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List of Conservative Monday Club publications

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This is a list of publications of the Conservative Monday Club, a prominent Tory political pressure-group in the United Kingdom.

Booklets

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  • A Personal Record, (of rejection of socialism, &c.,) by John Braine, December 1968.[1]
  • Ireland - Our Cuba? by Jeremy Harwood, the Hon. Jonathan Guinness, & John Biggs-Davison, M.P. 1970 [2]
  • Capital - Yours or Theirs?, by the club's Taxation Group, Chairman: A. P. Leslie, February 1970.[3]
  • Rents - Chaos or Commonsense?, by Horace Cutler 1970. [4]
  • Standing Room Only - The Population Problem in Britain, by Geoffrey Baber. 1971.[5]
  • Some Uncivil Liberties by Cllr.Sam Swerling. 1971.[6]
  • Education and the Permissive Society, by Clive Buckmaster, early 1970s [7]
  • ''Europe's Back Door: The Soviet Maritime Threat, by Patrick Wall, M.P., early 1970s.[8] ISBN 0-903900-02-5. 1973
  • The Enemies Within, by Comdr. Anthony T. Courtney, O.B.E.,R.N.,(Retd).,(M.P., for Harrow East (UK Parliament constituency) 1959-1966), with a foreword by the Hon. Jonathan Guinness. 1972.
  • The Crooked Conscience - Are the Churches Politically 'Bent'?, by Bernard Smith. 1972.[9]
  • Who's Getting at Our Kids?, by Cllr.Sam Swerling. ISBN 0-903900-00-9. 1972.[10]
  • State & Economy - Need for a Tory Rethink, by the club's Economic Policy Group. ISBN 0-903900-01-7. 1972.
  • When the Bough Breaks, John Peter Preece Smith, ISBN 0-903900-03-3 circa 1973.
  • Thoughts on Defence, by Anthony Courtney, M.P., for Harrow East, 1959-1966], David Pilleau, & Peter Langley. July 1974.
  • Local Rates, by Cllr.Brian Costello, mid-1970s.[11]
  • Towards a Solution, by Julian Amery, M.P., 1975.[12]
  • Rhodesia & The Threat to The West, by the Rt.Hon. Julian Amery, M.P., John Biggs-Davison, M.P., Harold Soref (former M.P.) and Patrick Wall, M.C., M.P. 1976.[13]
  • Europe - The Unguarded Legacy, by John Young & the club's European Policy Group, with a foreword by the Rt.Hon. Julian Amery, M.P., and introduction by John Biggs-Davison, M.P. 1978.[14]
  • Who's Afraid of Laissez Faire?, by David Hart, 1980. ISBN 0-903900-05-X.[15]
  • The Price of Peace, by Brian Crozier, 1980 [Club were distributors only][16]
  • Communist Propaganda Apparatus & Other Threats to The Media by Sir James Goldsmith – a booklet containing his statement to the Media Committee of the Conservative Party at the House of Commons, 21 January 1981. [Club were distributors only].[17]
  • Immigration, Repatriation, & the C.R.E., by K. Harvey Proctor, M.P., John R. Pinniger, M.A., with a foreword by Sir Ronald Bell, Q.C., M.P. 1981.[1]
  • The Conservative Party & The Common Market, by David Storey & Teddy Taylor, M.P. July 1982.[18]
  • Recall to Greatness, by John Murray, mid-1980s.[19]
  • The Preservation of The House of Lords, by the Rt.Hon.The Lord Sudeley, with a foreword by Sir John Stokes, M.P. 1991.House of Lords (PDF)

Other publications

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  • "The Challenger" journal of the Scottish Monday Club
  • "Right Hook", quarterly journal of the Young Monday Club. Editor in Spring 1979 was Eleanor Dodd.
  • "Tory News", occasional newsletter
  • "Tory Challenge" quarterly journal of the National Monday Club. Editor in 1980 was Clive Buckmaster.
  • "Monday World", glossy magazine, (editorial board in 1981: Eleanor Dodd (editor), Cllr.Sam Swerling (former editor), David Storey, John R. Pinniger, Graham Mather, John de Vere Walker).
  • "Monday News" quarterly newsletter (editor in November 1981 was Eleanor Dodd).
  • "Right Ahead" 'Conservative & Unionist' occasional newspaper, notably the annual Conservative Party Conference editions. The Summer 1986 edition carries and impressive line-up of writers of whom many are M.P.s. The 1985 editorial board consisted of: David Storey (editor, and Club chairman), Cedric Gunnery (a Club co-founder, Director, & Treasurer), George Gardiner, MP, and Teddy Taylor, MP.
  • "Monday Club News" regular newsletter, 1989 on, edited by Gregory Lauder-Frost (1989-1992).

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Referenced in Constitutionalising Racism: The British Nationality Bill 1981, Dixon, Critical Social Policy. 1981; 1: 94-100