In the post

This morning whilst doing the post I saw the Conservative Future Information Pack. This is sent out to MPs, Assembly Members, Council Leaders, ACs etc. and contains a mini library of guides to each aspect of running a CF branch.

It marks the culmination of a year's experience and the fulfillment of my pledge to provide an e-library of advice (all booklets can be emailed to members on request). This is a decent start but imagine had we been focussed on this sort of support work from the start rather than trying to run a quasi-branch that specialised in events?

Two Points:

• I am pledging to focus on the provision of training, resources and services from the centre. Running branches is for the Area and Branch Chairmen to do, not the London clique.
• The future success of CF relies upon engaging the senior party. An NME committee, headed by one Executive member, will focus solely on this aim.