We received the following notice from the BHA today and thought members may be interested in getting involved. To the Conservative Humanist Association The BHA, together with the NSS, GALHA, Outrage! And the Central London Humanist Group, have formed the Protest the Pope campaign. This campaign brings together organisations which have different reasons for not [...]
Simon Singh to Speak at CHA Fringe Meeting at Conservative Conference
Posted on August 21, 2009 by Editor
Simon Singh MBE, the science writer and author of Fermat’s Last Theorem, is to be our guest speaker at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester. Simon grew up in Wellington, Somerset, attending Wellington School, and went on to Imperial College London, where he studied Physics. He was active in the student union, becoming President of [...]
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Debate at UCL
Posted on November 4, 2008 by Editor
Jeffrey Peel, Chair of the Conservative Humanists, will be debating at UCL next Monday, 10th of November at 7.00pm. Motion: This House believes that faith should play no role in schools. [Stop Press: Motion Won] Jeff will be speaking in favour of the motion and will be joined by a spokesperson from the National Secular [...]
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Our Conference Fringe with Prof. Richard Dawkins
Posted on October 5, 2008 by Editor
We are delighted to announce that Richard Dawkins address to our launch fringe at the Conservative Party Conference 2008 is now available on the Conservative Humanist Association YouTube Channel. Here you can watch an interview with Richard (and yours truly) prior to the event plus Richard’s presentation in 3 parts.
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BBC Radio 4 Sunday Programme
Posted on October 4, 2008 by Editor
By Jeff Peel – I was interviewed for the BBC Radio 4 Sunday Programme last week about the formation of the Conservative Humanist Association. Hopefully they will use some of it on tomorrow’s edition. The programme is hosted by Roger Bolton and starts at a gulpingly early (for a Sunday) 7.10am. For those of you [...]
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Dawkins at Conference
Posted on October 1, 2008 by Editor
Well over 100 people packed into our fringe meeting at Party Conference on Monday evening. Unfortunately, several attendees had to be turned away because of safety regulations. In short, the room was packed. Why? Well, Richard Dawkins was in town. The room bristled with expectation. And the mood was more than positive – it verged [...]
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Iain Dale Comes Out!
Posted on September 26, 2008 by Editor
Iain Dale has ‘come out’…as an Agnostic. Get the full story here: http://iaindale.blogspot.com/2008/09/justin-webb-says-death-to-al-qaeda.html (Thanks to Pyers Symon for spotting it!) By the way, interest in our conference fringe with professor Richard Dawkins on Monday night at the ICC is hotting up. Get there early!
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Professor Richard Dawkins to be Our Guest Speaker at Conservative Party Conference 2008
Posted on July 10, 2008 by Editor
9.30-11.00pm Media Suite B, ICC (note change of venue) Monday 29th September, 2008 Please help us, and the BHA, with the costs associated with this event. More details to follow shortly…but mark your diaries because Professor Richard Dawkins will be our guest speaker.
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Party Conference
Posted on April 29, 2008 by Editor
We’re hoping to have some type of event – we’re not sure what form it will take – at Party Conference. But we’d like to know from our readers what Humanist speaker you’d like. Richard Dawkins has expressed interest but has a rather full diary and is somewhat difficult to track down these days. What [...]
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Our first blog post…
Posted on February 21, 2008 by Editor
Welcome to the brand new Conservative Humanist blog site. It’s early days but please bookmark this site and visit often. We hope to be at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham in September. Please use the site to find out more about our plans.
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