Posted by: Charles Barwell on
Mar 14, 2011
How tedious. Typical Labour cheap populism making headlines this morning on banker bonuses. They're talking about only a couple of hundred investment bankers many of whom are Res Non Dom and not taxed in the UK at all. Granted, they are paid too much but they do create jobs and economic growth, and they help make London the financial capital of the world.
Stupidly, Labour's tax would hit tens of
Posted by: Charles Barwell on
Feb 19, 2011
We are just two weeks away from the 2011 National Convention meeting in Cardiff, which will mark the completion of my four-year term as a member of the Party’s Board, and the conclusion of a twenty-year involvement in voluntary politics.
Its been a great privilege and a massive commitment to represent hundreds of thousands of Conservative members as, firstly, a vice-president, and over the past
Posted by: Charles Barwell on
May 09, 2010
Let no-one doubt the result of the General Election is a massive success for the Conservative Party.
For those thousands of us who delivered leaflets, met voters on their doorsteps and across every community in the land, the result is an undoubted triumph. Together we have all achieved the greatest swing to the Conservatives and the largest increase in Tory seats in eighty years.
To all those
Posted by: Charles Barwell on
Mar 01, 2010
It was a real honour when, on Saturday, constituency chairmen with Area and Regional officers of the Conservative Party from up and down the country, elected me to serve as President of the National Conservative Convention for the next year.
President of the Convention is more than just a title. It’s a major commitment for the year, and a huge responsibility to represent more than 200,000 members
Posted by: Charles Barwell on
Feb 07, 2010
Its been a whirlwind of two weeks following my nomination as one of six candidates to stand for election as the next MP for Bromsgrove.
At the packed selection meeting of members of Bromsgrove Conservatives yesterday Sajid Javid won. He's a great guy, an accomplished businessman, family man, and will be the Conservative Party's first muslim MP. That's great news all round.
It was the first time
Posted by: Charles Barwell on
Jan 21, 2010
Goodness, I wasn't expecting that.
I was just leaving a meeting with a long-term client on Wednesday evening where we talked about their bank accounts and small investment portfolio when a call came through to me from the Chairman of the Party's office. I was asked whether I would like to be included in a list of six candidates from whom local Conservatives in Bromsgrove will select their new
Posted by: Charles Barwell on
Aug 04, 2009
I am the happiest man in the world.
Yesterday evening, at the top of Brae Hill overlooking the Camel Estuary in Cornwall, Juliet agreed to marry me.
I will never forget the look on her face as I looked up from my knees, and she will never forget the words I used. It is an inestimable honour, and I'm blown away that she said
Posted by: Charles Barwell on
Apr 16, 2009
Its been a big day in politics.
Finally, and somewhat late, Gordon Brown said sorry. He said he was sorry, shocked and angry. Not sorry for his disastrous handling of the economy. Not sorry for raising taxes on the poor by cutting the 10p tax rate. Not sorry for the culture of government that has become so insular and thuggish. But sorry for a scurrilous email that was sent by his most trusted
Posted by: Charles Barwell on
Feb 24, 2009
Last summer the Shadow Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport, Jeremy Hunt MP, asked me to join a taskforce that would look into the impact that music can have in education and society.
I've been a member of the Board of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra for four years, and sing in its Chorus. In fact I've sung in choirs all my life. The sensation of achievement that comes from
Posted by: Charles Barwell on
Jan 14, 2009
Anyone who has flown through the fabulous new airports in Kong Kong, Bangkok or Singapore knows that Heathrow is an embarrassment and a national disgrace. Terminal 5 maybe a great shopping mall, and you may now get your bags on time, but you'll still probably miss your flight because you've been stuck in a jam on the M25, or delayed in the oppressive heat of the Piccadilly Line.
And if you live
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