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The Swinton Circle (aka the London Swinton Circle) is a long running British right-wing pressure group. The group states that its purpose is to uphold traditional conservative and Unionist principles.
The group forms part of a number of Conservative Party fringe groups which came to prominence in the seventies and eighties, such as the Monday Club, Tory Action and WISE (Welsh, Irish, Scottish, English).
History and membership
The London Swinton Circle was founded in 1961 by Conservatives who had attended Party training schools at Swinton Castle in Yorkshire, and who wished to maintain contact through regular meetings in London. A prominent early member was Roger Moate MP.[1]
By the end of the sixties the Circle began to be dominated by right-wing tories who were disaffected from the mainstream of Conservative Party politics, a position the Circle holds to this day. The Swinton Circle would come to be run for many years by Mrs Bee Carthew.[1] Carthew had previously formed and ran the Powellight Association in support of Enoch Powell during the late sixties and early seventies.[2] An executive member of the Monday Club with George Kennedy Young, she was expelled from the Club in 1974 as part of a purge made by Jonathan Guinness.[3] She briefly joined the National Front before later rejoining the Conservative Party.[4]
In the early 80s the group held several meetings of “right-wing Tories and neo-fascists” with the aim of “co-ordinating anti-immigration campaigns”.[5] By the early 80s the Conservatives were concerned that “co-ordinating Groups” like the Swinton Circle were being infiltrated by the far right.[6] Its most famous meeting was in 1983 with Ivor Benson as guest speaker.[7][8] Revelations about the extreme right past of one member led to a motion in Parliament.[9] In recent years the Circle has been supportive of the UK Independence Party.
Policies
- Anti-immigration
- Seeks Withdrawal from the European Union
- Unionist
- Pro-Capital Punishment
- Pro-Israel
See also
References
- ^ a b Peter Barberis, John McHugh, Mike Tyldesley entry on London Swinton Circle Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organizations Continuum International Publishing Group (2005) p185
- ^ Peter Barberis, John McHugh, Mike Tyldesley entry on Powellight Association Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organizations Continuum International Publishing Group (2005) p192
- ^ Walker, Martin The National Front fontana Second Edition (1978) p131
- ^ Peter Barberis, John McHugh, Mike Tyldesley entry on Powellight AssociationEncyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organizations Continuum International Publishing Group (2005) p192
- ^ Ciaran o Maolain The radical right: a world directory Longman (1987) p328
- ^ Larry 'O Hara Lobster Magazine 23, p47 British Fascism 1974-83 (1992)
- ^ Peter Barberis, John McHugh, Mike Tyldesley entry on London Swinton Circle Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organizations Continuum International Publishing Group (2005) p185
- ^ Tribune magazine 28 October 1983
- ^ Early Day Motion 2001
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