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26th
August 2001
Letter
to the Sunday Telegraph
Students back Duncan-Smith
Sir,
As chairmen
of university Conservative branches, we believe that the next party
leader must reach out to the new generation of voters; firstly, by
instigating a bold policy renewal on public services based on our
fundamental principles of personal choices and responsibility; second,
by confirming a clear position regarding Europe which safeguards this
country's ability to govern itself and allows the party's other key
policies to attain the wider recognition which they merit; and third, by
continuing to create the image of freshness, integrity, and unity which
will attract the increasing number of people who have become
disillusioned with New Labour.
Both
candidates command a huge amount of respect, but we sincerely believe
that only Iain Duncan Smith could be confident of successfully leading a
united party forward by fulfilling all these criteria. For this reason
we are pledging our full support to him.
Matthew
Barber, Brunel; Edmund Sutton, Oxford; Tom Packer, LSE; Alex Dunn,
Durham; James Lockwood, KCL; Florence Heath, Imperial College; Nick
Toms, York; Dan Thomas, Exeter; Jason Sender, Leeds; James Roebuck, St
Andrew's; Sam Dobbyn, Bath; Daniel Dalton, Coventry |
