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	Tory Reform Group - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Most pro-European Conservative politicians of the last thirty years have at one time or another been associated with the Tory Reform Group, while no TRG member of note has struck a view that is more Eurosceptic than the official Conservative Party position.
		The TRG is a constituent organisation of Conservative Mainstream alongside the Conservative Group for Europe and Parliamentary Mainstream, and all are run from shared offices in Westminster.
		TRG members formed the core of the short lived Pro-Euro Conservative Party.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tory_Reform_Group (367 words)

	New Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		TRG Policy papers are commissioned from a range of individuals whose common link is that they are sympathetic to the aims and values of the Tory Reform Group.
		TRG's publication of a policy paper does not necessarily indicate that the Tory Reform Group endorses it as an official policy position.
		This speech was given by Sir Leon Brittan QC for the Tory Reform Group 1999 International Lecture on 21st July 1999.
	www.bluelist.org /trgpubs.htm (103 words)

	Conservative Party (UK) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Conservative Party is descended from the Tory Party, one of the two ruling parties of 18th and 19th Century British Politics, and its members are still commonly referred to as Tories.
		Though they claim that the Thatcherite reforms of the 1980s which sought to lower rising inflation by radical measures (leading in part to higher unemployment) reversed a situation in Britain of relative economic decline, the Conservatives have yet to regain a reputation for economic competence.
		The Tories more often than not formed the government from the accession of King George III (in 1760) until the Great Reform Act of 1832.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK) (4749 words)

	Oxford University Tory Reform Group \| Links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The homepage of the national Tory Reform Group, to which the Oxford University Tory Reform Group is affiliated.
		The TRG "represents the mainstream Conservative beliefs that still have their finest expression in Disraeli's call for 'One Nation'".
		The homepage of Conservative Mainstream, an umbrella group affiliated to the TRG which seeks to "extend the appeal of the Conservative Party so that it commands the ground occupied by the broad mass of the British people".
	users.ox.ac.uk /~oxtrg/links.htm (111 words)

	Links to other websites
		One group which must be considered for removal on that basis must surely be the Tory Reform Group, whose President is Kenneth Clarke MP.
		It was at a Conservative student meeting at the 1992 Tory Party conference that towards the end of a meeting of eurosceptic speakers a group of young TRG members entered and stood in solid ranks at the back of the room, calling out insults to the platform and obstructing the view of those behind them.
		IF there is a candidate for removal from the Conservative Party it is the Tory Reform Group and the debilitating corporatism which they have always represented and whose highest expression is in that European Union which is so detested by the British people.
	home.freeuk.net /ukconservatism/news-2002-09-01.html (1201 words)

	Oxford University Tory Reform Group \| About (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		With over one hundred members, the Oxford University Tory Reform Group is the largest student One Nation Conservative group in Britain, and one of the largest political societies in Oxford.
		The OUCA Trinity 1969 termcard states that the TRG was ‘last term known as the OUCA Policy Group’ which perhaps suggests that the two bodies were merged together.
		The Oxford TRG is a surprisingly elderly institution.
	users.ox.ac.uk /~oxtrg/about.htm (782 words)

	Oxford University Student Union : Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It was certainly not a heartening sight but as the Tory party returns to its roots, the One Nation philosophy, and the Tory Reform Group which kept it alive while the party drifted, have once again a pivotal role to play in modern politics.
		One area that has had surprisingly little coverage are the announcements that Michael Howard has made about the Tories position on tax, it is no longer the case that the Conservative party stands for an ideology that desires a reduced tax burden whatever the cost may be to the services that the state provides.
		In looking for solutions to the current problems in education, health and transport the Tories are coming to terms with the fact the state needs to be well funded to carry out its functions, for example until teachers have a higher rate of pay then the shortages in staff will carry on.
	www.ousu.org /main/clubsocs/politics/trg/articles (875 words)

	About the Tory Reform Group (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Tory Reform Group (TRG) is a national political pressure group encouraging debate and the formulation of policy within the Conservative Party.
		As a member of the TRG you will be part of a respected movement for the rich tradition of a moderate and pragmatic Toryism.
		The strength of TRG lies in the breadth and blend of its membership which comes from all parts of the United Kingdom and all walks of life.
	core2.trg.org.uk /about (251 words)

	The American Thinker
		The current Tory opposition leader, Michael Howard, is clearly pro-American – as is most of his inner cabinet.
		In the context of a threat to the transatlantic relationship, the pro-EU Tories are the strategically significant group.
		In the absence of pro-EU Tory criticism of his handling of EU foreign policy, one must assume that Conservative Europhiles are fully signed up to his EU agenda.
	americanthinker.com /articles.php?article_id=3433 (1762 words)

