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Brexit: Winning the Peace
Monday, 03 October 2016
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Life After the EU
Monday, 05 October 2015
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UKIP and the Future of the Conservative Party
Monday, 29 September 2014
James Delingpole Charles Moore The Hon. Jacob Rees-Mogg MP
UKIP and the Conservatives
With the speakers;Charles Moore, biographer of Margaret Thatcher and Former editor of the TelegraphThe Hon....
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The Dispossessed, the Never-Possessed and the Bastards
Wednesday, 10 September 2014
Debunking Major's Myths of the Eurosceptics
Luke Stanley
Rebellion: Learning the lessons
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Euroscepticism within the...
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The charade behind a 2017 EU referendum
Friday, 13 December 2013
David Cameron can deliver a new relationship with the EU but not through staying in the EU but by exiting
Robert Oulds
David Cameron’s promise of a referendum on EU membership,...
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Conservatives and UKIP: enemies or allies?
Monday, 30 September 2013
Manchester Meeting
Bill Cash MP Nigel Farage MEP Peter Oborne
Bill Cash, Nigel Farage and Peter Oborne
With the speakers; Nigel Farage MEP, Leader of UKIP, and Peter Oborne, The Daily...
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Baroness Thatcher Tribute Evening
Tuesday, 23 July 2013
Dr Robin Harris The Rt. Hon Lord Tebbit of Chingford, CH, PC
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Tribute to Baroness Thatcher
Monday, 08 April 2013
The Passing of the Bruges Group President, Baroness Thatcher
Tribute
The Bruges Speech
The Bruges Group expresses our deep and heartfelt sadness at the loss of our...
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Response to the Prime Minister's speech on the EU
Wednesday, 23 January 2013
The Single Market is the problem
It is disappointing that the Prime Minister will not push for a referendum now, nor will he even begin the process of negotiations in this Parliament.
David...
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Dinner celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Maastricht Rebellion
Monday, 19 November 2012
Celebrating with the Maastricht Rebels
Bill Cash MP Barry Legg
Click here to read the full speech by Barry Legg
Notable attendees included Rt Hon. Sir Peter Tapsell MP, Father of the...
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How Britain Can Exit The EU
Monday, 08 October 2012
Bruges Group Conservative Party Fringe Meeting
Professor Tim Congdon The Rt Hon. John Redwood MP Gisela Stuart MP
Gisela Stuart MP - Gisela Stuart speaks about the EU
Professor...
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The Political Class and their support for the EU
Wednesday, 01 February 2012
Dr Robin Harris Simon Heffer
The well known author, broadcaster and columnist with The Daily Mail, Dr Simon Heffer, spoke to the Bruges Group about David Cameron's inability to face reality on...
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Cameron should be placating, not alienating, Eurosceptic MPs and voters, says Bruges Group
Friday, 21 October 2011
Trust in the Prime Minister will be severely damaged
Robert Oulds
Statement re the Govt’s attempts to thwart Euro referendum - from Director of the Bruges Group, Robert...
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Europe: Time for Action
Monday, 03 October 2011
Mr Timo Soini Dr David Starkey
The historian and broadcaster, Dr David Starkey, spoke at the Bruges Group's fringe meeting at the Conservative Party Conference. Also addressing...
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Rebutting the Government’s pro-EU propaganda
Thursday, 04 August 2011
The Minister for Europe's misleading claims
Robert Oulds
Triggered by an enquiry from a constituent of Philip Davies MP, a series of correspondence began between Mr Davies, the Bruges Group and...
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Role of Honour
Tuesday, 12 July 2011
Government misuse of funds to support the euro
The Government, via the IMF, is using British money to bail out the problems caused by the euro. However, 32 Conservative MPs voted against this...
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The UK should lead in dismantling the Single Currency
Wednesday, 01 December 2010
Robert Oulds
As the Irishman said when asked for directions “If I were going there, I would not start out from here.” This little parable may be un-PC but the lesson should be...
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The Government’s EU Bill being presented to Parliament on Thursday is ‘a fig leaf designed to hide Cameron and Hague’s blushes’
Friday, 12 November 2010
Response to the Government's EU Bill
Robert Oulds
The European Union Bill receiving its first reading on 11.11.10 will in due course bring into law the so-called ‘Referendum...
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A Cost Too Far
Wednesday, 03 November 2010
David Cameron’s acquiescence to the EU, or, We Told You So
Robert Oulds
The drive for an expanded, better funded and more centralised EU continues. So no change there: the EU is designed...
