https://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Conservative_Monday_Club&feed=atom&action=historyConservative Monday Club - Revision history2024-03-29T00:58:51ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.31.5https://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Conservative_Monday_Club&diff=155025&oldid=prevTom Griffin: /* Foundation and early years (1961 - 1979) */2011-04-29T19:51:55Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Foundation and early years (1961 - 1979)</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*Members of the  1966/70 Parliament: [[Harold  Gurden]] | [[Edward Taylor]] | [[John Peyton]] | [[Joseph  Hiley]] | [[John  Biggs-Davison]] | [[Stephen Hastings]] | [[Victor Goodhew]] | [[Wilfred Baker]] |  [[Jasper More]] | [[Geoffrey  Rippon]] | [[Julian Amery]] | [[Jill Knight]] | [[Ronald Bell]] | [[Patrick Wall]] | [[Mark Woodnutt]] | [[Alfred Wiggin]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*Members of the  1966/70 Parliament: [[Harold  Gurden]] | [[Edward Taylor]] | [[John Peyton]] | [[Joseph  Hiley]] | [[John  Biggs-Davison]] | [[Stephen Hastings]] | [[Victor Goodhew]] | [[Wilfred Baker]] |  [[Jasper More]] | [[Geoffrey  Rippon]] | [[Julian Amery]] | [[Jill Knight]] | [[Ronald Bell]] | [[Patrick Wall]] | [[Mark Woodnutt]] | [[Alfred Wiggin]]</div></td></tr>
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</table>Claire Robinsonhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Conservative_Monday_Club&diff=104424&oldid=prevDavid: /* Monday Club publications */2010-01-11T13:35:24Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Monday Club publications</span></span></p>
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</table>Davidhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Conservative_Monday_Club&diff=104423&oldid=prevDavid: /* Controversies and criticism */2010-01-11T13:34:56Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Controversies and criticism</span></span></p>
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</table>Davidhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Conservative_Monday_Club&diff=104421&oldid=prevDavid: /* Northern Ireland */2010-01-11T13:32:07Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Northern Ireland</span></span></p>
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