Boris endorses Hilley for London South

Tonight, at a Croydon fundraiser held at Whitgift School where over four hundred people attended, Boris Johnson MP (the Mayoral Candidate) endorsed Clare Hilley for London South Area Chair.

The two have met before through campaigning for the Conservative cause under The Rt Hon Michael Howard MP.

Dinner at Fushia

Chairman of Croydon Conservatives’ Community Link Badsha Quadir has invited all London South members to a dinner at Fushia restaurant. This will be attended by:

Mr Richard Ottaway MP
(Croydon South)

Cllr Steve O’Connell
(Croydon Cabinet Member for Safety and Cohesion and GLA Candidate, Croydon and Sutton)

Lord Sheikh
(Chairman, Conservative Muslim Forum)

Location: Fushia Restaurant, 3 Brighton Road, South Croydon CR2 6EA
Date: Thursday 28th February 2008

Time: 7 for 7.30 p.m.
Ticket: £17.50
Dress: Lounge suit

Contact: Tirena Gunter at: Tirena.Gunter@posterscope.com

Elect Hilley for London South Chair

Please come to the launch of my campaign on Thursday 7th February. The pub's a well known favourite of mine and for those of you that are based in the southern parts of London South- no excuse as my home town is Purley that is in the borough of Croydon!

I am assured that there will be many London South members in attendence. A few well known guests may make a surprise appearence to- you'll just have to come to find out who they are!!

Date: Thursday 7th February
Venue: Slug & Lettuce, Clapham Junction, London, SW11 1RU
Time: 7pm onwards
Ticket: Free

Curry, beer and politics

Croydon CF is hosting a Curry Night- places are on a first come, first serve basis so get in quick!!

Location: Zara's Kitchen, 60 South End, Croydon
Time: 8pm
Date: Tuesday 12th February
Host: Clare Hilley
Dress: Sexy and remember to bring a bottle!!

Contact me at: clare_hilley@yahoo.co.uk

Dates for your Diary

Date: Tuesday 22nd January
Event: Reception with Steve Norris
Host: UCL Conservatives
Location: UCL, Haldane Room, Gower Street, London
Time: 7.30pm - 11.30pm
Ticket: Free

Contact: uclconservatives@gmail.com


Date: Wednesday 23rd January
Event: Party - Bar Night
Host: Karen Allen
Location: Pitcher & Piano, William IV Street, London
Time: 7.30pm till late
Ticket: Free

Contact: karenallen2@yahoo.co.uk


Date: Saturday 2nd February
Event: CF Hustings and Campaign Day
Host: Mark Clarke PPC for Tooting
Location: Tooting Broadway Station & Selkirck pub
Time: 10.30am till 11.30pm
Ticket: Free

Contact: mark_clarke@tiscali.co.uk

Happy New Year

A Happy 2008 to you all.

Croydon CF branch held a successful Christmas meal that was attended by twenty members. Afterwards we all went on a typical Croydon bar crawl but luckily no one was caught in a brawl!!

Here are some pictures of the night- enjoy!

The Masquerade Ball

Last Friday Croydon CF hosted The Masquerade Ball. It was a tremendous success and people came from all over the South East.

It was impressive to see that everyone who attended wore masks and Syed Kamall MEP gave prizes to the people who had the best overall mask, the best homemade mask and the most outrageous mask!!

After Justine Greening MP's speech we sat down to a four course dinner and listened to music played by a jazz-funk band. Mark Clarke PPC for Tooting conducted our auction that raised a lot of funds for the branch.

Dancing and drinking until the early hours of Saturday morning all of Croydon CF breathed a sigh of relief as we were finally able to relax and reflect on what an excellent night it had been.

Thanks to Justine Greening MP, Syed Kamall MEP, Richard Ottaway MP, Cllr & GLA Candidate Steve O' Connell, Mark Clarke PPC for Tooting, Cllr Robert Askey, Katie Tucker, Alistair Cooling and Sarah Davies for their help and support during the organisation and attendance of the event.