Our Chairman, Heather Harper MBE spoke to our friend Harry Shindler MBE today, a WWII veteran, to ask him where he was on VE day 75 years ago and of his memories.
It is with great sadness that we report that Anita Rieu-Sicart, the long term representative and champion of Conservatives Abroad in the Var region of France has recently passed away at the age of 86.
Despite the ongoing situation both sides of the Atlantic, the Right Honourable Oliver Dowden CBE MP, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, has sent a video message opening Britweek in Los Angeles today.
Conservatives Abroad news on bilateral voting rights for British Nationals living in Spain, Portugal and Luxembourg. All the details are in the links – see written statement from Lord Callanan here:
Chairman of Conservatives Abroad Heather Harper MBE said “We have been campaigning long and hard to right the injustice of British expats being disenfranchised from voting after a time limit of 15 years. Today, the government restates commitment to deliver its pledge to scrap the ‘15 year rule’.
We are delighted to announce that Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP has been knighted for political and public service. Sir Geoffrey is a patron of Conservatives Abroad and a well known champion of voting rights for British citizens living overseas.
