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90-524: Harold Julian Amery, Baron Amery of Lustleigh , PC (27 March 1919 – 3 September 1996) was a British Conservative Party politician, who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for 39 of the 42 years between 1950 and 1992. He was appointed to the Privy Council in 1960. Amery was created a life peer upon his retirement from the House of Commons in 1992. For three decades, he was a leading figure in
180-844: A brief romance with the future novelist Barbara Pym , who was six years his senior. Before the Second World War started, Amery was a war correspondent in the Spanish Civil War and later an attaché for the British Foreign Office in Belgrade. After the war began he joined the RAF as a sergeant in 1940, then was commissioned and transferred to the British Army on the General List in 1941, reaching
270-522: A close friend of King Zog of Albania and described him as "the cleverest man I have ever met". Amery won a Parliamentary seat in the first general election held after he returned to civilian life, in 1950. He was elected as Conservative MP for Preston North , going on to hold a number of government offices, all in governments led by his father-in-law, now the Prime Minister. He began with two Under-Secretaryships of State: for War (1957–58) and for
360-887: A club policy paper in December 1982 entitled Proposals to Rescue the British Fishing Industry . The club's Scottish branch's newspaper, The Challenger , carried a further article against the EEC by Taylor in September 1985 entitled "Swallowing the Nation". Enoch Powell also spoke against the EEC at one of the Monday Club's fringe meetings at the Conservative Party Conference at Blackpool on 8 October 1991, with Lauder-Frost presiding, which
450-631: A dynamic application of traditional Tory principles". The group brought together supporters of Rhodesia and South Africa ; the main impetus for the group's formation was the Conservatives' new decolonisation policies, in particular as a general reaction to Macmillan's ' Wind of Change ' speech made in South Africa. The club stated that Macmillan had "turned the Party Left", and its first pamphlet opposed these policies as indicative of
540-827: A few institutions in the United Kingdom . The Judicial Committee also hears very occasional appeals from a number of ancient and ecclesiastical courts. These include the Church Commissioners , the Arches Court of Canterbury , the Chancery Court of York , prize courts, the High Court of Chivalry , and the Court of Admiralty of the Cinque Ports . This committee usually consists of members of
630-644: A few minutes' walk from the Palace of Westminster . The club was, however, always a pressure group, remaining separate from the Conservative Party organisation. Around 1980, the Victoria Street building was cleared for demolition, and the club moved its offices to 122 Newgate Street, London, EC1, opposite the Old Bailey . High rents forced another move to 4 Orlando Road, Clapham Common. In 1991
720-616: A group of longstanding members, led by Gregory Lauder-Frost, the club's Foreign Affairs Committee chairman, succeeded in getting elected to the key posts on the Executive Council, with Dr. Mark Mayall as deputy chairman, and Lauder-Frost as the Political Secretary. At the beginning of January 1991, the Monday Club News announced the abolition of the only salaried position, that of Director (then held by
810-444: A lengthy article entitled "Far Right takes over the Monday Club", stating that a number of senior members had tendered their resignations in protest at the club's "takeover" by "extreme right-wingers." The club's solicitors, Rubenstein, Callingham & Gale, sent a formal letter of protest to the editor of The Observer about the article, and demanded a right of reply for the club. The editor agreed and Lauder-Frost, writing on behalf of
900-481: A resulting loss of membership. The club's influence declined. After the defeats in the 1997 general election and 2001 general election , the Conservative Party began decisive moves towards becoming more centrist; the 2002–2003 party chairman and future Prime Minister, Theresa May , would later state that it had been perceived by voters as the "Nasty Party". The then party leader, Iain Duncan Smith , suspended
990-562: A seat he would hold until 1992 when he retired. On 8 July 1992, he was created a life peer as Baron Amery of Lustleigh , of Preston in the County of Lancashire and of Brighton in the County of East Sussex. Under the Heath administration, Amery held three ministerial posts: Minister for Public Works (1970), Minister for Housing and Construction (1970–72) and Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1972–74). For 30 years, Amery
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#17328025207311080-739: A secretary of state. The Committee, which last met in 1988, is concerned with the design and usage of wafer seals . The Cabinet of the United Kingdom is the executive committee of the Privy Council and the senior decision-making body of British Government . The Judicial Committee serves as the final court of appeal for the Crown Dependencies , the British Overseas Territories , some Commonwealth countries, military sovereign base areas and