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A meeting with Lord Tebbit & Richard Shepherd MP
Tuesday, 19 October 2010
Sir Richard Shepherd MP
The Rt. Hon Lord Tebbit of Chingford, CH, PC Lord Tebbit, a key figure in British public life, and the respected Parliamentarian, Richard Shepherd MP, flew the flag for...
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Why the election pledges must be honoured
Monday, 04 October 2010
Roger Helmer MEP Melanie Phillips
Bruges Group event at the Conservative Party conference
It is a matter of great disappointment and regret that the Prime Minister has dropped his own manifesto...
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Tory ‘renegotiation’ is a slogan not a policy
Thursday, 12 November 2009
The Cameron approach does further damage to Britain’s ‘broken politics’
Gerald Frost
David Cameron’s decision to renege on his “cast-iron” guarantee to...
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Does the EU have anything to fear from Cameron?
Wednesday, 04 November 2009
Press Release
Barry Legg
Barry Legg, Co-Chairman of the Bruges Group and former Chief Executive of the Conservative Party, issued the following statement in response to David...
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Cameron is breaking his pledge to hold a Lisbon referendum
Tuesday, 03 November 2009
Press Release
Barry Legg
The Bruges Group made the following statement in response to the news that David Cameron intends to renege on his pledge to hold a referendum on the Lisbon...
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Are the political parties failing the voters of Britain?
Monday, 05 October 2009
Simon Heffer Peter Hitchens Barry Legg
Conservative Party Conference Fringe Meeting
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Bruges Group wins battle to divorce Conservatives from the EPP
Monday, 22 June 2009
Mission Accomplished
Robert Oulds Dr Lee Rotherham
Press Release: For Immediate ReleaseADIEU-EPP.com
For the past 15 years, Conservative MEPs have been shackled to a political group that does...
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Cameron must fulfil long overdue pledge
Friday, 05 June 2009
Robert Oulds
Press Release: For Immediate Release
Cameron must act quickly or risk losing credibility
Mr Cameron's pledge was to leave the EPP within a matter of days. Those days became a gap...
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The EU and what the Conservatives should be doing about it
Thursday, 30 April 2009
Fraser Nelson Stuart Wheeler
STUART WHEELERBusinessman and political philanthropistClick here to read the speech by Stuart Wheeler
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FRASER NELSONPolitical Editor of The Spectator...
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Comment on the return of Ken Clarke
Monday, 19 January 2009
David Cameron, political palaeontology and digging-up the old dinosaur Ken Clarke
Barry Legg
Press Release: For Immediate ReleaseCAMERON RETREATS ON REFERENDUM
The apparent decision by David...
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Will a Conservative Government Deliver on Europe?
Monday, 29 September 2008
Nigel Farage MEP Simon Heffer
Conservative Party Fringe Meeting
At the 2008 Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham the Bruges Group asked the key question of whether or not a...
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The Bruges Group calls on the Conservative Party to stand firm
Saturday, 29 September 2007
Fighting to make sure Labour keep their promise
Robert Oulds
PRESS RELEASEFor Immediate Release
As the Conservative Party Conference gets underway the Bruges Group calls for the Conservative...
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William Hague's European Policy
Friday, 24 March 2000
Paper No. 40
Dr Martin Holmes
Introduction
Ever since Mrs Thatcher delivered her controversial Bruges Speech in September 1988 it has become a familiar axiom of British politics that the...
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Conservative MEPs and the European People's Party: Time for Divorce
Tuesday, 01 June 1999
Paper No. 36
Martin Ball Jonathan Collett
Introduction
A crucial and ultimately determining issue awaits the Conservative Party immediately after the 1999 European Election. It is...
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John Major and Europe: The Failure of a Policy 1990-7
Thursday, 01 May 1997
Paper No. 28
Dr Martin Holmes
Introduction
As the Major era has now come to an end it is possible to consider his premiership in its entirety, to evaluate exactly what John Major’s...
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The Conservative Conference & Euro-Sceptical Motions 1992-95
Saturday, 01 June 1996
Paper No. 23
Martin Ball
In Memory of David Regan
Whose work lives on, in that of his students
Foreword by Jonathan Collett
Since our foundation in February 1989 Bruges Group publications...
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The Conservative Party and Europe
Tuesday, 01 November 1994
Paper No. 17
Dr Martin Holmes
The Origins of the EECIt is axiomatic to regard the Conservative Party as split from top to bottom on the issue of British membership of the European...