Conservative Philosophy Group - Revision history

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 <blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">There was an eclectic variety of speakers. A clutch of political philosophers and economists from the [[LSE]] were members, as well as philosophers and historians from Oxbridge. Over the years, papers were given by [[Friedrich Hayek]], [[Milton Friedman]], [[Michael Oakeshott]], [[Elie Kedourie]], the Archbishop of York (Habgood), [[Shirley Letwin]], [[Peter Bauer]], [[Hugh Trevor-Roper]], [[Robert Blake]], [[Edward Norman]]. [[Hugh Thomas]], [[Maurice Cowling]], [[Tony Quinton]], [[T.E. Utley]], [[Peregrine Worsthorne]], [[Paul Johnson]], [[Frank Johnson]], [[Geoffrey Wheatcroft]], [[Norman Stone]], [[Charles Moore]], [[Oliver Letwin]], [[Noel Malcolm]] were members. So were very many of those who went on to serve in the Thatcher Cabinets, and some on the present Tory front-bench. [[Enoch Powell]] never missed a meeting. <ref>John Casey, '[http://www.spectator.co.uk/essays/all/28511/part_1/the-revival-of-tory-philosophy.thtml The revival of Tory philosophy]', ''The Spectator'', 17 March 2007.</ref></blockquote>
-[[Jonathan Aitken]] writes that [[Margaret Thatcher|Thatcher]] 'pounced on a throwaway line' from [[Michael Oakeshott]] that 'de-nationalisation' should be called 'some thing more attractive like privitisation.' <ref>Jonathan Aitken, ''Heroes and contemporaries'' (Continuum International Publishing Group, 2006) p.131</ref>
+[[Jonathan Aitken]] writes that [[Margaret Thatcher|Thatcher]] 'pounced on a throwaway line' from [[Michael Oakeshott]] that 'de-nationalisation' should be called 'some thing more attractive like privatisation.' <ref>Jonathan Aitken, ''Heroes and contemporaries'' (Continuum International Publishing Group, 2006) p.131</ref>
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 <blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">Three youthful enthusiasts who had played an emanuensis role in helping [[Hugh Fraser]] to set out his stall were [[Roger Scruton]] (then a lecturer in philosophy at Birkbeck college), [[John Casey|Dr John Casey]] (a Cambridge don), and myself.  When drinking sorrowfully together in the aftermath of Fraser’s defeat we had talked hopefully about keeping his ideas alive.  To do this we formed a supper club which we called the Conservative Philosophy Group. <ref>Jonathan Aitken, ''Heroes and contemporaries'' (Continuum International Publishing Group, 2006) p.131</ref></blockquote>
-[[Roger Scruton]] writes that it's ‘first decision was to create a board of four members.  [[John Casey]] and I were to search the intellectual world for conservatives; [[Hugh Fraser|Hugh]] and [[Jonathan Aitken]] were to search the Conservative Party for members who could think.' <ref>Roger Scruton, ''Gentle regrets: thoughts from a life'' (Continuum International Publishing Group, 2006) p.45</ref> According to [[John Casey]]:
+[[Roger Scruton]] writes that its ‘first decision was to create a board of four members.  [[John Casey]] and I were to search the intellectual world for conservatives; [[Hugh Fraser|Hugh]] and [[Jonathan Aitken]] were to search the Conservative Party for members who could think.' <ref>Roger Scruton, ''Gentle regrets: thoughts from a life'' (Continuum International Publishing Group, 2006) p.45</ref> According to [[John Casey]]:
 <blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">There was an eclectic variety of speakers. A clutch of political philosophers and economists from the [[LSE]] were members, as well as philosophers and historians from Oxbridge. Over the years, papers were given by [[Friedrich Hayek]], [[Milton Friedman]], [[Michael Oakeshott]], [[Elie Kedourie]], the Archbishop of York (Habgood), [[Shirley Letwin]], [[Peter Bauer]], [[Hugh Trevor-Roper]], [[Robert Blake]], [[Edward Norman]]. [[Hugh Thomas]], [[Maurice Cowling]], [[Tony Quinton]], [[T.E. Utley]], [[Peregrine Worsthorne]], [[Paul Johnson]], [[Frank Johnson]], [[Geoffrey Wheatcroft]], [[Norman Stone]], [[Charles Moore]], [[Oliver Letwin]], [[Noel Malcolm]] were members. So were very many of those who went on to serve in the Thatcher Cabinets, and some on the present Tory front-bench. [[Enoch Powell]] never missed a meeting. <ref>John Casey, '[http://www.spectator.co.uk/essays/all/28511/part_1/the-revival-of-tory-philosophy.thtml The revival of Tory philosophy]', ''The Spectator'', 17 March 2007.</ref></blockquote>

