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Conservative Revolution

Britain and the world’s oldest conservative think tank

Conservative Revolution

Britain and the world’s oldest conservative think tank

Leading the debate at Party Conference

Oct 7, 2013 | Archive, News Articles

The Bow Group hosted a number of successful events at this year’s Conservative Party Conference in Manchester.

Andrew Mitchell MP spoke alongside John Redwood MP and director of ResPublica Phillip Blond, in a debate about reviving Conservative Party membership and reversing the decline in grass roots activism. A packed room at the Epernay Champagne Bar saw all angles of the issue discussed, including some practical ideas to improve support at association level.

Perhaps the most controversial debate at Conference 2013 was the Bow Group’s “Unite the Right” discussion in the Bridgewater Hall on the Tuesday afternoon. James Delingpole (columnist for the Times, the Daily Telegraph & the Spectator), Toby Young (recent contributing editor of Vanity Fair, columnist for the Spectator and the Daily Telegraph) and David Campbell Bannerman MEP (Conservative, previously a UKIP MEP) discussed the possibility of an electoral pact between the Conservative Party and UKIP.

Meanwhile, Bow Group Chairman Ben Harris Quinney also debated the future of the Royal Mail in a fringe event hosted by the Guardian.