“Politics will lead you down many paths, but a conservative and a patriot will never be far from the Bow Group. Against the tide of globalism, liberalism, and Marxism the Bow Group stands resolute.
The Bow Group is where conservatism begins and ends in Britain, there is nowhere else like it.”
Ben Harris-Quinney, Bow Group Chairman
“It is my honour to accept the role of Senior Patron of the Bow Group, one of the very few conservative institutions that has been there throughout my life, and is ever renewing its commitment to conservatism…rather than demuring from it.”
Sir Roger Scruton, Bow Group Honorary Patron
“It’s so important to have a really strong intellectual base from which to develop policy, and the research material that began the Brexit movement and the Maastricht rebellion was a pamphlet published by the Bow Group. The Bow Group has always been at the heart of British and conservative patriotism.”
Sir Bill Cash MP, Bow Group Senior Patron
“All organisations that are not avowedly right-wing will eventually become left-wing.”
Dr John O’Sullivan, Bow Group Senior Patron
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Bow Group Chairman answers questions in leading European newspaper La Razon on David Cameron's EU veto. - What is the significance of the Deputy Prime Minister’s message today? Following the result of the Brussels summit, as with any time when the two...
Writing on Conservative Home, the Chairman of the Bow Group argues that young Conservatives should be deeply concerned by the nation’s economic future and position in the world, and seek to make their voice heard.The people for whom low growth, increasing...
I recall working with the former Spanish President Jose Maria Aznar when he made the statement that Europe was founded on the basis of a Judea-Christian heritage, and that this formed a significant part of the common bond between nations of Europe and the...
Writing at the commentator.com the Bow Group chairman puts forward the case that the recent immolation by press and commentary of Aiden Burley MP is yet another example of the media gripping a story, and with wilfully blinkered vision tearing someone’s career, and...
Well-publicised controversies and damning media headlines over Alzheimer’s and oncology drugs have catapulted the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) firmly into the public spotlight. Set up to remedy postcode prescribing, is NICE failing...
All Hot Air - Labour's Failed Strategy on Fuel Poverty. Download the pdf to read the full paper.
including contributions from Simon Weston OBE and Captain Surgeon Morgan O'Connell. In putting the needs of the Nation, The Army and others before their own, they forgo some of the rights enjoyed by those outside the Armed Forces.So, at the very least, British...
My experiences in the Courts over many years have made me increasingly concerned about the value for money of our Young Offender Institutions. The cost of a place in one of these is well over £30,000 per year and, in terms of re-offending rates, they are a dismal...
Today we are publishing a paper by Nick Cuff and William Smith on planning and urban design. The paper argues that house building is being plagued by a system of box ticking, gold plating and target setting at a time when the recession is cutting new builds by...