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 The '''Conservative Philosophy Group''' was founded in 1975 by [[Jonathan Aitken]], [[Hugh Fraser]], [[Roger Scruton]] and [[John Casey]]. It met at [[Jonathan Aitken|Aitken's]] homes at 47 Phillimore Gardens in Kensington, West London <ref>'Lady Aitken: Political hostess and loyal mother whose army of admirers spanned generations', ''The Times'', 9 February 2005.</ref> and then at 8 [[Lord North Street]] in Westminster. <ref>Jonathan Aitken, ''Charles Colson: A Life Redeemed'' (Continuum International Publishing Group, 2006) p.373</ref> The Group's three other founders had all supported [[Hugh Fraser]] in the 1975 Conservative Leadership Election (won by [[Margaret Thatcher]]). [[Jonathan Aitken]] recalls that:
-<blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">Three youthful enthusiasts who had played an emanuensis role in helping [[Hugh Fraser]] to set out his stall were [[Roger Scruton]] (then a lecturer in philosophy at Birkbeck college), [[John Casey|Dr John Casey]] (a Cambridge don), and myself.  When drinking sorrowfully together in the aftermath of Fraser’s defeat we had talked hopefully about keeping his ideas alive.  To do this we formed a supper clyb which we called the Conservative Philosophy Group. <ref>Jonathan Aitken, ''Heroes and contemporaries'' (Continuum International Publishing Group, 2006) p.131</ref></blockquote>
+<blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">Three youthful enthusiasts who had played an emanuensis role in helping [[Hugh Fraser]] to set out his stall were [[Roger Scruton]] (then a lecturer in philosophy at Birkbeck college), [[John Casey|Dr John Casey]] (a Cambridge don), and myself.  When drinking sorrowfully together in the aftermath of Fraser’s defeat we had talked hopefully about keeping his ideas alive.  To do this we formed a supper club which we called the Conservative Philosophy Group. <ref>Jonathan Aitken, ''Heroes and contemporaries'' (Continuum International Publishing Group, 2006) p.131</ref></blockquote>
 [[Roger Scruton]] writes that it's ‘first decision was to create a board of four members.  [[John Casey]] and I were to search the intellectual world for conservatives; [[Hugh Fraser|Hugh]] and [[Jonathan Aitken]] were to search the Conservative Party for members who could think.' <ref>Roger Scruton, ''Gentle regrets: thoughts from a life'' (Continuum International Publishing Group, 2006) p.45</ref> According to [[John Casey]]:

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 <blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">Three youthful enthusiasts who had played an emanuensis role in helping [[Hugh Fraser]] to set out his stall were [[Roger Scruton]] (then a lecturer in philosophy at Birkbeck college), [[John Casey|Dr John Casey]] (a Cambridge don), and myself.  When drinking sorrowfully together in the aftermath of Fraser’s defeat we had talked hopefully about keeping his ideas alive.  To do this we formed a supper clyb which we called the Conservative Philosophy Group. <ref>Jonathan Aitken, ''Heroes and contemporaries'' (Continuum International Publishing Group, 2006) p.131</ref></blockquote>
-[[Roger Scruton]] writes that it's ‘first decision was to create a board of four members.  [[John Casey]] and I were to search the intellectual world for conservatives; Hugh and [[Jonathan Aitken]] were to search the Conservative Party for members who could think.' <ref>Roger Scruton, ''Gentle regrets: thoughts from a life'' (Continuum International Publishing Group, 2006) p.45</ref> According to [[John Casey]]:
+[[Roger Scruton]] writes that it's ‘first decision was to create a board of four members.  [[John Casey]] and I were to search the intellectual world for conservatives; [[Hugh Fraser|Hugh]] and [[Jonathan Aitken]] were to search the Conservative Party for members who could think.' <ref>Roger Scruton, ''Gentle regrets: thoughts from a life'' (Continuum International Publishing Group, 2006) p.45</ref> According to [[John Casey]]:
 <blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">There was an eclectic variety of speakers. A clutch of political philosophers and economists from the [[LSE]] were members, as well as philosophers and historians from Oxbridge. Over the years, papers were given by [[Friedrich Hayek]], [[Milton Friedman]], [[Michael Oakeshott]], [[Elie Kedourie]], the Archbishop of York (Habgood), [[Shirley Letwin]], [[Peter Bauer]], [[Hugh Trevor-Roper]], [[Robert Blake]], [[Edward Norman]]. [[Hugh Thomas]], [[Maurice Cowling]], [[Tony Quinton]], [[T.E. Utley]], [[Peregrine Worsthorne]], [[Paul Johnson]], [[Frank Johnson]], [[Geoffrey Wheatcroft]], [[Norman Stone]], [[Charles Moore]], [[Oliver Letwin]], [[Noel Malcolm]] were members. So were very many of those who went on to serve in the Thatcher Cabinets, and some on the present Tory front-bench. [[Enoch Powell]] never missed a meeting. <ref>John Casey, '[http://www.spectator.co.uk/essays/all/28511/part_1/the-revival-of-tory-philosophy.thtml The revival of Tory philosophy]', ''The Spectator'', 17 March 2007.</ref></blockquote>

