tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post291496111414766347..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: UEA Conservatives 25th Anniversary BashIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-45286234926224943172007-09-03T21:28:00.000+01:002007-09-03T21:28:00.000+01:00Shouldn't that be Wednesday 10th October???Shouldn't that be Wednesday 10th October???Antonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09165606568016036829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-42758539541990022902007-09-03T09:22:00.000+01:002007-09-03T09:22:00.000+01:00You know you are a human being when......you say "...You know you are a human being when...<BR/><BR/><BR/>...you say "God, Thats an ugly building!"Roger Thornhillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01153744692290896812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-10471438643680951802007-09-02T23:37:00.000+01:002007-09-02T23:37:00.000+01:00That brings back more than a few memories - the "S...That brings back more than a few memories - the "Sack Seddon" campaign when we called a no-confidence ballot against SU president Mark Seddon (subsequently a member of the Labour NEC) after he illegally used student union resources to suport the miners strike: our attempt to overturn "no platform" policy" and the night that a vote on our amendment to a "Troops Out" motion was so close that they had to call a division.<BR/><BR/>As you will probably remember Iain, the UEA buildings were sometimes called "the great stranded battleship in the fens" and from certain angles they really look like one. (In fact the only group of buildings which I know that looks more like a battleship than UEA is Sellafield but let's not follow that one up.)<BR/><BR/>Don't know if I am likely to be able to get to the 25th anniversary do, but if not please give everyone my regardsChris Whitesidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02888720969479013951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-52598881332689807012007-09-02T15:25:00.000+01:002007-09-02T15:25:00.000+01:00Speaking of university Conservative societies, one...Speaking of university Conservative societies, one is being set up at mine, Sussex Uni. Will be interesting to see how many it can attract in what is still a very left-wing uni.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-64573447580505670742007-09-02T13:43:00.000+01:002007-09-02T13:43:00.000+01:00That building is incredible!That building is incredible!Old BEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06974090439936326476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-8769882111333569562007-09-01T21:45:00.000+01:002007-09-01T21:45:00.000+01:00Let's hope you're not the victims of friendly fire...Let's hope you're not the victims of friendly fire blue on blues in those Iranian buildings. Awfully near Lakenheath.hatfield girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12673905475452420002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-78354548391335971302007-09-01T21:14:00.000+01:002007-09-01T21:14:00.000+01:00Iain, I like this post... reminds me of UEA's arch...Iain, <BR/><BR/>I like this post... reminds me of UEA's arch-rivals essex university.<BR/><BR/>Once a hot bed of radicalism, now CF is easily the biggest political soc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-34529284285965926192007-09-01T19:14:00.000+01:002007-09-01T19:14:00.000+01:00Looks like a set from a sci-fi B movie. Are you s...Looks like a set from a sci-fi B movie. Are you sure Tories can be found inside such modern looking buildings? Better let Portillo know.<BR/><BR/>I can remember being roundly hated at Oxford for being a Conservative. I did Law there from 72-75 - same course as Blair at same time. <BR/><BR/>Funny thing is that most of those lefties are now high-up bank executives and so on. I cannot believe they're still the same rampant socialists they were then. They all had shoulder length hair and spots.Tapestryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17267094484651413428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-11442886724907876222007-09-01T18:32:00.000+01:002007-09-01T18:32:00.000+01:00FR,you may well be right. All I know is that when ...FR,you may well be right. All I know is that when I went there in 1981 there was nothing. It had been moribund for at least two years. So at the beginning of my second year in the autumn of 1982 we reformed it.Iain Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-48543814097449741162007-09-01T18:17:00.000+01:002007-09-01T18:17:00.000+01:00Strange. I have a distinct recollection of joining...Strange. I have a distinct recollection of joining the society at the 1969 freshers do. I never actually went to any meetings as they were really posh in those days as the placed was full of people duped by rumours that Princess Anne was going to go there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-9555351888100059652007-09-01T17:43:00.000+01:002007-09-01T17:43:00.000+01:00East Anglia- NOUVEAU RICHE- Now the University of ...East Anglia- NOUVEAU RICHE- Now the University of Glasgow Conservative Association was established in 1836 to campaign for the election of Sir Robert Peel as Lord Rector of the University.- probably the oldest University Conservative ASssociation in history.<BR/><BR/>Suggest when East Anglia celebrates its 173rd anniversary in the year 2157AD, then there can be a gathering of aluminiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com