	The European Exceptionalism of the British Political Elite
		The rise of William Hague to the leadership of the party in the wake of the election of 1997 appears to have decisively tilted the balance towards the Eurosceptic wing of the party.
		Finally, there are the vociferous anti-European and pro-withdrawal groups such as Global Britain, run by the rightwing peer Lord Pearson of Rannoch; the Democracy Movement run by the Yorkshire IT millionaire Paul Sykes; and the UK Independence Party, an anti-EU party which won three seats in the last Euro-elections.
		Groups affiliated to Britain in Europe include: the European Movement; the Centre for European Reform (a centre-left think tank); the Action Centre for Europe (a centre right think-tank chaired by Lord Howe); the Labour Movement for Europe; the Conservative Group for Europe (chairman John Gummer); and the Tory Reform Group (president Kenneth Clarke).
	www2.hawaii.edu /~fredr/bakerd.htm (7543 words)

	Douglas Hurd - Psychology Central (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		He is a patron of the Tory Reform Group, Chairman of the Prison Reform Trust, and remains an active figure in public life.
		Douglas Hurd was born in Marlborough, Wiltshire, in 1930.
		He became a member of the Royal Commission on the Reform of the House of Lords in February 1999, and in September 1999 he was appointed High Steward of Westminster Abbey, reflecting his long active membership of the Church of England.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Douglas_Hurd (1444 words)

	Preston Conservative Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		David Willetts has complained of fresh confusion over Labour's plans for education reform after Ruth Kelly insisted that schools would not be forced to take on independent trust status, and claimed that trust schools would remain part of the "local family" of schools, backed by local funding.
		The Shadow Education Secretary was commenting after the minister defended the controversial scheme to set up a new generation of self-governing trust schools, insisting they would raise standards and ensure that all children achieved their potential.
		Conservatives have launched a new policy group, charged with formulating plans to improve standards in Britain's frontline public services, including hospitals and schools.
	prestonconservatives.com /index.php?...&Itemid=4&catid=13 (554 words)

	Intelligence: August 2005 Archives
		In the previous two centuries, the Tory party, from which the Conservative Party descends, were the party of the King and the Church of England — “Church and King” was its motto.
		The priority groups set out in the report are frontline health workers followed by vital services such as police officers, firemen, the army and undertakers.
		A group of hotel employees were gathered near the door of the lift, and the Manager equipped himself with a nightstick - a 30 cm metal rod covered with heavy duty red tape - which was normally kept behind the reception desk.
	www.ladlass.com /intel/archives/2005_08.html (20508 words)

	Guardian \| Portillo's centre-stage stance at conference
		Mainstream was established to act as a coalition of a variety of centre-left organisations including the Tory Reform group and the Conservative group for Europe.
		They denied that any wider political import was to be attached to his decision to speak for the group.
		The Mainstream group yesterday refused to make an issue of Mr Portillo's decision to talk on its platforms saying previous speakers had ranged from Mr Hesletine to John Major.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4139312-106745,00.html (386 words)

	SOSIG Subject News » Conservative Party Resources
		Conservative Mainstream (grouping within the party seeking to widen the appeal of the party) includes news and publications.
		Tory Reform Group - pressure group within the party advocating one nation conservatism.
		Cchange: Conservatives for Change is a think tank within the UK Conservative Party which seeks to modernise tory culture and policy.
	www.sosig.ac.uk /subject-news?p=359 (135 words)

	Intelligence: Profile: Kenneth Clarke
		A populist at heart, the single biggest obstacle to Clarke securing the Tory crown is his uncompromising pro-European views.
		The bid, dubbed "desperate" by some, played badly with members of the Tory Reform Group who refused to forgive Redwood for his challenge to John Major in 1995.
		A second bid for the leadership foundered after Clarke was defeated by Duncan Smith in an election among rank-and-file Tories, having topped the poll of MPs.
	www.ladlass.com /intel/archives/010053.html (646 words)

	Tory Reform Group (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Tory Reform Group represents the mainstream Conservative beliefs that still have their finest expression in Disraeli's call for "One Nation".
		As the Conservatives developed social and welfare policies to serve the needs of successive generations, so they came to dominate the politics of the 20th century.
		The TRG aims to further uphold the popular values of a progressive Conservatism rooted firmly in the mainstream tradition of One Nation.
	core2.trg.org.uk (188 words)

	toryleadership: The Return of The Big Beast (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A group of young trendies, with less money than the Notting Hill Billies (natch), so anxious that the Tory Party should change that they, er, want to head south on the Northern Line.
		The Tory five were ordered by their Chief Whip to remove their names, but refused to do so.
		Helmer was expelled from the group by a two-thirds vote at a group meeting tonight, at which he astonished group members by speaking in favour of his own expulsion.
	conservativehome.blogs.com /toryleadership/2005/08/the_return_of_t.html (6997 words)

