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Saturday: Conference with Jacob and Priti on party democracy and empowering ‘the grassroots’

“Conservative Central Office has acted far too much like a mini EU,” says David Campbell Bannerman

CIBUK remains non-partisan but this is all about giving power back to the people. This Saturday (13 May 2023) a conference and gala dinner will take place, with a stellar line-up of senior politicians and entertainers. Whilst CIBUK remains party-neutral, we believe in democracy at its deepest level.

This event is organised by CDO – the Conservative Democratic Organisation – and has a great line-up of pro-Brexit politicians. We thought readers would want to be aware of this. ‘Early-Bird’ tickets are still available if you use the links below.

Summary

The CDO Take Control Conference

Speakers : Lord Cruddas, the Rt Hon Priti Patel MP, the Rt Hon Jacob Rees-Mogg MP, the Rt Hon Nadine Dorries MP, plus other MPs will be attending as well as media commentators
Date : Saturday 13 May 2023
Time : 11am-5pm
Gala Dinner Dance : 7.30pm-1am
Location : The Bournemouth International Centre (ample parking)
Early Bird Conference ticket : £10 (normally £20)
Early Bird Gala Dinner : £40 (normally £80)
3-course dinner with wine, live music from Britain’s Got Talent stars ‘The Soldiers of Swing’

Book now here

In exclusive comments to CIBUK and Facts4EU CDO President Lord Cruddas said :-

“The recent local election disaster for the Conservatives and the dire polling leading into the local elections are a reflection of the disunity in the Conservative Party caused by the 1922 committee and MPs in removing two sitting Prime Ministers and installing a leader rejected by the members.

“You cannot expect any political party to be successful if you ignore and disenfranchise its members and treat them with contempt. Which is what has happened to the Conservative Party in the last year.

“There is only one way the Conservative Party can turn this whole mess around and that is to listen to the members and start to rebuild the party from the grassroots upwards. Otherwise the Conservative party will be out of power for a generation and the blame will lay firmly at the feet of the Conservative Parliamentary Party.”

“Are you ready to take back control?

“We certainly are, and we look forward to welcoming you to the CDO Conference in Bournemouth on Saturday, 13th May 2023, where you’ll join like-minded patriots who, like you, want to save our party and our country.

“Please book now, as tickets to the gala dinner are limited. We can’t wait to meet you!”

– Lord Cruddas and the CDO Team

CDO’s Chairman, former MEP David Campbell Bannerman, spoke to us exclusively:

“This is a ground breaking event. It is the official launch of the Conservative Democratic Organisation (CDO) and will empower Conservative members to take control back of their party and end relentless centralisation. Central Office has acted far too much like a mini EU – taking away powers from members and not being responsible to them for their actions. Members have been treated with contempt. We need urgent democratic change to save and reinvigorate the party; especially in the light of yet more disastrous local election results.”

The CDO’s launch line-up is impressive

CIBUK has seen the agenda for the conference on Saturday and it certainly is full. There will be all manner of discussions on various aspects of party democracy and the list of speakers in these sessions is impressive.

There will even be a guest appearance by video of former Prime Minister the Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP.

About the CDO

The CDO says their mission is to strengthen party democracy by ensuring the Conservative Party is representative of the membership and fairly represents their views, and to re-enfranchise Conservative Party members to be the masters of their own democratic destiny.

In addition to several other aims, they believe “Constituency Associations should have the right to determine who their Parliamentary Candidate and Member of Parliament is and if necessary, deselect their MP.” They also wish to see the Party’s Leader being chosen by the grassroots membership again – and not by MPs.

And if you want to make a weekend of it…

Business Events Bournemouth have put together a range of hotel options which are close to the venue and the special deals can be seen here.

If you decide to attend the Gala Dinner you might well wish to spend the weekend in Bournemouth.

Observations

To reiterate, CIBUK is non-partisan. If Labour or the LibDems ran a conference like this, with pro-Brexit speakers, we would happily promote them. And to be very clear, CIBUK has received absolutely nothing from CDO for publicising their conference. We simply ask any readers who decide to attend to tell the organisers they read about the event here, as this helps our overall reputation.

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CIBUK thanks its Affiliated Organisation, Brexit Facts4EU.Org for their research and permission to republish this article.

The Brexit Facts4EU.Org article can be found here.