London Swinton Circle - Swinton Circle

The London Swinton Circle
For Traditional Conservatism and Unionism

The London Swinton Circle was founded in 1961. Its original membership was composed solely of those who had attended Conservative Party training schools at Swinton Castle in Yorkshire, and who wished to maintain contact with each other through regular meetings in London. Since that time, however, the London Swinton Circle has expanded its membership, and now welcomes members from all backgrounds who support traditional Conservative and Unionist principles.

The Circle holds regular meetings which are addressed by speakers on issues of interest to the Circle. Over the years the Circle has been addressed by members of
the Conservative Party, the United Kingdom Independence Party and from the Ulster Unionist parties. The Circle has also been addressed by a number of authors, journalists, campaigners and other political commentators.

On 6 December the Swinton Circle was addressed by Jim Shannon MP for Strangford. A copy of his speech (pdf format) can be read here.

Forthcoming Meetings

Full details of our next meeting will be circulated to members. The Circle's AGM will be on 27 January.

Members may also be interested in a meeting of the Bruges Group on 1 February entitled The Political Class and their support for the EU.

Membership

Anyone who upholds the aims and objectives is invited to join the Swinton Circle.
The aims and objectives of the Swinton Circle include:

National Sovereignty, independence from the European Union
Maintenance of the Union
Support for the Commonwealth Realms
Qualified immigration rather than mass immigration
Proportionate punishments for crimes, including the restitution of capital punishment
Equitable taxation and greater accountability of public spending at both the national and local level of government
The promotion of values and morals within a Christian framework
The celebration of British culture rather than multi-culturalism

If you agree with the aims and objectives of the Circle and wish to support traditional Conservatism and Unionism by joining the Swinton Circle please either download and complete the application form or simply pay via PayPal.

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Scottish Independence Referendum

Scotland’s constitutional future
SNP referendum document

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News

Complacency over the Falklands could cost Britain dear
The mandarins in Whitehall should take more seriously Argentina's renewed interest in the South Atlantic islands.
Daily Telegraph

Scottish independence consultation paper marks a defining moment
Belfast Telegraph

Iran: EU oil embargo doomed to fail
Russia Today
Can a war on Iran be stopped?
Al-Arabiya News
A Europe-Iran War
The New York Times

'They should have been hanged': Fury of Damilola Taylor's father as one of his killers is freed after just five years
Daily Mail

Police attacked for wrongly writing off thousands of crimes
Daily Telegraph
Britain in the grip of crime wave fuelled by recession
Daily Mirror

David Cameron plays for time on European human rights
BBC
Cameron 'has wasted chance to reform Human Rights court'
Evening Standard

Human Rights Watch urges the West accepts Islamists’ ascendence to power
The Washington Post

UK heading for first double-dip recession since 1975
Daily Telegraph
UK jobless rate hits new 17-year high
Financial Times

The Iron Lady and Margaret Thatcher's dementia: Why this despicable film makes voyeurs of us all
Max Pemberton in the Daily Telegraph

News Comment
Juror who used Google to research defendant jailed for six months
Metro

If it is possible to set aside for a moment the question of why a foreigner whose "grasp of English was sometimes 'not that good' " was sitting in an English jury, the other issue here is whether juries should know about the past record of a defendant. Liberals believe that if the jury knows that a recividist has a history of criminal offences that may sway the minds of the jury. The fact that criminals face sentences barely greater than that issued for contempt of court should sway the minds of all voters. And surely a jury should take into account a criminal's past offences? A career criminal by definition will be someone committing crimes. Equally, if the past record was made known then based on the liberals' logic that would work to the advantage of those without past criminal records. In ye olden days juries were composed of peers of the defendant, the defendant was thus 'known' to the jury. Those who sympathise with the father of Damilola Taylor must vote for candidates who will restore law and justice to this country. Those who prefer criminals will continue to vote for the mainstream liberals.

Petitions

No to 70 Million

Restore Capital Punishment

Retain The Act of Settlement 1701

Repeal the Climate Change Act

Reduce electricity bills by reforming the subsidies for wind farms

Northern Ireland needs Democracy

Restoration of the Act of Attainder and Forfeiture

Take politics out of the Remembrance Day Parade at the Cenotaph in Whitehall

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The Disowned Army
BBC Radio 4
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