LOCATION... Aberdeen, Scotland
SELF-DESCRIPTION... 16 year old student. I was born in Kew, London and have lived in Paris, London, and for the past ten years, Aberdeen. Just beginning to get involved in Conservative politics (although Aberdeen isn't exactly a hotbed of Tory activity). I am finishing school in spring 2007 and I hope to go on to study either PPE at Oxford, York or Warwick, or Philosophy and Economics at LSE or UCL.
POLITICAL BELIEFS... Libertarian... Pro-free market and civil rights but anti-EU, advocate of transatlantic co-operation (i.e: pro "war on terror"). Small government, local descision making, anti-government controlled NHS, pro-selection in schools.
POLITICAL HERO... Disraeli, Churchill, Asquith, Thatcher, Boris Johnson.
FAVOURITE BLOGS... ConservativeHome, PoliticalBetting.
Go to York, it's clearly the best university in Britain!
Posted by: Frank Young | April 15, 2006 at 09:30 AM
Yes! Go to York. My funny little hobby (check my biog) has had several annual conferences there. Just dont be unlucky enough to get a lake side room. The Bloody ducks start their dawn chorus.. at dawn. And my gawd, do they QUACK!!
Posted by: Annabel Herriott | April 15, 2006 at 04:11 PM
Ah yes, the joys of being woken up at the crack of dawn by ducks having sex.
Posted by: Rob Largan | April 15, 2006 at 04:57 PM
Is being Conservative at Uni a protest? When I was at Uni being Socialist was the protest. This is a serious question not taking the P. I think Churchill said something about there being something wrong with a young adult not being idealist. At Uni I leaned to the left but became a Conservative as I grew up and say the real issues that have to be decided on. Although Conservative still I am less ideological and less naive about economic-liberalism.
Matt
Posted by: matt wright | April 15, 2006 at 06:24 PM
You know i think it may be a bit of protest...
because as of yet i am quite idealistic about liberalism. And you know us kids... we allways hate the government that we grow up with (or so it has seemed to be for many of the children of the thatcher era).
Posted by: C Hodgson | April 15, 2006 at 08:52 PM
At York we always used to promote the University Conservative group as "the right way to protest". Being left wing is soooo passe!
Posted by: Frank Young | April 18, 2006 at 11:22 AM
"Being left wing is soooo passe!"
One wonders why you chose to be a left-winger then Frank.
Posted by: John Hustings | April 19, 2006 at 01:23 PM