1170-574: A smaller working committee which evolved into the modern Cabinet . By the end of the English Civil War , the monarchy, House of Lords, and Privy Council had been abolished. The remaining parliamentary chamber , the House of Commons , instituted a Council of State to execute laws and to direct administrative policy. The forty-one members of the Council were elected by the House of Commons;
1260-415: A speech in 1968, said that "it was due to the Monday Club that many are brought within the Conservative Party who might otherwise be estranged from it". That year Alan Clark joined the club and was soon chairman of its Wiltshire branch. Under its chairman from 1964 to 1969, Paul Williams , who until 1964 had been MP for Sunderland South, the club enjoyed significant growth and influence. Some argued that
1350-446: Is a formal body of advisers to the sovereign of the United Kingdom . Its members, known as privy counsellors , are mainly senior politicians who are current or former members of either the House of Commons or the House of Lords . The Privy Council formally advises the sovereign on the exercise of the royal prerogative . The King-in-Council issues executive instruments known as Orders in Council . The Privy Council also holds
1440-888: Is buried with his wife (who predeceased him) at the Church of St John the Baptist in Lustleigh , Devon, along with his father Leo Amery . Privy Council (United Kingdom) King Charles III [REDACTED] William, Prince of Wales [REDACTED] Charles III ( King-in-Council ) [REDACTED] Starmer ministry ( L ) Keir Starmer ( L ) Angela Rayner ( L ) ( King-in-Parliament ) [REDACTED] Charles III [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] The Lord Reed The Lord Hodge Andrew Bailey Monetary Policy Committee The Privy Council (formally His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council )
1530-499: Is suspended from any association with the Conservative party". Three MPs, Andrew Hunter , Andrew Rosindell and Angela Watkinson , were ordered to resign from the club. From 1993, new full members of the club had to be members of the Conservative Party, though there was no such requirement for associate membership. Monday Club observers, such as Denis Walker , have attended Democratic Unionist Party conferences. In 2002,
1620-503: Is the current address as of Jan 2023. In addition to the national club, which operated through an elected Executive Council and numerous policy groups or committees, there were semi-autonomous county branches, a Young Members Monday Club, and numerous university Monday Clubs, the most prominent and active being at the University of Oxford . The Monday Club had various study groups (later renamed policy committees) including: The club
1710-489: The 1970 Conservative Party election victory , six MPs who were club members were given Cabinet positions. In addition, the following club members were elected that year: Among sitting MPs who joined the club after that and other elections, along with those who became MPs were: Peers of the House of Lords who were Monday Club members: Other notable members: A number of other Monday Club members contested Labour-held seats, some of which had large majorities, and although
1800-535: The African National Congress 's Oliver Tambo that the ANC in South Africa could expect financial and material assistance from a future Labour government. Other attacks were made upon then- Greater London Council leader Ken Livingstone inviting Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams to visit London in 1982. An early member, in his Diaries , Alan Clark describes speaking later to a county-branch of
1890-591: The Cabinet . With the creation of the United Kingdom on 1 January 1801, a single Privy Council was created for Great Britain and Ireland, although the Privy Council of Ireland continued to exist until 1922, when it was abolished upon the creation of the Irish Free State as an independent Dominion outside the United Kingdom, but within the British Empire . The Privy Council of Northern Ireland
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#17328025207311980-635: The Conservative Monday Club . He was the son-in-law of Conservative prime minister Harold Macmillan . His brother, John , was hanged for high treason for supporting Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy during the Second World War . Amery was born in Chelsea , London, on 27 March 1919. His father was Leo Amery , a British statesman and Conservative politician. He was educated at Eaton House , Summer Fields School , Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford . While an undergraduate, he had
2070-773: The Conservative Party . In early 1975, he took part in a House of Commons debate on the Trades Unions Congress 's invitation to Alexander Shelepin , the former Soviet KGB Chief, to visit Britain. He stated that "more and more people are beginning to look upon the TUC as a Communist-penetrated show and this invitation must strengthen that view." According to Margaret Thatcher 's 1995 memoir, The Path to Power , when Harold Wilson 's Labour government proposed devolution for Scotland in 1976, "Julian Amery and Maurice Macmillan proved effective leaders of
