David Cameron, Leader of the Opposition, will visit Worcester for a “Cameron Direct” meeting on Friday 29th August 2008. It is the first time Cameron Direct has been held in the West Midlands region.

The meeting will take place at Worcester’s historic Guildhall at 6.30pm and will give Worcester residents a chance to put their questions directly to the Conservative leader. It will be webcast live around the country and Cameron will be answering questions unscripted, directly from the audience.

For security reasons, attendees are asked to register beforehand and bring photo ID on the day, anybody registered to vote in Worcester is eligible to attend although places will be limited to 200.

In order to register all you need to do is send a name and addresses to ask@worcesterconservatives.com or call 01905 24058. Tickets are free.

Robin Walker, Parliamentary Candidate for Worcester said,

“The Conservative Party is determined to deliver for Worcester and there can be no better sign of that than the fact that our leader has made it a priority to meet with people here, discuss their issues and answer their questions directly. I am absolutely delighted that David is coming to Worcester and I think it shows that he is determined

The Irish government, unlike the government in the UK, kept its promise to hold a vote on the proposed European Constitution and the people of Ireland have had their say and have said no to the project. This means that Europe’s leaders will have to go back to the drawing board on a treaty that was widely believed to be a repeat of the constitution rejected by voters in France and Holland. Voters in the UK were deprived of their chance to have their say when Labour backtracked on their manifesto promise to hold a referendum.

Robin said

“It should never have been left to Irish voters to save us from this unnecessary and unjust treaty but we should all be grateful that they have. For the unwanted project of a European Constitution I can only hope that this is the death knell. It has now been rejected by voters across different countries and at different times. Politicians across Europe should learn the lesson that they cannot force change upon us without listening to the people.”

“This is the second time this week that the government has been rescued by help from across the Irish Sea. They needed deals with Northern Irish MPs to force their vote on 42 day detention through the commons and overcome a rebellion by their own MPs. Now they have been saved from the ignominy of passing into law a bad treaty on which they had promised that people would have their say, then broken their promise.”

“I am proud to be British and I believe in Britain as a sovereign nation. I believe it is time that our government listened to the overwhelming view of the people, not just in Britain but in Europe more widely, that this should be the case. For too long European convergence has been a pet project of politicians that is out of step with the wishes of the people they claim to represent.”