Exclusive: Conor Burns MP - Lady Thatcher Never Supported UKIP

Conor Burns, Conservative MP for Bournemouth West, yesterday told a group of tory activists that Margaret Thatcher never supported UKIP.

At a dinner after a RoadTrip to Clacton Conor Burns said “Margaret Thatcher was a Conservative to her fingertips and wished nothing more that our party in General Elections and good governance to the United Kingdom. And to anyone who speculates that Margaret Thatcher might have had sympathy for another political party, I tell you categorically she did not."

Conor Burns was a close friend Lady Thatcher and is well respected on the right wing of the Conservative Party. #ThingsElliottSays exclusively filmed this speech.

Conference RoadTrip [VIDEO]

At Conference the Conservatives didn't just party. Around 750 activists went out to the seat of Birmingham Northfield to deliver thousands of surveys on behalf of Rachel Maclean, the amazing Conservative candidate in this marginal seat.

It was a great, sunny afternoon where we put in lots of work to make sure the Conservatives take Birmingham Northfield as well as build up the momentum to form a majority government. The Labour party does not have this campaigning momentum. During their conference a similar campaign day in a target seat had only 23 activists. Pitiful compared to 750 Tories in a large amount of coaches.

David Cameron is so pleased with #RoadTrip2015 he stopped by to give his thanks for all our work. The Prime Minister is so pleased that thousands of Conservatives up and down the country are prepared to travel hundreds of miles to bring about a majority Government.

Enjoy the Video.

Exclusive: Recording Of Mark Reckless Saying He Will Attend The Birmingham RoadTrip Hours Before He Resigns

#ThingsElliottSays has been exclusively sent an answer machine recording of Mark Reckless MP saying that he will join hundreds of other Conservative Party members at the Birmingham Northfield RoadTrip on the first day of Conservative Party Conference. Reckless left this answer machine only hours before he defected to UKIP.

Does the man have any principles?



Update

#ThingsElliottSays has also found this tweet from yesterday.

Good to lead coach for Team2015 campaigning in Birmingham Northfield on Sunday+will be followed by our Clacton action day next Thursday
— Mark Reckless MP (@MarkReckless) September 26, 2014

#ThingsElliottSays On TBG

#ThingsElliottSays is back on TBG reporting about the progress of the national CF executive. #ThingsElliottSays puts forward the argument that a revolution has taken place in CF. All in all these next few months will be the best CF will experience since its inception. You can read the article here.

CF Conference Agenda Launched

With #CPC14 fast approaching the national CF exec have launched a guide describing what's hot for those looking for a good time at Party Conference. You can view the guide here.

Great events highlighted by the CF national exec include the CWF midnight reception, Boris speech, and Freedom Fizz with Jacob Rees-Mogg and Liam Fox. There will of course be the free but vinegar like wine available for all at the vast majority of these events.

Alexandra Paterson, the national CF Chair, has told #ThingsElliottSays "With this new National Executive, we decided to bring fresh ideas to CF. Ideas and plans that were expected of CF for a long time. When it comes to Party Conference, we are here to ensure that our members have the best experience, whether it is their first time or if they are regular. This guide will hopefully help CFers organise their diary and enjoy conference even more."

CF is starting to cater for the needs of CFers.

Fresher's Fair At UoN

#ThingsElliottSays has been helping at NUCA's stall at the University of Nottingham's Fresher's Fair. Overall it was a really good few days with lot's of new fresher's signed up and they are eager to experience a port filled evening of debating on Friday 3rd October.

Our stand, by far the best of all the political societies in #ThingsElliottSay's biased opinion, was pretty busy throughout. It was well decorated by pictures of Mrs Thatcher, Boris, the national flag and later a picture of Ed Miliband eating a bacon sandwich*.

The Lib Dems were also out in force, trying to save their society from near collapse. #ThingsElliottSays' house-mate, Seb the Lib Dem President, was on the stall constantly trying to sign up enough members to keep his group affiliated with the SU. Only time will tell to see if it has worked. Good luck.

The Greenies were also there. For all their recycling mantra they had the most paper on their stall and binned the most things after the fair ended. They also got very angry with Labour telling them "You should be ashamed, you're splitting the left-wing vote." The last time I looked Labour were the largest left-wing party Greenies, mind you facts are not their forte.

They did have a very funny sign though.

And then there was Labour. Most of their committee is pretty nice, #ThingsElliottSays love's the banter. Lab Soc members are always welcome to NUCA Port and Policies and to join the society to get cheaper attendance rates. It's always better where the Tories are.

*This was to make up for Labour not displaying a single picture of their dear leader. #ThingsEllliottSays wonders why this is.

Exclusive: Harlow Labour PPC Falsely Claims Thatcher's Legacy On Apartheid Was 'Shocking'

The Labour PPC for Harlow has falsely claimed on Twitter that Thatcher's legacy on 'Apartide [sic] was shocking'.

Suzy Stride, who Ed Miliband wants in the House of Commons in 2015, has said this despite a great deal of evidence that Thatcher was very much against Apartheid. Nelson Mandela and Thatcher had a very good relationship on the world stage, for example. There are documents that show Thatcher lobbied for the release of Mandela in the 1980s. Furthermore, Mandela went on the record and said of Margaret Thatcher “She is an enemy of apartheid… We have much to thank her for.”

I wonder what the rest of Labour think of Suzy's false accusations of Margaret Thatcher.

It is surprising and shocking that a Labour PPC holds such 'shocking' and false views on Margaret Thatcher. It is even more disturbing to find that Suzy is a major player in Labour as she gave a speech at their conference this year. How much further will the Left's hatred of Thatcher continue into the land of nonsense? Even the Guardian believes that Thatcher was anti-apartheid.

Suzy Stride's statement has been challenged on Twitter:

@suzy4harlow @LabourList Don't know about apartide, but I love the time when Mandela thanked her for her help in ending apartheid ...
— James Price (@jameseprice1) September 22, 2014

@suzy4harlow 1) Apartide? I dont think thats a word 2) Even the Guardian credit Thatcher for helping to end apartheid http://t.co/nZ6ShD4Vcl
— Louisa Townson (@LDTownson) September 22, 2014

Perhaps Suzy Stride should publicly apologise on Twitter for her shameful and incorrect comments.

A public apology is needed.