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[[Peter Shipley]] was a Conservative activist active in the 1980s.

Peter Shipley worked in the Prime Minister's Policy Unit for two years until September 1984.<ref>Richard Norton-Taylor, Senior Defence Ministry official 'to resign soon' / John Stanley, Minister of State for the Armed Forces, The Guardian, 6 September 1984.</ref>

He then joined Conservative Party Central Office.<ref>Phil Edwards and Robin Ramsay, [http://www.lobster-magazine.co.uk/online/issue17/lob17-10.htm The 'Terrorist Threat' in Britain], Lobster 17, November 1988.</ref>

==More than Militant==
In September 1986, Shipley published ''More than Militant'', a pamphlet on the Labour Party for [[Conservative Central Office]].<ref>Beware the Kinnock factor, Tory warns / Conservatives alerted to Labour's new image, Martin Wainwright, 26 September 1986.</ref>
The Times reported:
::The Labour Party has been infiltrated successfully by three Trotskyist organizations in addition to the Militant Tendency, according to a pamphlet by Mr Peter Shipley, a former adviser to the Prime Minister, published yesterday.
::In his pamphlet More than Militant: The future of the Labour left, Mr Shipley predicts that after the next general election, two-thirds of Labour MPs will belong to the Tribune Group or organizations further to the left.<ref>Candidate selection is halted, The Times, 25 September 1986.</ref>

==1987 election==
In 1987, Shipley was seconded to Conservative Central Office, working directly under [[Norman Tebbit]], providing quotes to be used by [[Saatchi and Saatchi]] against left-wing parliamnetary candidates.<ref>David Hencke, Election 87: Tebbit's aide digs to discredit left candidates - Anti-Militant author joins Central Office to fuel Saatchi and Saatchi, The Guardian, 4 June 1987.</ref>

==Affiliations==
*[[Good Relations PLC]] - Public relations consultant

==Notes==
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[[Category:Conservative Party|Shipley, Peter]]

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 According to [[Brian Crozier]], Shipley was a researcher for [[Shield]], the secret counter-subversion committee which Crozier organised in the late 1970s to advise [[Margaret Thatcher]].<ref>Brian Crozier, Free Agent: The Unseen War 1941-1991, HarperCollinsPublishers, 1993, p.129.</ref>
-===Conservative Research Department==
+===Conservative Research Department===
 In 1977, Shipley joined the [[Conservative Research Department]]:
 :: His special area was to monitor developments in opposition parties. He then became head of the desk which was later used to discredit CND in the 1983 election.

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 [[Peter Shipley]] was a Conservative activist active in the 1980s.
-Peter Shipley worked in the Prime Minister's Policy Unit for two years until September 1984.<ref>Richard Norton-Taylor, Senior Defence Ministry official 'to resign soon' / John Stanley, Minister of State for the Armed Forces, The Guardian, 6 September 1984.</ref>
+==University==
-He then joined Conservative Party Central Office.<ref>Phil Edwards and Robin Ramsay, [http://www.lobster-magazine.co.uk/online/issue17/lob17-10.htm The 'Terrorist Threat' in Britain], Lobster 17, November 1988.</ref>
+==Career==
-==More than Militant==
+===Shield===
 In September 1986, Shipley published ''More than Militant'', a pamphlet on the Labour Party for [[Conservative Central Office]].<ref>Beware the Kinnock factor, Tory warns / Conservatives alerted to Labour's new image, Martin Wainwright, 26 September 1986.</ref>
 The Times reported:
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 ::In his pamphlet More than Militant: The future of the Labour left, Mr Shipley predicts that after the next general election, two-thirds of Labour MPs will belong to the Tribune Group or organizations further to the left.<ref>Candidate selection is halted, The Times, 25 September 1986.</ref>
-==1987 election==
+===1987 election===
 In 1987, Shipley was seconded to Conservative Central Office, working directly under [[Norman Tebbit]], providing quotes to be used by [[Saatchi and Saatchi]] against left-wing parliamnetary candidates.<ref>David Hencke, Election 87: Tebbit's aide digs to discredit left candidates - Anti-Militant author joins Central Office to fuel Saatchi and Saatchi, The Guardian, 4 June 1987.</ref>
 ==Affiliations==

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