2160-474: The House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 ). The Crown-in-Council was formerly the supreme appellate court for the entire British Empire , but a number of Commonwealth countries have now abolished the right to such appeals. The Judicial Committee continues to hear appeals from several Commonwealth countries, from British Overseas Territories , Sovereign Base Areas and Crown Dependencies . The Judicial Committee had direct jurisdiction in cases relating to
2250-452: The Liberal leader, Jeremy Thorpe , commented that "Mr. Heath has been left to wrestle with the Monday Club single-handed." In October 1982, the Monday Club published a slightly revised, policy on immigration. It called for: Although more explicit in detail, the general thrust of policy accorded with that found in the Conservative Party manifesto published ahead of the general election
2340-662: The Scotland Act 1998 , the Government of Wales Act 1998 and the Northern Ireland Act 1998 , but this was transferred to the new Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in 2009. The Scottish Universities Committee considers proposed amendments to the statutes of Scotland's four ancient universities . Conservative Monday Club The Conservative Monday Club (usually known as the Monday Club )
2430-960: The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom and senior judges of the Commonwealth of Nations who are Privy Counsellors. Within the United Kingdom, the Judicial Committee hears appeals from ecclesiastical courts , the Admiralty Court of the Cinque Ports, Prize Courts and the Disciplinary Committee of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons , appeals against schemes of the Church Commissioners and appeals under certain Acts of Parliament (e.g.,
2520-420: The final court of appeal for the entire British Empire (other than for the United Kingdom itself). It continues to hear judicial appeals from some other independent Commonwealth countries , as well as Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories . The Privy Council of the United Kingdom, created on 1 January 1801, was preceded by the Privy Council of Scotland , the Privy Council of England , and
2610-559: The British Army to Joseph Stalin's Red Army in 1945–46, who executed nearly all of them. In this respect it gave its support to Count Nikolai Tolstoy , historian and author of Victims of Yalta and The Minister and the Massacres , who was then being sued for libel, by holding a dinner for him at London's Charing Cross Hotel on 26 October 1988. The club opposed what it described as the "premature" independence of Kenya , and
2700-547: The Civil Service (Amendment) Order in Council 1997, permitted the Prime Minister to grant up to three political advisers management authority over some Civil Servants. In the 1960s, the Privy Council made an order to evict an estimated 1,200 to 2,000 inhabitants of the 55-island Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, in preparation for the establishment of a joint United States–United Kingdom military base on
2790-462: The Club are to support the Conservative & Unionist Party in those policies designed: During the period that Margaret Thatcher led the Conservative Party, the Monday Club were prolific publishers of booklets, pamphlets, policy papers, an occasional newspaper, Right Ahead , and a magazine Monday World edited for some years by Sir Adrian FitzGerald, Bart. , Sam Swerling, and later, Eleanor Dodd. In
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2880-550: The Colonies (1958–60). He was promoted to Secretary of State for Air (1960–62), followed by a promotion to the post of Minister of Aviation (1962–64). In this role and during this two-year period, Amery was involved in the planning stages of what would become the supersonic passenger service known as Concorde . Amery lost his Preston North seat in 1966, but was re-elected to the Commons in 1969 representing Brighton Pavilion ,
2970-497: The Conservative Party's move towards liberalism. The club is notable for having promoted a policy of voluntary, or assisted, repatriation for Commonwealth immigrants, a policy subsequently adopted in the 1970 Conservative Party manifesto. The 5th Marquess of Salisbury (1893–1972), who had resigned from Macmillan's Cabinet over the Prime Minister's liberal direction, became its first president in January 1962, when he stated "there
3060-471: The Conservative Party, but it remained autonomous from the party. In-fighting over the club's traditional Tory agenda led to many resignations in 1991. In 2001, the Conservative Party formally severed relations with the club, which had ceased to exercise significant influence, with full membership below 600. Following a vote of the Executive Council, the organisation was formally disbanded in July 2024. The club
