Sir Richard Bernard Frank Stewart Body (born 18 May 1927) is an English politician, and was Conservative Member of Parliament for Billericay from 1955 to 1959, for Holland with Boston from 1966 to 1997, and for Boston and Skegness from 1997 until he stood down at the 2001 general election. Events 1152 - Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Billericay is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Holland with Boston was a County constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 1997 when the Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Boston and Skegness is a County constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Results |} Total votes cast 26368204 All parties with more than 500 votes shown He was a long-standing member of the Conservative Monday Club and came second in its 1972 election for chairman. The Conservative Monday Club (widely known as the Monday Club) is a British pressure-group "on the right-wing of the Conservative Party "
Body was an early supporter of environmental causes within the Conservative Party. Environmentalism is a broad philosophy and Social movement centered on a concern for the conservation and improvement of the environment. Coming from an agricultural background, he was highly critical of the use of pesticides in agriculture and led an inquiry on the issue in 1986-87. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) The enquiry produced a draft report which contained 45 recommendations, mostly influenced by his support for organic farming and use of such methods on his own farms. The report was ignored by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, who made no response and did not attempt to alter their own favoured methods as a result.
Generally regarded as located on the Old Right of the Conservative Party, Body found himself in disagreement with the Thatcher government and those influenced by it, who had come to dominate the parliamentary Conservative Party by the late 1990s. In Britain, the term Old Right is sporadically used to refer to conservatives of various stripes before the emergence of Thatcherism in the late 1970s Margaret Hilda Thatcher Baroness Thatcher LG, OM, PC, FRS (born 13 October 1925 The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 He made such views clear in March 2001, shortly before he retired as an MP, writing in the parliamentary magazine The House that the rural and specifically the agricultural communities of Britain were the victims of major changes to the culture at Westminster in his time in the Commons, as the number of Tory MPs from landowning backgrounds had declined and the number of self-made men from the suburbs on the Tory benches had increased. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Westminster is an area of Central London, within the City of Westminster.
In his later years as an MP Body clearly distanced himself from an ever more economic rationalist and internationalist Tory party by associating himself with a number of environmentalist groups who disapproved of large national or free-trade groupings and supported smaller, more "natural" and "organic" communities. He has been associated with such long-standing figures of the green movement such as Teddy Goldsmith, John Seymour, and John Papworth. Edward René David ('Teddy' Goldsmith (born 8 November, 1928 in Paris, France) is a Anglo-French Environmentalist and eco-philosopher John Seymour ( 12 June 1914 &ndash 14 September 2004) was an influential figure in the Self-sufficiency movement John Papworth (Born London, England 1921) After being reared in an orphanage the Reverend John Papworth has been at various times a baker journalist economist Unlike the vast majority of Conservative MPs, Body voted in favour of legalising gay sex at 16, and also supported the legalisation of cannabis. Cannabis ( Cán-na-bis) is a Genus of Flowering plants that includes three putative species Cannabis sativa subsp Body is now a member of the UK Independence Party and called for an English Parliament in his book published in April 2001 entitled England For The English. The United Kingdom Independence Party (commonly known as UKIP, ˈjuːkɪp A devolved English Parliament, giving separate decision-making powers to representatives for voters in England similar to the representation given by the National Assembly Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar.
Body's fervent Euroscepticism led to him being numbered amongst the rebellious "bastards" condemned by John Major in 1993. Euroscepticism Euro (disambiguation --> has become a general term for opposition to the process Sir John Major KG CH ACIB (born 29 March 1943 is a British Politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) His actions regarding Europe eventually led to his temporary loss of the Tory whip.
In November 1999 Sir Richard Body put forward an Early Day Motion in support of the writer Robert Henderson, who believed that his mail and telephone line had been interfered with by the security services after he had written allegedly threatening letters to Tony Blair, his wife Cherie, and various Labour MPs. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) An early day motion (EDM in the Westminster system, is a motion tabled by Members of Parliament for debate "on an early day" Robert Henderson (born 1947 is a British writer who has caused public Controversy with his views on racial issues and his letters to the British Anthony Charles Lynton "Tony" Blair (born 6 May 1953 is a British Politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to Cherie Blair (born 23 September 1954 known professionally as Cherie Booth QC, is an English Barrister. The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the This followed an article by Henderson in Wisden Cricket Monthly in 1995 entitled "Is it in the blood?" which suggested that only "unequivocal Englishmen" should play cricket for England and was widely considered racist. The Wisden Group was a group of companies formed by John Wisden & Co Ltd publishers of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Body's Motion not only defended Henderson and accused Blair of interfering with Henderson's activities, but referred to "publicly reported incidents of racism within the Labour Party". This may have been an allusion to some controversial remarks about "blue-eyed, blonde Finnish nurses" made by the black Labour MP Diane Abbott, who had earlier accused Henderson of racism. Diane Julie Abbott (born 27 September 1953 in Paddington, London, England) is a British Labour Party Member of Parliament
His written works on eurosceptic themes include A Europe of Many Circles and The Breakdown of Europe (which purposefully echoed Leopold Kohr's book The Breakdown of Nations). Leopold Kohr (born 5 October, 1909 in Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria, died February 26, 1994 in Gloucester,
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| Preceded by Bernard Braine |
Member of Parliament for Billericay 1955–1959 |
Succeeded by Edward Gardner |
| Preceded by Herbert Butcher |
Member of Parliament for Holland with Boston 1966–1997 |
Succeeded by (constituency abolished) |
| Preceded by (new constituency) |
Member of Parliament for Boston and Skegness 1997–2001 |
Succeeded by Mark Simmonds |
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