by Ellee Seymour | Oct 12, 2009 | Conservative Party Conference, Politics, updates
Shadow Health Minister Stephen O’Brien’s words were music to the ears of Rebecca Wood, chief executive of the Alzheimer’s Research Trust, when he pledged increased proportional funding for dementia research. He disclosed to the packed audience at a...
by Ellee Seymour | Oct 12, 2009 | Conservative Party Conference, Politics
Alzheimer’s research is a subject very close to my heart, so I was pleased to see it was included as a topic at one of the fringe meetings at the Conservative Party conferences. Prof Clive Ballard, Director of Research for the Alzheimer’s Society,...
by Ellee Seymour | Oct 11, 2009 | Politics
I am delighted to learn that James Tumbridge has made it through to the final stage of the selection as Conservative parliamentary candidate for South West Norfolk. He stood in Ian Gibson’s seat in Norwich North in 2005 – recently won by Chloe Smith who makes her...
by Ellee Seymour | Oct 11, 2009 | Conservative Party Conference, Politics, updates
Perhaps the editor of The Times had further damaging revelations about MPs expenses in mind when he refused to back the Tories in the same way as The Sun. There were whisperings all week at the Conservative conference about another expenses scandal which was going to...
by Ellee Seymour | Oct 10, 2009 | Conservative Party Conference, Politics, updates
I was totally bowled over by this powerful video at the opening of the Conservative Party conference. What a great build up for Eric Pickles to walk on stage and address his “chums”. It encapsulates everything that is wrong with our society today and why...
by Ellee Seymour | Oct 10, 2009 | Conservative Party Conference, Politics
I was keen to know if holding the Conservative conference in Manchester had influenced local voters at all, whether they were more likely to support us. I very much doubt it. I asked a group of commuters at the tram station about this and it was impossible to gain any...
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