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 The '''Conservative Philosophy Group''' was founded in 1975 by [[Jonathan Aitken]], [[Hugh Fraser]], [[Roger Scruton]] and [[John Casey]]. It met at [[Jonathan Aitken|Aitken's]] homes at 47 Phillimore Gardens in Kensington, West London <ref>'Lady Aitken: Political hostess and loyal mother whose army of admirers spanned generations', ''The Times'', 9 February 2005.</ref> and then at 8 [[Lord North Street]] in Westminster. <ref>Jonathan Aitken, ''Charles Colson: A Life Redeemed'' (Continuum International Publishing Group, 2006) p.373</ref> The Group's three other founders had all supported [[Hugh Fraser]] in the 1975 Conservative Leadership Election (won by [[Margaret Thatcher]]). [[Jonathan Aitken]] recalls that:
-<blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">Three youthful enthusiasts who had played an emanuensis role in helping Hugh Fraser to set out his stall were [[Roger Scruton]] (then a lecturer in philosophy at Birkbeck college), Dr John Casey (a Cambridge don), and myself.  When drinking sorrowfully together in the aftermath of Fraser’s defeat we had talked hopefully about keeping his ideas alive.  To do this we formed a supper clyb which we called the Conservative Philosophy Group. <ref>Jonathan Aitken, ''Heroes and contemporaries'' (Continuum International Publishing Group, 2006) p.131</ref></blockquote>
+<blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">Three youthful enthusiasts who had played an emanuensis role in helping [[Hugh Fraser]] to set out his stall were [[Roger Scruton]] (then a lecturer in philosophy at Birkbeck college), [[John Casey|Dr John Casey]] (a Cambridge don), and myself.  When drinking sorrowfully together in the aftermath of Fraser’s defeat we had talked hopefully about keeping his ideas alive.  To do this we formed a supper clyb which we called the Conservative Philosophy Group. <ref>Jonathan Aitken, ''Heroes and contemporaries'' (Continuum International Publishing Group, 2006) p.131</ref></blockquote>
-[[Roger Scruton]] writes that it ‘first decision was to create a board of four members.  [[John Casey]] and I were to search the intellectual world for conservatives; Hugh and [[Jonathan Aitken]] were to search the Conservative Party for members who could think.' <ref>Roger Scruton, ''Gentle regrets: thoughts from a life'' (Continuum International Publishing Group, 2006) p.45</ref> According to [[John Casey]]:
+[[Roger Scruton]] writes that it's ‘first decision was to create a board of four members.  [[John Casey]] and I were to search the intellectual world for conservatives; Hugh and [[Jonathan Aitken]] were to search the Conservative Party for members who could think.' <ref>Roger Scruton, ''Gentle regrets: thoughts from a life'' (Continuum International Publishing Group, 2006) p.45</ref> According to [[John Casey]]:
 <blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">There was an eclectic variety of speakers. A clutch of political philosophers and economists from the [[LSE]] were members, as well as philosophers and historians from Oxbridge. Over the years, papers were given by [[Friedrich Hayek]], [[Milton Friedman]], [[Michael Oakeshott]], [[Elie Kedourie]], the Archbishop of York (Habgood), [[Shirley Letwin]], [[Peter Bauer]], [[Hugh Trevor-Roper]], [[Robert Blake]], [[Edward Norman]]. [[Hugh Thomas]], [[Maurice Cowling]], [[Tony Quinton]], [[T.E. Utley]], [[Peregrine Worsthorne]], [[Paul Johnson]], [[Frank Johnson]], [[Geoffrey Wheatcroft]], [[Norman Stone]], [[Charles Moore]], [[Oliver Letwin]], [[Noel Malcolm]] were members. So were very many of those who went on to serve in the Thatcher Cabinets, and some on the present Tory front-bench. [[Enoch Powell]] never missed a meeting. <ref>John Casey, '[http://www.spectator.co.uk/essays/all/28511/part_1/the-revival-of-tory-philosophy.thtml The revival of Tory philosophy]', ''The Spectator'', 17 March 2007.</ref></blockquote>

