> This special bulletin is brought to you from SOSIG - The Social Science
> Information Gateway (http://www.sosig.ac.uk/)
> It provides information on useful sites for tracing information about the
> Conservative Party Leadership contest. All information is taken from the
> SOSIG catalogue where you will find more interesting sources.
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> Contenders
> Kenneth Clarke web site
> http://www.kennethclarke.net/
> read his press releases, policies and speeches.
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> Iain Duncan Smith web site
> http://www.voteids.com/
> Also contains press releases, articles and speeches.
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> Conservative Party Web Site
> http://www.conservatives.com/leadership.cfm
> Includes basic facts on the organisation of the contest, the contenders
> manifestoes  and results from the earlier ballots.
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> News Reports
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> BBC News Reports
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/in_depth/uk_politics/2001/tory_leadership
> _contest/default.stm
> news stories, analysis of policies and audiofiles of speeches and debates.
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> Guardian Newspaper Reports
> http://politics.guardian.co.uk/conservatives/
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> Times newspaper reports.
> http://www.thetimes.co.uk/section/0,,2001210019,00.html
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> BBC On the Record Interviews with some of the Challengers.
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/otr/interviews.shtml
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> Defeated Challengers - see who they endorse
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> Michael Ancram
> http://www.ancram.com/
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> David Davies
> http://www.modernconservatives.com/
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> Michael Portillo
> http://www.electportillo.com/
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> Information Source on Conservative Policy
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> Bruges Group
> Description: The Bruges group is a eurosceptic body which was established
> in 1989 to campaign for less centralised control in Europe. Members
> include leading UK politicians such as Margaret Thatcher. Its website
> provides details of the aims of the body and information on its current
> activities, including dates of meetings and the text of recent press
> releases. Also available from the site are the text of articles from its
> magazine the 'Eurocritic', a list of publications and the full text of
> some of the Bruges Group Occasional papers. These cover such issues as
> criticisms of the European Court, the European Parliament, opposition to a
> 'federal state of Europe', calls for reform of the Common Agricultural
> Policy (CAP) and criticisms of the Single European Currency (EURO) and
> European Monetary Union (EMU)
> Keywords: eurosceptic, currencies, Euro, European Union, Common
> Agricultural Policy, international Monetary systems
> http://www.eurocritic.demon.co.uk/brughome.htm#Top
> Bow Group Description: The Bow Group is a centre right think tank which
> works to develop British Conservative Party social, economic and political
> policy. Its web site provides information on the aims, history, membership
> and current activities of the group. It includes access to the full text
> of some of its e-bow briefings research papers and selected articles from
> Crossbow, its quarterly journal. These cover the full range of policy
> issues - including management of the economy, social policy, the NHS and
> welfare state. Users should note that some documents are offered in pdf
> format and therefore requires access to an Adobe Acrobat Reader for use.
> http://www.bowgroup.org/
> Cafe - Conservatives Against a Federal Europe Against a Federal Europe
> Description: Cafe is a group within the British Conservative Party which
> is campaigning against British entry into the European Single
> Currency(Euro) and the European Monetary Union (EMU). It also seeks to
> limit the power of the EU over British politics. Its web site provides
> basic information on the purpose of the campaign, its membership and
> current activities
> Keywords: European single currency, United Kingdom, European Union,
> conservative parties
> http://www.cafe.org.uk/
> Campaign for Conservative Democracy
> Description: The Campaign for Conservative Democracy is a pressure group
> within the British Conservative Party which is seeking to reform party
> procedures to make it operate more democratically. Its website provides
> information on the purpose of the organisation, its members and current
> activities. It also presents critiques of certain aspects of official
> central office Conservative party policy and organisation.
> Keywords: Conservative Party (Great Britain)
> http://www.copov.org.uk/
> Centre for Policy Studies  Alternative Title: CPS
> Description: The Centre for Policy Studies (CPS), founded in 1974 by
> Margaret Thatcher and Keith Joseph, is an independent centre right think
> tank which develops and publishes public policy proposals and arranges
> seminars and lectures on topical policy issues, as part of its mission to
> influence policy around the world. It also maintains a range of informal
> contacts with politicians, policymakers, civil servants and the press, in
> Britain and abroad. The site contains both a full calendar of events
> organised by the Centre and its regular newsletter. You can access details
> of recent pamphlets published by the CPS along with the full text of some
> of the recent high profile lectures by politicians in the field of social
> policy.
> http://www.cps.org.uk/
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> Conservative Way Forward  Description: Conservative Way Forward is an
> interest group within the UK Conservative party which was founded in 1991
> to develop and defend the ideals of Thatcherism within the party. Its web
> site contains a list of its Council and publications. It also offers the
> full text of a number of articles published in its journal 'Forward'
> between 1991 and 1996.
> http://www.conwayfor.org/
> Keep the Pound: the Conservative Party's Campaign to Keep the Pound
> Description: The Keep the Pound Campaign was launched by Conservative
> Party leader William Hague in February 2000. Its purpose is to oppose
> British involvement in European Monetary Union (EMU) and the Single
> European Currency (Euro). The website provides information on the purpose
> of the campaign and its current activities. It includes news releases and
> transcripts of speeches on currency and monetary policy by leading
> Conservative Party Eurosceptics, including William Hague. Also accessible
> are statements of Conservative party economic policy, critiques of the
> Labour Party position and extracts from opinion poll findings which oppose
> the entry into the common currency.
> http://www.keepthepound.org.uk/
> The Tory Reform Group(TRG) is a pressure group within the UK Conservative
> Party which seeks to encourage a return to one nation 'traditional '
> conservatism. Its web site provides information on the political beliefs
> and aims of the organisation, its membership and current events. It also
> provides access to a selection of articles on British conservative
> politics from its journal the 'Reformer Magazine', and the full text of
> selected policy papers and speeches by its members.
> http://www.trg.org.uk/
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