Andrew Gimson on Gimson’s Heroes: Brief Lives from Boudicca to Churchill Wednesday, 17 December, 2025 A talk by Andrew Gimson Members of the Conservative Foreign & Commonwealth Council (CFCC) attended a talk at the House of Lords on Monday 8th December to hear Andrew Gimson discuss his recently published book, Gimson’s Heroes: Brief Lives from Boudicca to Churchill . Catherine, Lady Meyer, Chairman of the CFCC, warmly welcomed Gimson, introducing him as a former Parliamentary sketch writer for the... Reports
Dr L Colucci, The Bush Doctrine and American National Security Policy 20th October 2008 Dr Lamont Colucci, author of Crusading Realism: The Bush Doctrine and American Core Values After 9/11 and National Security Studies Coordinator at Ripon College... Reports
Lynda, Baroness Chalker 1st September 2008 Lynda is a Patron of the CFCC and Chairman of Africa Matters Limited, a pan African group of advisers seeking to take investment into African businesses and... Reports
Annual Diplomatic Summer Party 2008 30th July 2008 The Annual Diplomatic Summer Party 2008, hosted by Sir Ron on behalf of the Conservative Foreign and Commonwealth Council was successful. Articles
Mark Francois MP, Shadow Minister of Europe 30th June 2008 Mark Francois, MP for Rayleigh and Wickford and Shadow Minister of Europe, spoke to the Conservative Foreign and Commonwealth Council on the Lisbon Treaty. Reports
Ambassador of Bulgaria 19th May 2008 Bulgaria is one of the oldest European states with a 20-century-old history and traditions. Modern Bulgaria is situated in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkan... Reports
Ambassador of Uzbekistan 28th April 2008 Speech by the Ambassador of the Republic of Uzbekistan, HE Mr. Otabek Akbarov on «Foreign Policy of Uzbekistan» at the Conservative Foreign and Commonwealth... Reports
Ambassador of Portugal 24th February 2008 The Ambassador of Portugal, HE António Santana Carlos, addressed the Conservative Foreign and Commonwealth Council in central London. Reports
Ambassador of Denmark 21st January 2008 The Ambassador of Denmark, Mr. Birger Riis-Jørgensen, addressed the Conservative Foreign & Commonwealth Council in Portcullis House, part of the Houses of... Reports
Leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament, Timothy Kirkhope MEP 3rd December 2007 Born in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1945 Timothy was educated privately at the Royal Grammar School in the City and subsequently at the Law Society's College of Law... Reports
