With thousands of budding Romeos thinking of getting down on one knee this coming Valentine’s day, Local Conservative MEP Emma McClarkin has urged them to check that any diamonds being bought are part of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme. The scheme exists to prevent ‘blood diamonds’ from entering the market. In a statement, the East …Continue Reading

Conservative MEP for the East Midlands region, Emma McClarkin, is to spend Thursday 10th February in Leicester, visiting two schools and De Montfort University. Emma will spend the morning at Leicester High School for Girls, talking to year 10 pupils and answering questions. In the afternoon she will then head to Dixie Grammar School in …Continue Reading

Yesterday witnessed one of the single most extravagant days of spending in football history. With the £50 million outlay by Chelsea on Liverpool striker Fernando Torres and the hundred-plus other transfers that happened on transfer deadline day, I think we can safely say the spending madness truly returned (if it ever left) to football. The …Continue Reading

East Midlands Conservative MEP, Emma McClarkin is visiting The Youth Hostels Association Ilam Hall near Ashbourne in the Derbyshire Peaks on Friday 21st January. YHA Partners and Capital Development Head Simon Ainley and Policy Manager Sam Littlechilds will be meeting Miss McClarkin to discuss the work the YHA do in the East Midlands and across …Continue Reading

Conservative East Midlands MEP, Emma McClarkin is visiting Hucknall on Friday 21st January to speak at a meeting of Hucknall Conservatives at the Bentinck Club. The subject of Emma’s talk is “Europe and the Big Society.” Speaking ahead of the meeting, Emma McClarkin said that David Cameron’s vision for a Big Society and a smaller …Continue Reading