Conservative Way Forward kindly asked me to edit the Conference edition of its magazine, Forward!, which is available to download here as a pdf file (although be warned it is a very big file). It includes articles by Philip Hammond MP, Dr Liam Fox MP and Greg Hands MP, yet the focus of the magazine is on the "Class of 2010", the candidates who are standing for Parliament and what motivates them.
Obviously, there is no complacency. As David Cameron keeps saying, to elect a Conservative Government needs an historically big swing. In asking people to write - from a very wide range of seats - I gave a totally free hand on what could be written about. It's clear from the articles that candidates are very concerned about public services, are deeply compassionate, ambitious for Britain, looking for more decentralisation with power to the people and showing a strong desire to restore trust and confidence in our public life.
I hope this will make for an interesting read and demostrate how committed and thoughtful our Parliamentary candidates are. The magazine is also being handed out at the Conference in Manchester, so any Conference-goers should be able to pick up a hard copy.
