| Formation | November 1992 |
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TheRevolutionary Conservative Caucus was a small, right-wingpressure group which attempted to introduce a new radicalism into British conservatism.[1]
It was founded in November 1992[2] by Stuart Millson, an officer of theWestern Goals Institute, andJonathan Bowden; members includedMark Cotterill, Tom Acton and Steve Brady formerly of theNational Front[3][4] andDerek Turner. Millson's close friend from theMonday Club, Gregory Lauder-Frost, acknowledged he was a "supporter" in a letter published in one of their journals.[5]
It met limited success in its short existence of just over two years, lacking a substantive membership base. SirNorman Fowler attacked them, stating inThe Sunday Express: "These people are not remotely typical of mainstream Conservatives", andJerry Hayes, Conservative Party MP was quoted in the same newspaper as saying "They are a grim bunch". Labour MEPGlyn Ford went even further by announcing at the 1993 Labour Party Conference: "The Tories have a far-Right tendency....I have passed details of the Revolutionary Conservative Caucus to Special Branch". However the Conservative MPRupert Allason was quoted inSearchlight magazine as saying "If they are againstMaastricht, they can't be bad."[6] Although disbanded after Millson and Bowden parted company at the end of 1994, it "managed to redraw a right-wing nationalist agenda" and played a crucial part towards introducing philosophical discussion into far-right politics in Britain and was an influence on the establishment of the magazineRight Now![1] which was edited by Derek Turner.
In its lifetime, the Revolutionary Conservative Caucus published policy papers as well as a magazine entitledThe Revolutionary Conservative.
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