3150-478: The Council — which later became the Court of the Star Chamber — was during the 15th century permitted to inflict any punishment except death, without being bound by normal court procedure . During Henry VIII 's reign, the sovereign, on the advice of the Council, was allowed to enact laws by mere proclamation. The legislative pre-eminence of Parliament was not restored until after Henry VIII's death. By 1540
3240-821: The Court of Appeal were persuaded by this argument, but in 2007 the Law Lords of the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords found the original decision to be flawed and overturned the ruling by a 3–2 decision, thereby upholding the terms of the Order in Council. As of 2023, negotiations between the Mauritian and UK governments that included the sovereignty of the Chagossians were still ongoing. The Privy Council has committees: The Baronetage Committee
3330-535: The King-in-Council, although in practice its actual work of hearing and deciding upon cases is carried out day-to-day by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council . The Judicial Committee consists of senior judges appointed as privy counsellors: predominantly justices of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom and senior judges from the Commonwealth . The Privy Council formerly acted as
3420-712: The Lord Protector, subject to Parliament's approval. In 1659, shortly before the restoration of the monarchy , the Protector's Council was abolished. King Charles II restored the Royal Privy Council, but he, like previous Stuart monarchs, chose to rely on a small group of advisers. The formation of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707 combined the Privy Councils of England and Scotland,
3510-574: The Lord Sudeley were amongst those present from Parliament. The government of Franjo Tuđman in Croatia invited the Monday Club to send a delegation to observe its conflict with Serbia , in October 1991, when the war for Croatian independence from the tottering Yugoslavia was at its height, with the armies of both sides engaged in serious fighting. The club delegation arrived just days after
3600-473: The Monday Club in 1982: "I really cannot bear the Monday Club. They are all mad, quite different from its heyday, when it was a right-wing pressure group at the time of Ted Heath's Government. Now they are a prickly residue in the body politic, a nasty sort of gallstone." The playwright David Edgar described the Monday Club, in 1986, as "proselytis[ing] the ancient and venerable conservative traditions of paternalism , imperialism and racism ." In 1988–89,
3690-442: The Monday Club's longstanding links with the party in October 2001, saying his party would have nothing to do with the organisation unless it stopped making "distasteful" remarks on race and immigration. Although the Monday Club was a completely autonomous pressure-group and not part of the Conservative Party organisation, Conservative Party chairman David Davis then informed the club's National Executive that links between it and
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3780-566: The October 1982 edition, MP Harvey Proctor called for the scrapping of the Commission for Racial Equality , Sir Patrick Wall commented on the Falklands War , James Molyneaux had an article "What Future for Ulster", and Dr. Harvey Ward had an article on "Zimbabwe Today". The September 1984 edition of Monday News carried the headline "Kinnock Talks to Terrorists", quoting former Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock 's declaration to
3870-438: The Official IRA and its political wing, Sinn Féin (Official) . The club was opposed to the dismantling of the Stormont government in Northern Ireland and the imposition of direct rule. The Guardian claimed back in 1968 that the organisation was "probably the nearest British equivalent to the American John Birch Society ". It was claimed by opponents that the National Front had started an active programme of entryism into
3960-398: The Privy Council of Great Britain (1708–1800). Its continued existence has been described as "more or less a constitutional and historical accident". The key events in the formation of the modern Privy Council are given below: In Anglo-Saxon England , the Witenagemot was an early equivalent to the Privy Council of England . During the reigns of the Norman monarchs , the English Crown
4050-423: The Russians living in Kaliningrad (formerly the German city of Königsberg) was left unexplained. Club officers, including Gregory Lauder-Frost, Denis Walker , and Lord Sudeley, attended a Western Goals Institute dinner in September 1989 in honour of Salvadorian president Alfredo Cristiani , whose military was at the time fighting the FMLN . The club also took a hard line on the return of White Russians by
4140-403: The Yugoslav Air Force bombing of the historic upper city in Zagreb . It was the first British political delegation to go to Croatia during the conflict. Debate within the club was intense on the European Union . In the early days of the European Economic Community (EEC) one of the club's MPs, Geoffrey Rippon , was so pro-EEC that he was known as "Mr. Europe". Because of the divisions within
