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The TWITS Chair, Chief Whip & Media Officer were out in force with colleagues from BPP Conservative Club on Thursday to open the GENEVA Call Centre with David Cameron. GENEVA will form the hub of the general election campaign for 2010.

Find out more about the launch and getting involved at GENEVA by clicking here

The launch was a great success, and the evening celebrations continued with gusto…

GENevA – the call centre at the heart of the party’s election campaigning is a fantastic way to get involved in helping us to win the next general. PPC’s frequently provide pizza and wine for any volunteers on hand, and it’s a great opportunity to meet other young Tories, as well as ministers and staff in positions of power.

To find out more, and be notified of future events, visit the GENevA facebook group and get involved!

New video up from DC – awesome stuff!

Well done to Mr Friend our TWITS Chief Whip who has recently become Chair of Culture at the Bow Group: the oldest – and one of the most influential – centre-right Think-Tanks in Britain.

Through my personal experience I am certain that Mr Friend is the right man for the job and, on behalf of all the TWITS, I wish him the best of luck in his new post.

Congratulations Mr Friend!

As demonstrated by my slightly bleary eyed Sunday morning leafletting image above… sign up at www.myconservatives.com and you can get involved in the fantastic variety of campaigning opportunities for our MPs and Prospective Parliamentary Candidates across the country – and have fun along the way!

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And I was pleased to lend a hand at the GenEVA canvassing session at CCHQ (Conservative Party HQ) last night for the delightful Christopher Pincher, all round legend. This was followed by some responsible drinking with the CF chaps and chappetes, a swift sojourn to the Red Lion and a slightly less well judged final round at the International where I got into a fight heated debate about the merits of getting involved in the NUS with ex-CF Chairman and now PPC (see some of us do end up in real politics!) Paul Bristow, who though clearly flawed in this one point, is otherwise awesome.

#job_done

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Sunday
The Sunday Times reported on the latest government U-turn here.
Ed Balls comments on Sky News here.
The Sunday Times reported the BBC will face a license fee cut under a Conservative government here.

Saturday
Coffee House at The Spectator commented on the Conservatives’ plans to cut the BBC’s license fee here.
Times Online reported that teachers are to be able to set up new schools under a Conservative government here.
The Times reported on the Conservatives’ plans to invite A-list celebrities to dinner here.
The Guardian reported the BNP’s voting in favour of a ballot to allow membership for non-whites towards here.
Coffee House at The Spectator commented on it here.

I’d love to hear your comments and opinions on all stories especially regarding the Government’s recent U-turn and the Conservatives’ license fee cut.

Mr Johnson : President : TWITS

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Labour’s plan to introduce ID cards will cost billions of pounds but will not make us safer and could expose the public to an even greater risk of identity fraud.

ID cards are a very bad IDea – and you can call on the Government to scrap them by signing our petition today.

ID cards will not make us safer:

• They do not prevent terrorist attacks – ID cards are compulsory in Spain, but that did not stop the Madrid bombings in 2004
• They will not prevent illegal immigration, as foreign visitors will not have to have an ID card unless they plan to stay for more than three months
• They won’t prevent human trafficking – only a dedicated Border Police Force can enforce proper checks on people entering and leaving the country

ID cards are a waste of money:

• Everybody will have to pay £93 to get one – this is the official estimated price for a combined ID card and passport package
• Implementing the scheme will cost up to £20 billion of taxpayers’ money, according to estimates from the London School of Economics

A recipe for disaster:

We’ve had data loss after data loss from this incompetent Government.

The personal details of 25 million individuals, and the bank details of 15 million people, were lost by HM Revenue and Customs

The DVLA lost the details of 3 million learner drivers

The names, addresses and expected release dates of every prisoner in England and Wales were on an unencrypted memory stick that went missing

The introduction of ID cards will see almost 30 separate pieces of personal information about you – including your name, date of birth, previous addresses, photograph, signature, fingerprints and other biometric details – stored in one place.

The potential for another data loss disaster is huge – and that is why it’s vital that everyone who is opposed to ID cards joins our campaign today.

We will scrap the ID cards scheme, and use some of the savings to build more prison places, provide more drug rehabilitation for those in custody and create a dedicated Border Police Force.

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