Our PPC, George Lee, has had a letter published in the Sunday Telegraph today on the subject of the Lockerbie bomber’s release.
Camden Conservatives Congratulate A-Level Students
Published August 24, 2009 Camden Council Leave a CommentCamden sixth form students are celebrating after achieving the best ever set of A Level results.
The 2009 results, which have raised the bar even higher than last year, are testament to the hard work put in by the students and their teachers.
Students achieved a pass (grades A to E) in 98% of exams taken, compared to the national (England) figure of 97%. This is 1% higher than the excellent results achieved last year by Camden students.
More than half of all entries achieved grades A or B – in Camden this was 51.5%, compared to the national figure of 49.0%.
The proportion of A to C grades was 75.8% compared to 73.4% nationally, whilst the number of entries graded A was 25.0% compared to the national figure of 25.4%. Camden Council’s Executive Member for Schools, Councillor Andrew Mennear (Conservative) said:
“Congratulations to all our hard working students and staff whose dedication and commitment have been rewarded by these results. I am delighted that Camden students have pushed standards up yet again and it shows what potential we have in our sixth formers. Well done to everyone.”
Solid evidence of our more responsive approach to parking controls in new figures, here’s the release put out by the Council yesterday.
Almost 85,000 fewer parking tickets were issued in Camden last year – a drop of more than 20 per cent – new figures out this week show.Parking penalty charge notices (PCNs) dropped from 404,675 in 2007/8 to 320,304 in 2008/9, figures released by London Councils show.
Improving parking services in Camden to make the system fairer and easier to understand for residents has been a top commitment for the Council. Cllr Chris Knight [Conservative - Ed], Camden Council’s Executive Member for Environment, said: “We said that we wanted to make parking in Camden fairer and easier to understand and the fall in tickets shows this is working. Camden is one of the busiest boroughs for traffic in London with extreme competing demands for parking.”We have a responsibility to enforce parking rules to make the borough’s roads safer for everyone who uses them, to protect scarce parking spaces for those who have a right to park there and to reduce congestion and keep traffic flowing.”
The number of motorists penalised in Camden for moving traffic offences, such as entering box junctions, also fell from 113,718 to 90,343 last year.The number of motorists caught driving in bus lanes dropped from 11,481 to 9,019.The total number of PCNs issued overall, including bus lane and moving traffic PCNs fell from 529,874 to 419,666.
The number of tickets issued by all London boroughs fell by the smaller margin of 11 per cent last year.
An unexpected little piece on George in the Atticus column of The Sunday Times this weekend…
Dave’s pig-shed MP may be one in the sty for smug Labour
When Labour tries to attack the Tories on grounds of class, as they inevitably will at the next general election, David Cameron should deploy his secret weapon – the Conservative candidate for Holborn and St Pancras in central London.
George Lee, a former chief inspector with the Metropolitan police, was born in a pig shed in Hong Kong. At five, he worked in a toy factory.
“I remember one time I was so hungry that I saw a bit of bread left on the road and I picked it out of the dirt and ate it,” he says. At 10, speaking no English, he came to the UK with his parents, who opened a Chinese takeaway in Portsmouth, where young George went to the local comp.
What fun to see Labour’s public school-educated cabinet ministers (such as Harriet Harman and Ed Balls) lined up against a man who can probably boast the most humble origins in British public life. Isn’t politics complicated?
HSPCA Go To Norwich!
Published July 16, 2009 Elections , HSPCA Events , National Campaigns Leave a Comment
The Norwich North By Election is a real opportunity for us to help show that the Conservatives are back in winning ways!
A group of HSPCA activists, led by Chairman, Paul Barton, made their way up to Norwich last weekend to help local candidate, Chloe Smith.
We may not be the largest association in the country, but we know how to campaign and certainly helped to make an impact on the ground!
In the photo, left to right, Tim Barnes (Deputy-Chairman), Tim Crockford, Paul Barton (Chairman) and Iain Martin.
The next meeting of the HSPCA Executive will take place at 1a Heath Hurst Road on Saturday 18, July, at 10.30am.
All members of the Executive will be welcome. Please inform Paul Barton if you will be unable to attend.
Many thanks.
George Lee Profiled for Operation Black Vote
Published June 11, 2009 Elections , PPC Leave a CommentOperation Black Vote – the organisation that helps to promote political engagement in minority communities – has profiled George on their website.