4230-684: The anti-devolution Tory camp." Although he was Harold Macmillan's son-in-law, he did not defend him when Count Nikolai Tolstoy published The Minister and the Massacres in 1986, focusing the ultimate burden of blame sharply on Macmillan for the 1945 Bleiburg repatriations and the Cossack repatriations. Amery stated that the repatriations were "one of the few blots on Harold that I can think of". On 26 January 1950, he married Catherine Macmillan (19 November 1926 – 27 May 1991), daughter of Harold Macmillan. The couple had one son and three daughters. Amery died from heart failure on 3 September 1996, aged 77, at his home in Eaton Square , Westminster, London. He
4320-448: The body was headed by Oliver Cromwell , de facto military dictator of the nation. In 1653, however, Cromwell became Lord Protector , and the Council was reduced to between thirteen and twenty-one members, all elected by the Commons. In 1657, the Commons granted Cromwell even greater powers, some of which were reminiscent of those enjoyed by monarchs. The Council became known as the Protector's Privy Council ; its members were appointed by
4410-489: The breakup of the Central African Federation , which was the subject of its first major public meeting in September 1961. It was fundamentally opposed to decolonisation, and defended white minority rule in South Africa and Rhodesia . During the Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) period in Rhodesia , the club strongly backed the White minority government of Ian Smith and the Rhodesian Front , being seen as its strongest supporters in Britain. In November 1963,
4500-444: The challenge was unsuccessful, their majorities were reduced. These included: Tim Keigwin, who almost unseated the Liberal leader Jeremy Thorpe at North Devon , Councillor John Pritchard of Bromley London Borough Council , who contested Wrexham and Norwood, and David Clarke, whose personal campaign assistant was the chairman of the club's Young Members' Group, Christopher Horne, and who failed by only 76 votes at Watford . By 1971,
4590-494: The club "undoubtedly had the largest membership of any conservative group and included 55 different groups in universities and colleges, 35 Members of Parliament with six in the government, and 35 Peers". At the club's Annual General Meeting on 26 April 1971, in Westminster Central Hall , the chairman, George Pole, announced that "our membership, including national, branches and universities is around 10,000." MP John Biggs-Davison , in his foreword to Robert Copping's second book on
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#17328025207314680-461: The club had a disproportionate influence within Conservative circles, especially after six of its members who were MPs joined the Cabinet in 1970. Harold Wilson , twice Labour Prime Minister , described the club as "the guardian of the Tory conscience". Oxford political scholar Roger Griffin referred to the club as practicing an anti- socialist and elitist form of conservatism. By 1970, eighteen Members of Parliament were club members: In
4770-473: The club had hosted a large reception for Smith at the Howard Hotel in London. That was followed the next year by receptions for Clifford Dupont and Moise Tshombe . The club continued its support for white minority rule in South Africa, with Lauder-Frost organising a large dinner in central London, on 5 June 1989, for its guest-of-honour Dr Andries Treurnicht , leader of the pro-apartheid Conservative Party of South Africa , and his delegation. Tim Janman MP and
4860-399: The club on this issue the decision was taken not to have a policy on it. However, by 1980 the mood had changed. A club discussion paper in October 1980 was entitled Do Tories Really want to Scrap 80% of Britain's Fishing Fleet , and the club adopted a firm anti- European Union (EU) position. Teddy Taylor , an anti-EEC MP, became chairman of the club's EEC Affairs Policy Committee and authored
4950-416: The club's Executive Council on 11 February on the grounds that "he has engaged in behaviour prejudicial to the best interests, reputation, objects, and other members of the Monday Club; by abusing his position as Chairman in encouraging members to leave the Monday Club and to join a new political group". Dr. Mayall became Acting Chairman until the May AGM when he was confirmed in that post by election. By 1992,
5040-401: The club's Treasurer, Cedric Gunnery, one of the club's founders). Although this was due to the club's precarious financial state, some felt more sinister moves afoot. Negative news stories began emerging and resignations followed. An internal investigation followed. The chairman, David Storey, lost an almost unanimous vote of no confidence on 17 January 1991, and his membership was terminated by
5130-568: The club's office was moved to an office belonging to W. Denis Walker , opposite Highams Park railway station in Waltham Forest , east London, with new telephone numbers, and a new Post Office Box number in central London. The newsletter stated that "it is our long-term aim to relocate back to the very heart of London". Since then the club office has moved to the premises of other companies associated with Walker, at 65 Chapel Hill, Bishop's Stortford , CM23 3XR and Southmill Trading Centre, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 3DY, which according to Companies House
