Conservative Organisations in the United Kingdom: Conservative Political Pressure Groups of the United Kingdom, Truth in Science Books Llc General Books, 2010 - 74 pages Chapters: Conservative Political Pressure Groups of the United Kingdom, Truth in Science, Conservative Monday Club, Western Goals Institute, Conservative Democratic Alliance, List of Conservative Monday Club Publications, Committee for a Free Britain, the Freedom Association, Swinton Circle, Revolutionary Conservative Caucus, British Housewives' League, Tory Action, Anglican Friends of Israel. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 72. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Anglican Friends of Israel (formerly Anglicans for Israel) is a pressure group that aims to move the Church of England and other Christian groups into a position that is friendly towards Israel . The director is a London solicitor, Simon McIlwaine, and the campaign director is the Conservative activist Huw Shooter. References (URLs online) note a support group can be found on facebookA hyperlinked version of this chapter is at The British Housewives' League is a right-wing, non-party group that seeks to act as the voice of the British housewife, providing advice and encouraging active participation in society. The League seeks to defend the UK's independence and constitution, to promote Christian values, and to discourage excessive state control. In the past the League has campaigned against rationing, identity cards, and UK membership of the European Union .The League was founded by Irene May Lovelock, n e Northover-Smith (1896-1974), who became its first chairman. As a housewife during the Second World War, Lovelock understood at first hand the problems of rationing, shortages and queueing. Lovelock wrote a memoir of the League but it was never published. In April 1946 Lovelock resigned from the chair of the League to become its president.Another prominent chairman of the League was Dorothy Crisp, a journalist and writer of provocative articles in the S... |
