Tag: Conservative Party Conference

• Saturday, September 30th 2023 - 08:27 UTC

  Falklands attends the Conservative Party Conference at Manchester

  

  The Falkland Islands will be present at the annual Conservative Party conference scheduled to begin on Sunday and last until Wednesday, 4 October, when the Prime Minister will be giving one of the closing speeches.

• Thursday, October 7th 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Falklands ends a great performance, as the Manchester curtain comes down

  

  The curtain came down in Manchester on Wednesday, putting an end to the 2021 main English political parties conferences, with the Falkland Islands delegates and stand performing an excellent campaign, ahead of the Climate Change summit to be held in Glasgow hosted by London, and the coming events of next year when the Falklands will be “Looking Forward at 40”.

• Tuesday, October 5th 2021 - 07:58 UTC

  Busy start for Falklands' stand at Manchester Conservative conference

  

  A delegation from the Falkland Islands is now installed in Manchester City attending the Conservative Party Conference21, which took off on Sunday 3 October and will extend until Wednesday 6 October.

• Thursday, October 4th 2018 - 06:50 UTC

  Argentina leans over Falklands' head continuously, says MLA Pollard

  

  The Falkland Islands are under “continuous” threat from Argentina but is very capable of being able to defend itself, Member of the Legislative Assembly, Mark Pollard told Darren Hunt from the Express at the Conservative party conference in Birmingham.

• Monday, October 1st 2018 - 06:47 UTC

  Spanish conciliatory message to Gibraltar from Spanish PM at UN Assembly

  

  UK’s post-Brexit relationship with the European Union can be one that creates “prosperity and benefits” for Gibraltar and the wider surrounding region, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told the United Nations General Assembly.

• Monday, October 1st 2018 - 06:38 UTC

  Theresa May expresses full support for Gibraltar at Conservative conference

  

  Prime Minister Theresa May took a personal interest in Gibraltar on Sunday evening, attending the Gibraltar Government’s reception at the Conservative party conference in Birmingham and delivering a clear, unequivocal message: “We back Gibraltar.”

• Monday, September 17th 2018 - 08:07 UTC

  Falklands at UK key party conferences, six months ahead of Brexit

  

  Falkland Islands Members of the Legislative Assembly Mark Pollard and Stacy Bragger are travelling to the UK to attend Labor and Conservative Party Conferences. This is a special year for British politics given the ongoing Brexit debate, and countdown to UK leaving the European Union on 29 March 2019.

• Friday, September 29th 2017 - 07:07 UTC

  Falklands' delegation heads for the Conservative party conference in Manchester

  

  With the Labour party conference in Brighton behind, the Falkland Islands delegation will be moving on Saturday to Manchester for the Conservative party conference, which begins October first.

• Monday, October 3rd 2016 - 07:03 UTC

  PM May announces Brexit process should be over by 2019 with strong limits on immigration policy

  

  Prime Minister Theresa May said on Sunday that Britain would begin the process of withdrawing from the European Union by the end of March and suggested that she would seek a clean break that makes limits on immigration a priority.

• Tuesday, October 6th 2015 - 09:14 UTC

  Falklands' stand visited by Foreign Secretary Hammond and MP Rosindell

  

  Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, MP Andrew Rosindel and Charles Tannock MEP, were among several personalities that visited the Falkland Islands stand at the Conservative Conference which is taking place in Manchester. He was met by Falklands lawmakers Jan Cheek and Roger Edwards, and Sukey Cameron, head of FIGO, Falklands' government office in London.