5220-425: The club, subsequently challenged the article's accusations in a Letter to the Editor , which was published the following Sunday. He denied that a takeover had occurred, said that none of the club's policies had changed and that its direction was consistent with its aims and historical principles. Faction fighting within the club following Lauder-Frost's departure at the end of May 1992 led to a period of instability and
5310-440: The controversial issue of race , which has dominated its image ever since. The club was known for its fierce opposition to non-white immigration to Britain and its support for apartheid -era South Africa and Southern Rhodesia . By 1971, the club had 35 MPs, six of them ministers, and 35 peers , with membership (including branches) totaling about 10,000. In 1982, the constitution was re-written, with more emphasis on support for
5400-606: The dates of bank holidays . The Privy Council formerly had sole power to grant academic degree-awarding powers and the title of university , but following the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 these powers have been transferred to the Office for Students for educational institutions in England. Before the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 the Civil Service was governed by powers of royal prerogative . These powers were usually delegated to ministers by Orders in Council , and were used by Margaret Thatcher to ban GCHQ staff from joining trade unions. Another,
5490-466: The delegated authority to issue Orders of Council, mostly used to regulate certain public institutions. It advises the sovereign on the issuing of royal charters , which are used to grant special status to incorporated bodies, and city or borough status to local authorities. Otherwise, the Privy Council's powers have now been largely replaced by its executive committee, the Cabinet of the United Kingdom . Certain judicial functions are also performed by
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#17328025207315580-538: The expediency, cynicism and materialism which motivated Harold Macmillan 's government. In addition it was concerned that during this period "the left wing of the Party (had) gained a predominant influence over policy" and that as a result the Conservative Party had shifted to the left, so that "the floating voter could not detect, as he should, major differences between it and the Socialists" and, furthermore, "loyal Conservatives had become disillusioned and dispirited". The club's published aims stated that it "seeks to evolve
5670-411: The following year . The club's position on immigration was reiterated in a letter in The Times from Lauder-Frost on the club's behalf in October 1991, in which he stated that the annual levels of immigration "were unacceptable". Following an Official Irish Republican Army (IRA) bombing at Aldershot , Hampshire , in February 1972, club member and MP Jill Knight called for legislation to outlaw
5760-409: The government to halt all immigration, repeal the Race Relations Act , (not the separate Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1968 ), and start a full repatriation scheme. A resolution was drafted, approved by the meeting, and delivered to the Prime Minister, Edward Heath , who replied that "the government had no intention of repealing the Race Relations Act". When Reginald Maudling resigned from the Cabinet,
5850-460: The group. Control passed effectively into the hands of Denis Walker , a former Methodist missionary, and later Minister for Education in the Rhodesian government. He changed the role of the club from a pressure group to a Conservative Party support group, bringing in a rule that all members must firstly be members of the party, something that prior to 1992 had been opposed. Defunct The national club established its offices at 51–53 Victoria Street,
5940-402: The history of the club, stated that "by its principles [the club] has kept alive true Tory beliefs and held within its ranks many who contemplated defecting from the Conservative and Unionist Party". The club's chairman in June 1981, David Storey, described it as "an anchor to a ship", referring to the Conservative Party. The club's revised constitution (21 May 1984) stated that "the objects of
6030-541: The largest island in the archipelago, Diego Garcia . In 2000, the High Court of Justice ruled that the inhabitants had a right to return to the archipelago. In 2004, the Privy Council, under Jack Straw 's tenure, overturned the ruling. In 2006, the High Court of Justice found the Privy Council's decision to be unlawful. Justice Kentridge stated that there was no known precedent "for the lawful use of prerogative powers to remove or exclude an entire population of British subjects from their homes and place of birth", and
