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
- Transport Secretary Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin MP
- Former Defence Secretary Rt Hon Dr Liam Fox MP
- Work & Pensions Secretary Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP
- Education Secretary Rt Hon Michael Gove MP
- Northern Ireland Secretary Rt Hon Theresa Villiers MP
- Wales Secretary Rt Hon David Jones MP
- Former Defence Minister Sir Gerald Howarth MP
- Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Nigel Evans MP
- Business Minister Rt Hon 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
- Graham Brady MP, 1922 Committee Chairman
- Lord Flight
- Greg Hands MP
- Andrew Rosindell MP
- Douglas Carswell MP
- Conor Burns MP
- Sajid Javid MP
- Andrea Leadsom MP
- Dom Raab 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, LBC Presenter & Publisher
- Peter Whittle, New Culture Forum
- Jonathan Isaby, ConservativeHome (now TaxPayers’ Alliance)
- Shane Greer, Total Politics
- Raheem Kassam, Student Rights
- Harry Cole, The Commentator
- Michael Rock, Former CF National Chairman
Tickets are free of charge but a collection is taken for Liam Fox’s charitable project, Give Us Time.