No Turning Back

No Turning Back is a group within the British Conservative Party advocating Thatcherite policies. It was founded in 1985 to defend Margaret Thatcher's free-market reforms.^[1] The group was named in honour of Thatcher's 1980 Conservative conference quote "U-turn if you want to. The lady's not for turning."^[2] No Turning Back published less material in the nineties and became involved in Conservative party in-fighting, resulting in both Michael Portillo and Francis Maude leaving the group,^[1][2] but became more prominent during Iain Duncan Smith's time as Conservative leader because he had been a member until he was elected.^[2]

Since 2005 the No Turning Back group has been chaired by John Redwood. It has published pamphlets on the subjects of taxation and social mobility in recent years.

Members

Past and current members include-

• David Davis^[2]
• Michael Fallon^[3]
• Eric Forth^[4]
• Liam Fox^[2]
• Paul Goodman^[2]
• Neil Hamilton^[2]
• Gerald Howarth^[5]
• Edward Leigh^[6]
• Peter Lilley^[2]
• Francis Maude^[1]
• Michael Portillo^[1]
• John Redwood^[2]
• Iain Duncan Smith^[7]
• Andrew Turner^[2]
• Angela Watkinson^[2]
• Greg Hands^[8]

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