6120-405: The latter body coming to an end in 1708. Under King George I , even more power transferred to a small committee of the Council, which began to meet in the absence of the sovereign, communicating its decisions to him after the fact. Thus, the Privy Council, as a whole, ceased to be a body of important confidential advisers to the Sovereign; the role passed to a committee of the Council, now known as
6210-433: The new team had the national (as opposed to branches) membership over 1600 again. Lauder-Frost's resignation on 31 May 1992 saw the club descend into faction fighting and to a period of instability, with more departures and a resulting loss of membership and the club's influence declined. Subsequent failed expulsion attempts resulted in huge legal bills, and when Dr. Mark Mayall's term as chairman expired in April 1993 he left
6300-428: The nineteen-member council had become a new national institution, most probably the creation of Thomas Cromwell , without there being exact definitions of its powers. Though the royal Council retained legislative and judicial responsibilities, it became a primarily administrative body. In 1553 the Council consisted of forty members÷, whereas Henry VII swore over a hundred servants to his council. Sovereigns relied on
6390-531: The oil in the Persian Gulf , the rubber and tin of Malaya , and the gold, copper and precious metals of South- and Central Africa. As long as we have access to these; as long as we can realize the investments we have there; as long as we trade with this part of the world, we shall be prosperous. If the communists [or anyone else] were to take them over, we would lose the lot. Governments like Colonel Nasser 's in Egypt are just as dangerous." In 1963, Amery took charge of Quintin Hogg 's campaign for leadership of
6480-497: The organisation, mainly via the growing number of regional branches. Throughout the early part of the 1970s the leadership stepped up its efforts considerably to try to address this issue. A new standardised set of rules and procedures were instituted which sought to institute a far greater level of centralised control over the growth and activity of the regional branches. There were a number of expulsions, and some branches were forced to disband. On 24 February 1991, The Observer ran
6570-468: The party were being severed until it stopped promoting several of its (long-held and established ) policies such as the voluntary repatriation of ethnic minorities. Davis later told the media: "I have told them that until a number of things are concluded—particularly some concerns about the membership of the club, and a review of the club's constitution and a requirement that the club will not promulgate or discuss policies relating to race—the club
6660-656: The position they stood at on 1 January 1938, saying there must be no gains for communism. By challenging the Oder-Neisse line , the club was arguing that Germany should take back all of the parts of Poland and the Soviet Union that been part of Germany in 1938, through what was to happen to the Poles living in such cites as Wrocław (formerly the German city of Breslau), Szczecin (formerly the German city of Stettin), and
6750-445: The power to grant royal assent to legislation, are a form of primary legislation, while orders made under statutory powers are a form of secondary legislation. Orders of Council , distinct from Orders in Council, are issued by members of the Privy Council without requiring the approval of the sovereign. Like Orders in Council, they can be made under statutory powers or royal prerogative. Orders of Council are most commonly used for
6840-671: The rank of Captain . He spent 1941–42 in the eastern Mediterranean (the Middle East, Malta , Yugoslavia ) and served as Liaison Officer to the Albanian Resistance Movement in 1943–44 ("The Musketeers": Captain Julian Amery, Major David Smiley and Lieutenant-Colonel Neil McLean ). The following year, Amery went to China to work with General Carton de Wiart , then Prime Minister's Personal Representative to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek . Amery became
6930-513: The regulation of public institutions and regulatory bodies. The sovereign also grants royal charters on the advice of the Privy Council. Charters bestow special status to incorporated bodies ; they are used to grant chartered status to certain professional, educational or charitable bodies, and sometimes also city and borough status to towns. The Privy Council therefore deals with a wide range of matters, which also includes university and livery company statutes, churchyards , coinage and
7020-452: The supreme legislature of the kingdom. Nevertheless, the Council retained the power to hear legal disputes, either in the first instance or on appeal. Furthermore, laws made by the sovereign on the advice of the Council, rather than on the advice of Parliament, were accepted as valid. Powerful sovereigns often used the body to circumvent the Courts and Parliament. For example, a committee of
