Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Bryan Gould MP, on the need to set up a new left-of-centre policy platform within the Labour Party to be 'inspired by a defining radical momentum', February 1993; Vaughne Miller, House of Commons Library, 6 May 1993; Christopher Forsyth, on the Maastricht Treaty, 31 July 1993; letter to Roger Berry MP, on raising the issue of Europe during the Labour leadership contest, 16 June 1994; Peter Mandelson MP, thanking Spearing for sending a copy of his 'EU speech', 8...

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: letter to Baroness [Elizabeth] Symons of Vernham Dean, on the Treaty of Amsterdam, 13 May 1998; Lord [Peter] Shore, on a forthcoming speech, 4 August 1999; letter to Anna Heen, on Norway and European affairs, enclosing his notes, 20 January 2000; Gordon Brown MP, thanking Spearing for sending him a recent article, 26 April 2002; letter to Ian Coleman MP, on the Labour Party's drift to the right and the need to restore voter confidence before the next general election,...

Scope and Contents Notes, correspondence, and drafts for publications connected with 'dissenting' individuals and pressure groups opposed to the UK's continued membership of the EEC and EU. Including correspondence and memoranda sent between Nigel Spearing and Peter Shore, Enoch Powell, and other politicians; notes and press releases; committee reports; and newspaper cuttings; and ephemera, circulars, and grey literature connected with the Labour Common Market Safeguards Committee (LCMSC) [later Labour Euro...

Scope and Contents Handwritten notes and papers connected with meetings of the Labour Common Market Safeguards Committee (LCMSC) [later Labour Euro Safeguards Campaign], attended by Spearing along with politicians including Douglas Jay, Peter Shore, Enoch Powell, Bryan Gould, Neil Marten, and various others. With an agenda for a meeting of the Common Market Study Group, 4 August 1975, and notes on political strategy; voting in European elections; and Britain's future relationship with Europe. Also including...

Scope and Contents Articles and commentaries covering subjects such as sleaze and corruption scandals in the European Commission; the Maastricht Treaty; privatisation in UK prisons and the introduction of private sector finance for the Channel Tunnel high speed rail link; appraisals of John Major's first year as Prime Minister; perceptions of Europe among the public in Newham; protests against regulations connected with the Common Fisheries Policy; Conservative Party funding and off-shore banking; and the...