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Contents: History, by Charles Petrie; Philosophy and principles, by Kenneth Pickthorn.

THIS AUTHOR SUGGESTS THAT IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, MAJOR CHANGES HAVE OCCURRED IN THE ORGANIZATION OF THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT. INCLUDED AMONG THESE ARE CHANGES IN THE ORGANIZATION OF CONSTITUENCY ASSOCIATIONS AND NEW PROCEDURES FOR SELECTION AND ADOPTION OF CANDIDATES. THIS DISCUSSION CENTERS ON THE CHANGES RELATING TO CONSITUENCY ORGANIZATIONS.

A review essay on books by (1) Mark Garnett & Philip Lynch (Eds), The Conservatives in Crisis: The Tories after 1997 (Manchester, UK: Manchester U Press, 2003); (2) E. H. H. Green, Ideologies of Conservatism: Conservative Political Ideas in the Twentieth Century (Oxford, UK: Oxford U Press, 2002); (3) Ted Honderich, Conservatism: Burke, Nozick, Bush, Blair? (London: Pluto, 2005); & (4) Bruce Pilbeam, Conservatism in Crisis? Anglo-American Conservative Ideology after the Cold War (London: Palgrave, 2003).

Explores political strategies on Britishness, English identity, nationalism, and relations with the European Union under party leaders Thatcher, Major, and Hague. Included in a collection of articles under the overall title "Being British". Impact of "New Labour" Party policies of Prime Minister Blair.

THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY (CP) BELIEVES IN SELF-DETERMINATION AND DESIRES A DEMOCRATIC SOUTH AFRICA WHERE THE AFRIKANER WILL NOT BE DOMINATED BY OTHERS. IT ADVOCATES A LARGE DEGREE OF INTERDEPENDENCE BETWEEN INDEPENDENT STATES, INCLUDING ECONOMIC, AGRICULTURAL, ACADEMIC, MEDICAL, AND VARIOUS OTHER FIELDS OF INTERDEPENDENCE. THE CP ADVOCATES AN ECONOMIC ORDER CONSISTING OF PRODUCTIVITY, LOWERING OF TAXES, AND TAILORING GOVERNMENT SPENDING TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. IT FEARS THAT IF AFRIKANERS WERE MADE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TOTAL POPULATION OF SOUTHERN AFRICA, THAT THE ECONOMY WOULD BE SWAMPED. THE CP OPPOSES NATIONALIZATION, REDISTRIBUTION OF LAND AND WEALTH, AND A SOCIALIST GOVERNMENT.