The Conservative Monday Club (widely known as the Monday Club) is a British pressure group "on the right-wing" of the Conservative Party.
Read more about Conservative Monday Club: Overview, Immigration, Northern Ireland, Controversies and Criticism, Suspension of Links By The Conservative Party (2001)
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