Chris Whiteside's Blog

Christopher Whiteside is a Conservative activist who lives and works in Copeland with his wife and family. Chris is a recent chairman of Cumbria Conservatives, a former member of Copeland Borough council, and an Honorary Alderman of the City and District of St Albans. He is a former Conservative parliamentary candidate, and stood in the Mayoral election in Copeland this year.

http://chris4copeland.blogspot.com/2024/05/music-to-relax-at-end-of-election.html

 Polls have just closed in the local elections today. Good luck to all the fantastic Conservative candidates standing for election

http://chris4copeland.blogspot.com/2024/05/polls-closed.html

TODAY, VOTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WILL GO TO THE POLLS IN THE 2024 LOCAL ELECTIONS. THE FACTS ARE CLEAR, CONSERVATIVES KEEP COUNCIL TAX LOW AND DELIVER BETTER LOCAL SERVICES. I BELIEVE THAT THE IN...

http://chris4copeland.blogspot.com/2024/05/thoughts-on-local-elections.html

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 Polls are now open around England and Wales. In many places there are local council elections, in a number of area there are elections for Regional Mayors. Throughout England and Wales there ar...

http://chris4copeland.blogspot.com/2024/05/polls-are-now-open.html

As per the previous post I have been campaigning for Mike Johnson to be elected as the new Police, Crime and Fire commissioner for Cumbria in tomorrow's elections.

http://chris4copeland.blogspot.com/2024/05/mike-johnson-for-cumbria-police-crime.html

There are elections tomorrow for Police Commissioners, or in many cases including Cumbria, for Police, Fire and Crime Commissioners. My life is currently split between Cumbria in Yorkshire and ...

http://chris4copeland.blogspot.com/2024/05/keane-duncan-for-mayor-of-north.html

  Posted on Twitter earlier today.

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I completed the Swimathon 5,000 metre challenge to raise money for cancer care - 200 lengths of Copeland pool in 2 hours 11 minutes. Very pleased with this result and I am OK but quite exhauste...

http://chris4copeland.blogspot.com/2024/04/swim-completed.html

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Just about to leave for Copeland Pool. More details of the swim and how you can support Cancer Research UK, Marie Curie Cancer Care and the Swimathon Foundation on my Justgiving page at Chris...

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Tomorrow, Sunday 28th April 2024, I will be taking part in Swimathon 2024  to raise money for UK Cancer Research and Marie Curie Cancer care. Cancer Research UK is the largest charitable fund...

http://chris4copeland.blogspot.com/2024/04/swimathon-2024-raising-money-for-cancer.html

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I can never decide whether I prefer Vivaldi's original concerto for four violins or Bach's transcription for four harpsichords. I usually end up posting both.  Note that the two recordings I am...

http://chris4copeland.blogspot.com/2024/04/music-to-start-weekend-part-two-j-s.html

Christopher Whiteside is a Conservative activist who lives and works in Copeland with his wife and family. Chris is a recent chairman of Cumbria Conservatives, a former member of Copeland Borough council, and an Honorary Alderman of the City and District of St Albans. He is a former Conservative parliamentary candidate, and stood in the Mayoral election in Copeland this year.

http://chris4copeland.blogspot.com/2024/04/music-to-start-weekend-part-one.html

Christopher Whiteside is a Conservative activist who lives and works in Copeland with his wife and family. Chris is a recent chairman of Cumbria Conservatives, a former member of Copeland Borough council, and an Honorary Alderman of the City and District of St Albans. He is a former Conservative parliamentary candidate, and stood in the Mayoral election in Copeland this year.

http://chris4copeland.blogspot.com/2024/04/thursday-music-spot-henry-purcells.html

  The units which served with great bravery on the Allied side in the Gallipoli campaign included regiments and formations from Australia, New Zealand, Lancashire, Ireland, India, and...

http://chris4copeland.blogspot.com/2024/04/anzac-day.html

There have been very few Labour MPs who I could truthfully say that I greatly admired. I could count them on the fingers of one hand. Frank Field, who has just died at the age of 81, was one of...

http://chris4copeland.blogspot.com/2024/04/frank-field-rip.html

Christopher Whiteside is a Conservative activist who lives and works in Copeland with his wife and family. Chris is a recent chairman of Cumbria Conservatives, a former member of Copeland Borough council, and an Honorary Alderman of the City and District of St Albans. He is a former Conservative parliamentary candidate, and stood in the Mayoral election in Copeland this year.

http://chris4copeland.blogspot.com/2024/04/midweek-music-spot-pachelbels-canon-in.html

THE PLEDGE: COMMITTING TO SPEND 2.5 PER CENT OF GDP ON DEFENCE BY 2030 The last few years have seen two unprecedented international events: a global pandemic and a war in Ukraine. Despite the i...

http://chris4copeland.blogspot.com/2024/04/defending-britain-in-dangerous-age.html

"Today is a landmark moment in the defence of the United Kingdom. We’ll spend an extra £75 billion in defence over the next six years.     ▪️ Protecting our security and prosperity ...

http://chris4copeland.blogspot.com/2024/04/quote-of-day-23rd-april-2024.html

Today the Prime Minister announced the largest-ever military aid package for Ukraine  on a visit to Poland, as we stick to our plan to work with global partners to defend freedom and democracy ...

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