Due to unforseen circumstances, the new website is now delayed indefinitely.

For the foreseeable future, the Facebook page; http://unikent.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2231607452 will be taking over as the official disseminator of information for the Kent University Conservative Association.

Any queries contact: chairman@kuca.co.uk

New Labour particularly recently under Brown have been portraying themselves as a party that cares about the traditional Tory issues of Britishness and Law and Order. However while proclaiming that we must be proud of our nation and history they have been acquiescing to foreign interests in the EU, with Blair, caring more about pleasing his foreign politician friends than the British people whose best interests he is supposed to represent above all else, surrendering our rebate and getting nothing in return, and now Brown seeking to avoid a referendum on the European Union reform treaty. Labour promised a referendum on the EU constitution, in their last election manifesto, which did not happen as it was abandoned due to referendums not passing it in France and the Netherlands, however the European Union reform treaty is incredibly similar to the constitution so right thinking people would think he would give a referendum on this to. He has however thus far ignored calls for one this is because he wishes to sign us up to the treaty but knows the British people are against it as they unlike him care about loss of sovereignty on issues as important as giving the EU the power to define criminal offences and set minimum sentences and power to harmonise civil and criminal laws and legal procedures and a loss of vetoes on transport policy, energy policy, space policy, science policy, sport, and the yearly budget.

Labour have attempted to appear tough on law and order yet they have presided over increasing gun crime and yobishness while continuing the pretence that restricting the law abiding public in self defence and gun ownership will somehow stop criminals from behaving violently and using guns. They have presided over the appalling murders of Gary Newlove and Rhys Jones which should not have happened in a first world society or any society for that matter, and the prosecution of Tony Martin which showed that the ancient common law principle of tutissimum refugium (that is the principle that a mans home is his safest refuge and as such he has no duty to retreat from using deadly violence as he may do in for example a bar fight) no longer counts in modern Britain. The parole hearing when it was decided that Martin was a danger to burglars so not to release him early showed the appalling state of mind in the judicial system, it is of course a householders duty to be a danger to burglars and burglars bring this upon themselves when they burgle.

Labour appeal to the electorate with platitudes of being economically responsible and looking out for the hard working family yet continue to support and enlarge big government, they place a heavy tax burden on those struggling to afford to bring up children responsibly to subsidise the feckless, and have damaged appallingly through their tax policies private pensions while continuing to expand public sector employment with guaranteed cushy public pensions. Brown has sold of at well below their value the gold reserves supposed to back our currency to buy paper money subject to inflation. He talks of competing with the growing industry of China yet increases the tax and regulation burden discouraging business investment and enterprise, and now he talks of increasing labour laws that while sounding attractive have caused unemployment in Germany and France, who have tried to reform them recently because of this. Another term under Labour will bring more laws that restrict personal freedom, more taxes and more loss of sovereignty to the EU.

Kuca welcomes all new freshers to the University and hope that many of you join the most dynamic political force on campus. Kuca is an open forum for all you freshers out their interested in politics, so we hope you take part in our various activities during the year.

All freshers are warmly welcome to the Kuca Welcome meeting on Monday 24th September, 7pm, Grimond Seminar Room 5, (GS5)

Look forward to seeing all you new freshers and existing members on Monday.

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Kuca Committee

Tony Blair addressed his constituents today announcing that he would be (finally) leaving 10 Downing Street. After ten years as Britain's Prime Minister, it is now time for the nation to reflect upon what Blair promised the electorate in 1997, and what he has delivered.

Education
Blair and New Labour promised to produce “A world class education system”.
Does Britain now have a world-class education system? – Diane Abbott MP, a great promoter of the state school clearly thinks not when she decided to educate her son at the private City of London school. New Labour's education reforms seem to depend more on the size of your bank account, than on ability, as shown with the introduction of student top up fees.

NHS and Welfare State
Blair promised to Modernise the Welfare State and Improve the NHS. “Modernise” in the New Labour lexicon translates almost precisely as: “cripple with bureaucracy and targets whilst make extensive cuts”

Economy
Britain has fallen from ninth to nineteenth in the world competitiveness league. We now spend more and earn less. Our national deficit is a huge cause for concern by many leading economists. Businesses have been suffocated by spiralling corporation tax. Stealth taxes have become symbolic Gordon Brown’s approach to the British economy.

“Restore trust in Politics”
To name a few examples:
David Blunkett’s three year affair with a married woman and impregnated her. John Prescott, “the serial groper” being accused of sexual harassment on numerous occasions, not to mention his two year affair with Tracey Temple, the cash-for-honours scandal, Tessa Jowell being accused of colluding with Silvio Berlusconi.
Whiter than white? I certainly beg to differ.

“A nation of compassion, dignity, and a sense of duty towards one another”
In only the past few months we’ve seen numerous deaths of teenagers from gun crime. You are more likely to be a victim of violent crime now than you were in 1997, while “happy slapping” is now an amusing past time since Labour came to power.

“First truly Green Government Ever”
Carbon dioxide emissions have not declined since Labour came to power in 1997 and the Government has admitted that it is not on track to meet this target. Rising emissions from transport, coal-fired power stations and the domestic and commercial sectors are problematic.

Transport
In June 1997 John Prescott said: “ I will have failed if in five years' time there are not many more people using public transport and far fewer journeys by car”. The Government's 10 year Transport Plan pledged to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Well, Mr Prescott, you have failed.

Britain's Youth
UNICEF placed Britain at the bottom of the league table for child well-being across 21 industrialised countries in February 2007. After 10 years of so-called reforms, Britain is the worst place in the developed world for a child to grow up.

Poverty
Approximately 13 million people in Britain are poor, the same as 1992 (Joseph Rowntree Foundation). Where have all the billions of pounds of investment in tackling poverty gone?

Invasion of Iraq
Tony Blair convinced Members of Parliament that there was solid evidence that Saddam Hussein was a clear and present risk to world security, Britain and other countries national security was at risk, and the solution was to dethrone Saddam Hussein. It has transpired Blair deceived the House, intelligence was bad intelligence, and now thousands have lost their lives needlessly.

Isn’t this Blair’s real legacy?