His Excellency Vikram Doraiswami, the High Commissioner for India Sunday, 1 February, 2026 Visit by CFCC Members to the Indian High Commission On Tuesday 20th January, Members of the Conservative Foreign & Commonwealth Council (CFCC) attended an evening reception and discussion at the Indian High Commission, where they were hosted and warmly received by His Excellency Vikram Doraiswami, the High Commissioner for India. In introducing His Excellency to CFCC members, Lord Howell of... Reports
Peter Oborne "The Problem of Integrity in British Politics" 21st April 2021 The recording for this event is here. Peter Oborne is the former chief political commentator of The Telegraph. He wrote a political column for the Daily Mail... Reports
HE Gaitri Kumar, High Commissioner of India on “The UK-India Partnership” 31st March 2021 Please see here a recording of this webinar talk. Gaitri Issar Kumar, of the 1986 batch of the Indian Foreign Service has served in various capacities at the... Reports
Johnny Mercer MP, Minister for Veteran Affairs “Improving the lives of Veterans” 17th March 2021 The recording for this event is attached. It was an honour to be joined by Johnny Mercer MP, the incumbent Minister for Veterans, for an enlightening talk on... Reports
"Global Britain: How trade can drag us out of this mess" Daniel Hannan (former MEP) – Baron Hannan of Kingsclere - (AGM just before) 2nd March 2021 Lord Hannan of Kingsclere gave us an excellent talk linking the Commonwealth to the success of Global Britain, citing examples of how Britain can be proud of... Reports
“The future after the Covid crisis“ with Dr David Starkey 22nd February 2021 Disclaimer: The wide ranging topics covered and views expressed are Dr Starkey's own Synopsis of talk It was a pleasure to be joined by David Starkey, renowned... Reports
‘London in a post Brexit Global world’ with Shaun Bailey, Mayor of London Candidate 16th February 2021 Shaun Bailey gave us an inspiring Q&A session attended by c 80 of us yesterday. Here is a recording of the first few minutes of the event. Reports
'Britain's role in the world post-Brexit' The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP 26th January 2021 The CFCC was delighted to be joined online by the Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt, the Member of Parliament for South West Surrey, whose illustrious career has seen him... Reports
"Maldivian Lessons in Democracy" and "The Maldives - Looking Forward" 16th December 2020 This event was chaired by The Rt Hon Lord Taylor of Holbeach and the recording can be found here. Mohamed Nasheed - President Nasheed is currently Speaker of... Reports
The Future of the Israel-UAE-Bahrain relationship with the UK after the Abraham Accord 7th December 2020 Virtual Panel with with HE Shaikh Fawaz Al Khalifa - Bahrain Ambassador, HE Mansoor Abulhoul – UAE Ambassador and HE Tzipi Hotovely – Israel Ambassador. You can... Reports
