City Lunch Club

Every so often the South Suffolk Conservative Association hosts a political lunch in the City for Suffolk folk working in London.   They are often joined by some intrepid country mice who feel up to making the journey to Town.

In the past we have had some interesting guests including Ken Clark and David Willetts.  The lunch is usually well attended, well presented, and quite takes me back to the old days!

This week we were lucky enough to welcome as a guest Mark Field M.P. , pictured here with County Councillor for Clare, Mary Evans.  Mark is the Member of Parliament for the City of London and Westminster.  Not suprisingly, following the European elections the conversation centred on European matters and our membership of the EU.  Present at the lunch were some representatives from trade organisations representing city firms, and all complained bitterly about the amount of red tape and regulation that comes out of Brussels.  I do find it hard to believe that our membership of the EU is really a net benefit for Britain give the importance to the economy of the financial services industry.

We are hoping to invite the MEP for the East of England Vicky Ford to our next lunch.  She sits on an important finance committee in Europe, as has much of interest to say.   If you are interested in coming along do let me know.  You do not have to be a member of the Conservative Party, although party members generally have preferential booking rights.