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−	The '''Conservative Philosophy Group''' was founded in 1975 by [[Jonathan Aitken]], [[Hugh Fraser]], [[Roger Scruton]] and [[John Casey]]. It met at [[Jonathan Aitken\|Aitken's]] homes at 47 Phillimore Gardens in Kensington, West London <ref>'Lady Aitken: Political hostess and loyal mother whose army of admirers spanned generations', ''The Times'', 9 February 2005.</ref> and then at 8 [[Lord North Street]] in Westminster. <ref>Jonathan Aitken, ''Charles Colson: A Life Redeemed'' (Continuum International Publishing Group, 2006) p.373</ref> The ~~Groups~~ three other founders had all supported [[Hugh Fraser]] in the 1975 Conservative Leadership Election (won by [[Margaret Thatcher]]). [[Jonathan Aitken]] recalls that:	+	The '''Conservative Philosophy Group''' was founded in 1975 by [[Jonathan Aitken]], [[Hugh Fraser]], [[Roger Scruton]] and [[John Casey]]. It met at [[Jonathan Aitken\|Aitken's]] homes at 47 Phillimore Gardens in Kensington, West London <ref>'Lady Aitken: Political hostess and loyal mother whose army of admirers spanned generations', ''The Times'', 9 February 2005.</ref> and then at 8 [[Lord North Street]] in Westminster. <ref>Jonathan Aitken, ''Charles Colson: A Life Redeemed'' (Continuum International Publishing Group, 2006) p.373</ref> The Group's three other founders had all supported [[Hugh Fraser]] in the 1975 Conservative Leadership Election (won by [[Margaret Thatcher]]). [[Jonathan Aitken]] recalls that:

	<blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">Three youthful enthusiasts who had played an emanuensis role in helping Hugh Fraser to set out his stall were [[Roger Scruton]] (then a lecturer in philosophy at Birkbeck college), Dr John Casey (a Cambridge don), and myself. When drinking sorrowfully together in the aftermath of Fraser’s defeat we had talked hopefully about keeping his ideas alive. To do this we formed a supper clyb which we called the Conservative Philosophy Group. <ref>Jonathan Aitken, ''Heroes and contemporaries'' (Continuum International Publishing Group, 2006) p.131</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">Three youthful enthusiasts who had played an emanuensis role in helping Hugh Fraser to set out his stall were [[Roger Scruton]] (then a lecturer in philosophy at Birkbeck college), Dr John Casey (a Cambridge don), and myself. When drinking sorrowfully together in the aftermath of Fraser’s defeat we had talked hopefully about keeping his ideas alive. To do this we formed a supper clyb which we called the Conservative Philosophy Group. <ref>Jonathan Aitken, ''Heroes and contemporaries'' (Continuum International Publishing Group, 2006) p.131</ref></blockquote>

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−	The '''Conservative Philosophy Group''' was founded in 1975 by [[Jonathan Aitken]], [[Hugh Fraser]], [[Roger Scruton]] and [[John Casey]]. It met at [[Jonathan Aitken\|Aitken's]] homes at 47 Phillimore Gardens in Kensington, West London <ref>'Lady Aitken: Political hostess and loyal mother whose army of admirers spanned generations', ''The Times'', 9 February 2005.</ref> and then at 8 North Lord's Street. <ref>Jonathan Aitken, ''Charles Colson: A Life Redeemed'' (Continuum International Publishing Group, 2006) p.373</ref> The Groups three other founders had all supported [[Hugh Fraser]] in the 1975 Conservative Leadership Election (won by [[Margaret Thatcher]]). [[Jonathan Aitken]] recalls that:	+	The '''Conservative Philosophy Group''' was founded in 1975 by [[Jonathan Aitken]], [[Hugh Fraser]], [[Roger Scruton]] and [[John Casey]]. It met at [[Jonathan Aitken\|Aitken's]] homes at 47 Phillimore Gardens in Kensington, West London <ref>'Lady Aitken: Political hostess and loyal mother whose army of admirers spanned generations', ''The Times'', 9 February 2005.</ref> and then at 8 [[North Lord Street]]. <ref>Jonathan Aitken, ''Charles Colson: A Life Redeemed'' (Continuum International Publishing Group, 2006) p.373</ref> The Groups three other founders had all supported [[Hugh Fraser]] in the 1975 Conservative Leadership Election (won by [[Margaret Thatcher]]). [[Jonathan Aitken]] recalls that:

