Parliamentary Rally (March)

UPDATE: DETAILS RELEASED FOR 2012 PARLIAMENTARY RALLY…

On a Wednesday afternoon every March YBF runs a half-day Parliamentary Rally where a series of cabinet ministers, MPs, think-tank leaders and prominent conservatives rally the troops in the run-up to the May elections.

This is your chance to network with dozens of other young activists, to be inspired by a rapid fire barrage of speakers and to ask probing questions to leaders of the conservative movement in the stunning surrounding of a committee room in the Houses of Parliament.

Past speakers have included:

  • Former Conservative Party Chairman Rt Hon Eric Pickles MP
  • Government Chief Whip Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin MP
  • Defence Secretary Rt Hon Dr Liam Fox MP
  • Work & Pensions Secretary Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP
  • Education Secretary Rt Hon Michael Gove MP
  • Transport Minister Rt Hon Theresa Villiers MP
  • Defence Minister Gerald Howarth MP
  • Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Nigel Evans MP
  • Conservative Party Deputy Chairman Michael Fallon MP
  • Conservative Party Vice Chairman Andrew Stephenson MP
  • Former Welsh Secretary Rt Hon John Redwood MP
  • Former Social Security Secretary Rt Hon Peter Lilley MP
  • Lord Flight
  • Greg Hands MP
  • Andrew Rosindell MP
  • Douglas Carswell MP
  • Conor Burns MP
  • Sajid Javid MP
  • Rt Hon Ann Widdecombe
  • Matthew Elliott, TaxPayers’ Alliance
  • Alan Mendoza, Henry Jackson Society
  • Matt Sinclair, TaxPayers’ Alliance
  • Daniel Hamilton, Big Brother Watch (now Bell Pottinger)
  • Paul Staines, Guido Fawkes
  • Eamonn Butler, Adam Smith Institute
  • James Delingpole, Daily Telegraph
  • Iain Dale, Broadcaster & Publisher
  • Peter Whittle, New Culture Forum
  • Jonathan Isaby, ConservativeHome (now TaxPayers’ Alliance)
  • Shane Greer, Total Politics
  • Raheem Kassam, Student Rights
  • Harry Cole, Tory Bear
  • Michael Rock, Former CF National Chairman

Tickets are free of charge but a collection is taken for Help for Heroes.

For further information about the YBF Parliamentary Rally in March 2012, please contact YBF Chief Executive, Donal Blaney, at donal@ybf.org.uk.