Download or read book Backbench Debate within the Conservative Party and its Influence on British Foreign Policy, 1948-57 written by S. Onslow and published by Springer. This book was released on 1997-03-17 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines Conservative backbench debate on European integration and British relations in the Middle East between 1948 and 1957. In seeking to compare the impact of a loose affiliation of Conservative MPs, an organized faction of longstanding and an ad-hoc pressure group, the text concentrates upon the Europeanists, the Suez Group and the Anti-Suez Group and considers their attempts to influence British foreign policy, using interviews with former parliamentarians and contemporary sources, published and unpublished.