Click here to read the story.
The Association AGM is on 31 March at the Plough on Museum Street – all paid up members are welcome at this, and it will be a good chance to meet George Lee, our newly selected PPC.
Please let Paul Barton (paul.barton@bankofamerica.com) or the office know if you are coming so we can have some idea of numbers.
Holborn and St Pancras are deligted to announce that George Lee has been selected as our Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for the next General Election.
George Lee
Paul Barton, chairman of Holborn and St. Pancras Conservatives, said:
“George Lee was born in modest circumstances in Hong Kong, and came to the UK as a child speaking no English. He has long and varied life experience, which include reaching the rank of Chief Inspector in the Metropolitan Police Force (he was the highest ranking Chinese officer in the UK), and was involved in some high profile cases (e.g. Triad gang murders in Soho). He also attended Trinity College, Cambridge as a mature student on a Bramshill scholarship reserved for police officers earmarked for the top.
“George was the founder member of the Black Police Association, has worked with various government departments, and since giving up his police career has been in business in recent years as a management consultant. He is (as far as we know) the first Chinese Parliamentary candidate selected by any of the major parties – showing the fact that the modern Conservative Party is truly an inclusive and meritocratic party.”
We will set up a new site for George to support him in his campaign, in due course.
See the news on ConservativeHome.
HSPCA Dinner with Syed Kamall and Marina Yannakoudakis
Published February 8, 2009 Uncategorized Leave a CommentThe Officers of Holborn and St Pancras Conservative Association are delighted to invite you to:
Dinner and Discussion with
London MEP Candidates
Syed Kamall MEP and Marina Yannakoudakis
Thursday 30 April 2009, 7pm for 7.30pm
Tickets: http://hspcamepdinner.eventbrite.com/
With the European elections approaching 4 June, we are pleased to invite you to meet two of the candidates for the London region. Syed Kamall is well known to many of our members as an active MEP who has supported HSPCA and attended our events in the past. Marina Yannakoudakis is a new addition to the the list who previously ran a business in Camden. This will be a first chance for many of us to meet Marina and wish her well on the road to Brussels!
The dinner will be a small gathering with only a limited number of places to ensure that those present will have the opportunity to participate in the discussion afterwards.
We look forward to seeing you there!
About Syed
Syed was born and brought up in London. He is married with two children and was educated at the Latymer School, Edmonton. He has a degree from Liverpool University, a Masters from the London School of Economics and a PhD from City University, London.
Before entering the European Parliament, he worked as a consultant to companies on marketing, strategy and public affairs. In 2003, he started a diversity recruitment business. Syed is a co-founder of the Global Business Research Institute (GBRI), an educational body conducting outreach to business executives, journalists and civil servants, promoting a greater understanding of globalisation and its consequences. Syed’s interests include telecommunications, transport, postal services, broadcasting, global free trade and foreign investment.
Syed became a Member of the European Parliament in May 2005. In May 2000, Syed was a Conservative Candidate for the Greater London Assembly. The following year, he was Conservative candidate for West Ham in the June 2001 General Election.
Find out more at: http://www.syedkamall.com/
About Marina
Marina was born in Paddington, grew up in Brent, went to school in Beckenham, studied at Brunel University in Uxbridge, ran a business in Camden and now lives in Barnet, where she is a councillor. She is a councillor for Oakleigh ward on Barnet Council and chairs the council’s Cleaner, Greener, Transport and Development Overview & Scrutiny Committee.
Together with her Greek husband Zacharias, she ran a successful pan-European company, with an annual turnover of £4million. As Financial Director, Marina has a strong track record of negotiating in Europe on behalf of her UK clients. Her commercial experience gives her a genuine understanding of the pressures imposed on London’s small businesses by too many regulations and directives coming from Brussels.
Outside politics and business, Marina enjoys spending time with family and friends – especially her three children who are all in further education. She even finds time to play the saxophone and also produces works of sculpture which are sold for charity.
Find out more at: http://www.marinayannakoudakis.com
About the Hotel Megaro
The Hotel Megaro is a new boutique hotel conveniently located close to King’s Cross and the Eurostar Terminal at St Pancras. It is the first hotel to be backed by local Camden-based businessman, Tony Megaro, and was opened in early 2008.