	<blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">Three youthful enthusiasts who had played an emanuensis role in helping Hugh Fraser to set out his stall were [[Roger Scruton]] (then a lecturer in philosophy at Birkbeck college), Dr John Casey (a Cambridge don), and myself. When drinking sorrowfully together in the aftermath of Fraser’s defeat we had talked hopefully about keeping his ideas alive. To do this we formed a supper clyb which we called the Conservative Philosophy Group. <ref>Jonathan Aitken, ''Heroes and contemporaries'' (Continuum International Publishing Group, 2006) p.131</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">Three youthful enthusiasts who had played an emanuensis role in helping Hugh Fraser to set out his stall were [[Roger Scruton]] (then a lecturer in philosophy at Birkbeck college), Dr John Casey (a Cambridge don), and myself. When drinking sorrowfully together in the aftermath of Fraser’s defeat we had talked hopefully about keeping his ideas alive. To do this we formed a supper clyb which we called the Conservative Philosophy Group. <ref>Jonathan Aitken, ''Heroes and contemporaries'' (Continuum International Publishing Group, 2006) p.131</ref></blockquote>

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−	The '''Conservative Philosophy Group''' was founded in 1975 by [[Jonathan Aitken]], [[Hugh Fraser]], [[Roger Scruton]] and [[John Casey]]. It met at [[Jonathan Aitken\|Aitken's]] ~~home~~ at 47 Phillimore Gardens in Kensington, West London. <ref>'Lady Aitken: Political hostess and loyal mother whose army of admirers spanned generations', ''The Times'', 9 February 2005.</ref> The Groups founders had all supported [[Hugh Fraser]] in the 1975 Conservative Leadership Election (won by [[Margaret Thatcher]]). [[Jonathan Aitken]] recalls that:	+	The '''Conservative Philosophy Group''' was founded in 1975 by [[Jonathan Aitken]], [[Hugh Fraser]], [[Roger Scruton]] and [[John Casey]]. It met at [[Jonathan Aitken\|Aitken's]] homes at 47 Phillimore Gardens in Kensington, West London <ref>'Lady Aitken: Political hostess and loyal mother whose army of admirers spanned generations', ''The Times'', 9 February 2005.</ref> and then at 8 North Lord's Street. <ref>Jonathan Aitken, ''Charles Colson: A Life Redeemed'' (Continuum International Publishing Group, 2006) p.373</ref> The Groups three other founders had all supported [[Hugh Fraser]] in the 1975 Conservative Leadership Election (won by [[Margaret Thatcher]]). [[Jonathan Aitken]] recalls that:

	<blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">Three youthful enthusiasts who had played an emanuensis role in helping Hugh Fraser to set out his stall were [[Roger Scruton]] (then a lecturer in philosophy at Birkbeck college), Dr John Casey (a Cambridge don), and myself. When drinking sorrowfully together in the aftermath of Fraser’s defeat we had talked hopefully about keeping his ideas alive. To do this we formed a supper clyb which we called the Conservative Philosophy Group. <ref>Jonathan Aitken, ''Heroes and contemporaries'' (Continuum International Publishing Group, 2006) p.131</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">Three youthful enthusiasts who had played an emanuensis role in helping Hugh Fraser to set out his stall were [[Roger Scruton]] (then a lecturer in philosophy at Birkbeck college), Dr John Casey (a Cambridge don), and myself. When drinking sorrowfully together in the aftermath of Fraser’s defeat we had talked hopefully about keeping his ideas alive. To do this we formed a supper clyb which we called the Conservative Philosophy Group. <ref>Jonathan Aitken, ''Heroes and contemporaries'' (Continuum International Publishing Group, 2006) p.131</ref></blockquote>