	EURIM Key Officers - Biographical Notes
		Until the disolution or Parliament, she was chair of the all party parliamentary group on Domestic Violence and the Parliamentary Labour Housing Group and the Parliamentary Labour Party Parliamentary Affairs Committee and was Secretary of the Parliamentary Labour Party Northern Ireland Committee.
		Margaret also founded Labour's E-futures group and in May 2000 was awarded the Government Computing Information Age Innovator of the Year.
		Ian is currently Chairman Tory Europe Network (www.toryeuropenetwork.org.uk), on the Council of Britain in Europe (www.britainineurope.org.uk) and the German-British Forum.
	www.eurim.org.uk /what_is_eurim/biographies.php (1804 words)

	News & Politics
		On March 24, some leading Tories supported Hirst as the replacement candidate, because although he hadn't sat in the Paliament since 1987, he had the perfect clean-cut image: married father of three, accountant retired from partnership in a distinguished firm, elder in the Church of Scotland.
		Martin had confessed to a past affair with Hirst while drunk in Bell's presence in 1995 at a Tory conference in Blackpool, so knowing that there could be substantiation, Bell -- who denies any personal interest -- says he felt bound to inform director of the party Roger Pratt of what was brewing.
		Hirst himself received a call from his long-time personal friend Lord Mackay, warning him that a newspaper might have the story and that "a figure of 50,000 pounds has been mentioned." When Mackay asked Hirst if he were "bomb-proof," Hirst had to reassess his position.
	www.planetout.com /news/article.html?date=1997/05/08/1 (479 words)

	Once More (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Other bloggers have been worrying away at something else they think is designed to ensure Labour dominance: The Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill (currently the subject of a Right Links camapign).
		Outside story is judging his progress based on other people's reactions: However if upsetting Simon Heffer is something a modern Tory should cheer, then pleasing Polly Toynbee is something any Tory should be wary of.
		Of course that doesn't mean she is a bad guy either, she just has a view of the world that is as authoritarian and outdated as any old Tory could muster.
	www.once-more.co.uk (3067 words)

	Airstrip One: British foreign policy as if the national interest mattered
		Despite the calls for action from Australia, New Zealand and Britain's Tories, Zimbabwe is not considered important enough to merit any further attention.
		On to the group itself, their discussion forum seems to be a bit of a hotbed, where all the old FCS authoritarians and Monday Clubbers hang out, and they have a rather vitriolic C-Serpent doing battle against the forces of the Tory Reform Group and the evil Portillistas.
		Focussing on the former, the Convention stated that the EU should function with a stronger voice on the global stage and debated the issue of a common versus a single foreign policy.
	airstripone.blogspot.com /2002_08_01_airstripone_archive.html (6652 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Politics \| Full text: Ken Clarke speech
		No party will be entrusted with office until it has satisfied the public that it has better focused policies than the government on those four issues at least.
		Slogans inspired by focus groups on subjects of less central interest to the public will not get us over the problem of any weaknesses in our approach to the key mainstream issues.
		The Conservative Party most desperately needs to win next time to save itself from being irrelevant to the politics of the next generation and to save the country from a fourth term of a Labour Government.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/4703109.stm (538 words)

	Tories
		The word Tories was originally used to describe rural bandits in Ireland.
		By the 18th century the Tories were politicians who favoured royal authority, the established church and who sought to preserve the traditional political structure and opposed parliamentary reform.
		After 1834 this political group in the House of Commons preferred to use the term Conservative.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /Ptories.htm (117 words)

	Once More: CAP, Live 8, Africa and us (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Sure, it's all day-to-day managerialism, lurching from one manufactured crisis to the next with no ideology or principle to guide him, but he does seem to be pointing in the right direction at the moment, for which we must be truly thankful.
		Tony is preaching about how 'passionate' he is on an issue - a sure sign that the focus groups have found a red-hot public opinion button-pusher.
		Dan L is right about Live8 - it is about parachuting the most stupid aspects of socialist thinking onto poor African nations struggling to get out of the economic mire.
	www.oncemore.co.uk /2005/07/cap_live_8_afri.html (850 words)

	PlanetOut News: Demoted Tory Moves to Labour
		Woodward was one of only 18 Conservatives to support equalization at that time, even though Tory MPs were free to vote their conscience on the matter.
		Chair of the Tory Reform Group (the more liberal wing of the Conservative Party) Damian Garrido told the "London Times" that, "The reaction of the Conservative Party to the resignation of Shaun Woodward has been extraordinarily offensive.
		Shaun was enraged when reporters questioned him about Lesley, accusing the Tories of rumor-mongering and of thinking that, "discrimination, prejudice and fear is the way to deal in politics." Shaun said, "We should actually live in a society in which people can be themselves and where we can allow individuals to achieve their full potential."
	www.planetout.com /news/article-print.html?1999/12/20/2 (1446 words)

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