As serious as Class A drug abuse is, it appears the political damage done by revelations of these sorts is not as severe as it once was. A lot of what you consider the blue rinse brigade are what keeps these small groups going year in, year out.” Ensuring that the women's perspective is taken into account because women see things differently from men

The cultural unit, headed by Sabeeha Mannan, a 26-year-old law graduate, is holding a series of informal breakfast meetings throughout Britain to provide a direct route for new recruits into the mainstream of the party. Sally, Ken and Eric turned professional with the group in 1969 but it wasn’t until April 1970 that Ian, always at the tail end, took the plunge and joined them full time. They appeared on the show 4 times making their final appearance on the All Winners programme in October 1968.

Second, he said, “from my experi­ence, getting involved in environ­ment­al campaigning and action is one of the most missional things a bishop, a church, or any Christian can do.” Senior Tories admit privately that the cultural unit will challenge the party's powerful local associations up and down the country, which are usually controlled by older party members who have a habit of selecting only white men to fight parliamentary seats. "Elements of the blue rinse brigade are a barrier to bringing in a more diverse membership," one party source said. He said: “There is still this feeling around that community councils are stuffed with people who you could call the blue rinse brigade.

The Conservative Women's Organisation ( CWO) represents the female members of the Conservative Party in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. If you have gray hair and like it, why not dramatize it a bit? Use a blue rinse,” Edyth Thornton McLeod wrote in a 1953 article for her syndicated column Beauty After Forty. “You can have a soft blue cloud effect or you can make it deep and dramatic and match your accessories to the color.”

Brothers, Ian and Eric McCredie, had been playing together in and around Glasgow since the early sixties in a band called The Dominos. That was a decade ago and now Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch have truly shaken off that image. People use the beach differently now – you can see that with the number of people who use the beach for running, yoga, outdoor swimming and the boom in stand up paddleboarding. Of course, it’s an amazing place to retire to but the university, arts college and language schools also make the area far more cosmopolitan and international. Part Four was now formed and this time everyone sang. The seeds of a successful vocal group were sown and soon they were in demand all over the central belt of Scotland. We get the blue rinse thing returning but we get the other end of the spectrum as well – that we’re the ‘stag and hen capital’,” he says. The Renton member said: “People often wonder why there is such a low membership on community groups. I believe it’s because they don’t represent the communities they live in.