'The Foreign Office: when did the Foreign Secretary lose power to No. 10' With Sir Anthony Seldon, Historian, Author, Educator Sunday, 1 June, 2025 ‘Members of the Conservative Foreign & Commonwealth Council (CFCC) attended a talk at the House of Lords on Monday the 19th May by Sir Anthony Seldon, the acknowledged national authority on all matters relating to Number 10 and British prime ministers. Sir Anthony was introduced by Emma, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, a Patron of the CFCC who herself has served under a number of prime... Reports
Mina Al-Oraibi, Assistant Editor in Chief of Asharq Alawsat 15th October 2013 Mina Al-Oraibi, Assistant Editor in Chief of Asharq Alawsat, the international pan-Arab daily newspaper, spoke to the assembled Conservative Foreign and... Reports
Minister Counsellor of the Embassy of Chile 24th September 2013 Mr Rodrigo Espinosa, Minister Counsellor for Chile, gave a fascinating wide ranging briefing about UK-Chile links particularly touching on the history and... Reports
Ambassador of Norway 29th August 2013 The Ambassador of Norway, HE MR KIM TRAAVIK, Ambassador of Norway and Sir Michael Craig-Cooper CBE TD DL, spoke on "Norwegian Foreign Policy, with Special... Reports
Problems with British International Aid 19th August 2013 Mr Gordon Bridger, formerly of DFID, gave a slide show presentation arguing that aid has been mis-directed. He quoted Lord Lawson: "British aid on balance did... Articles
Annual Summer Diplomatic Party 2013 10th July 2013 Baroness Chalker of Wallasey, Patron, Conservative Foreign and Commonwealth Council, and Mr Rehman Chishti MP, Deputy Chairman, were the hosts at the annual... Articles
High Commissioner of the Republic of Mozambique 11th June 2013 Allow me to begin my deep appreciation to the Council for the kind invitation to come and speak. I wish also to thank you for taking the time to be here and for... Reports
Albert A Poggio OBE, UK Representative of Gibraltar 21st May 2013 Mr Poggio gave a wide-ranging talk about some of the 'theatres' that Gibraltar is involved in as well as the three pillars of the economy: tourism, retail... Reports
Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina 23rd April 2013 Bosnia and Herzegovina is first of all a smaller country, than Western Balkan country, Southeastern European Country and European country in accordance with the... Reports
Funeral of Rt Hon Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven LG, OM, FRS 17th April 2013 A cool mist hung in the air. I felt a tangible sense of occasion, complemented by the hushed and curious crowd gathered three or four deep. With heart beating... Articles