7110-465: The tendency of recent Conservative governments to adopt policies based upon expediency and demanded that instead Tory principles should be the guiding influence. It believed that the principles needing to be reasserted included the preservation of the constitution and existing institutions, the freedom of the individual, the private ownership of property, and the need for Britain to play a leading part in world affairs. The club disliked what it regarded as
7200-481: Was anti-communist and had an active Defence Committee chaired for over 15 years by Sir Patrick Wall MP MC and produced much literature on the perceived threat posed by Soviets and communists everywhere. When it appeared that communism was failing in the Eastern Bloc , the club's Foreign Affairs Committee in 1990 called upon Members of Parliament to be ready and to argue for the German borders to be restored to
7290-668: Was a British political pressure group, aligned with the Conservative Party , though no longer endorsed by it. It also had links to the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) in Northern Ireland . Founded in 1961, in reaction to Prime Minister Harold Macmillan 's opposition to white minority rule in Southern Rhodesia , the club became embroiled in the decolonisation and immigration debate, inevitably highlighting
7380-400: Was advised by a royal court or curia regis , which consisted of magnates , ecclesiastics and high officials . The body originally concerned itself with advising the sovereign on legislation, administration and justice. Later, different bodies assuming distinct functions evolved from the court. The courts of law took over the business of dispensing justice , while Parliament became
7470-475: Was an active member and later a Patron of the Conservative Monday Club , where he became friendly with General Sir Walter Walker , subsequently writing the foreword for Walker's anti-Soviet book, The Next Domino . He was Guest of Honour at the club's Annual Dinner at the Cutlers' Hall in 1963. In 1965, he wrote the foreword for Club activist Geoffrey Stewart-Smith 's book, No Vision Here . On May Day 1970, he
7560-483: Was created in 1922, but became defunct in 1972, when the Parliament of Northern Ireland was closed down. The sovereign may make Orders in Council upon the advice of the Privy Council. Orders in Council, which are drafted by the government rather than by the sovereign, are forms of either primary or secondary legislation , depending on the power they are made under. Orders made under prerogative powers, such as
7650-659: Was established by a 1910 Order in Council, during Edward VII 's reign, to scrutinise all succession claims (and thus reject doubtful ones) to be placed on the Roll of Baronets . The Committee for the Affairs of Jersey and Guernsey recommends approval of Channel Islands legislation. The Committee for the purposes of the Crown Office Act 1877 consists of the Lord Chancellor and Lord Privy Seal as well as
7740-572: Was filmed and broadcast on BBC TV 's Newsnight that night. In 1992, the chairman, Dr. Mark Mayall, authored another club booklet entitled: Maastricht: The High Tide of European Federalism , a fierce attack on the EEC. In September 1972, the club held a "Halt Immigration Now!" public meeting in Westminster Central Hall , opposite Parliament, at which the speakers Ronald Bell QC MP, John Biggs-Davison MP, Harold Soref MP, and John Heydon Stokes MP (all club members) called on
7830-434: Was founded on 1 January 1961, by four young Conservative Party members, Paul Bristol (a 24-year-old shipbroker and the club's first chairman, who left the club in 1968), Ian Greig (Membership Secretary until 1969), Cedric Gunnery (Treasurer until 1992; died 16 Mar 2023 ), and Anthony Maclaren. The club was formed "to force local party associations to discuss and debate party policy". Its first general policy statement deplored
7920-564: Was in favour of entry to the European Common Market and also of the nuclear deterrent . Both caused some discord between himself and his old friend Enoch Powell but for many, he was seen as an archetypal Conservative from the "God and Empire " school. In 1948, Amery opposed GATT , arguing that it limited imperial preference. In late 1962 Amery made these comments after Egypt sent troops to Yemen to prevent an insurrection: "The prosperity of our people rests really on
8010-412: Was never a greater need for true conservatism than there is today". By the end of 1963 there were eleven Members of Parliament in the Club, which then had an overall membership of about 300. The club was courted by many Conservative politicians, including the Conservative Party leader Sir Alec Douglas-Home who was guest-of-honour at the club's annual dinners of 1964 and 1969, and Enoch Powell , who, in
8100-787: Was one of the club's principal speakers at their 'Law and Liberty' rally in Trafalgar Square , held in answer to the 'Stop the Seventy Tour' campaign, designed to stop the South African cricket tour. Amery was the Monday Club's Guest-of-Honour at their Annual Dinner held at the Savoy Hotel , London, in January 1974 and again at the dinner at the end of the club's two-day Conference in Birmingham in March 1975. Amery
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