A
Former Chancellor and Home Secretary Ken Clarke meets CF members on campus to discuss democracy issues.

City Branch Drinks, Birmingham
City Branch members share drinks at Utopia Bar
Visit Birmingham City Branch website here

September 2006
Freshers Fayre
Former CF Chairman Mike O’Rourke gets down the details

May 2006
Campaigning with David Willetts
Pounding the streets in Quinton with Cllr. Jane James

 

November 2004
Launch of Timetable for Action
With Michael Howard MP, Leader of the Conservative Party. Mike O’Rourke, former Chairman of BUCF, 3rd from left.