'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
Sad news of death of our Patron Rt Hon Lord Peter Blaker KCMG 9th July 2009 Lord Blaker, who died on July 5 aged 86, became first a diplomat and then a long-serving Conservative MP who twice returned to the Foreign Office as a minister... Articles
Dr Bola Odepidan, Housing Development in Africa 15th June 2009 Housing production in Africa has not kept pace with population and job growth in either quantity or location. With demand for housing greatly outpacing supply... Articles
Dr Liam Fox, Shadow Defence Secretary 18th May 2009 The British military is overstretched, undermanned and suffering from a decade of neglect by the current Labour Government. We have a Treasury which is heavily... Articles
Philippa Broom, Director, International Office at Conservative Party HQ 20th April 2009 Philippa Broom is Director at the International Office for the Conservative Party and is also Director of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy Programme... Reports
Ambassador of Latvia 23rd March 2009 Ambassador I.Berziņš introduced members of the Conservative Foreign and Commonwealth Council with a short history of Latvia’s road of regaining independence. He... Reports
Sad Death of Czech Ambassador 10th March 2009 The Ambassador for the Czech Republic who came to address us at the end of January has very sadly died suddenly. Articles
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany 9th March 2009 Excerpts from Ambassador Georg Boomgaarden’s speech on “German Foreign Policy” before the Conservative Foreign & Commonwealth Council in the House of Commons. Reports
Ambassador of Czech Republic 26th January 2009 The Czech Republic Ambassador, HE Jan Winkler´s Introductory Address to the Conservative Foreign and Commonwealth Council, in central London. Reports
Ambassador of Venezuela 8th December 2008 The Venezuelan project of social and political change has entered a new challenging stage in terms of the political process itself and its aims. Regarding the... Reports
