- Right Now!
"Right Now!" was a British political magazine. It reflected
right wing ,nationalist views. Past associations included journalist and subsequently Conservative MPMichael Gove Fact|date=October 2007, philosopherAntony Flew [ [http://blogs.salon.com/0003494/2007/11/10.html Bartholomew's Notes on Religion - Anthony Flew, David Marsland, and Right Now!] ] and the economic policy expertAlfred Sherman Fact|date=October 2007. It ceased publication in December2006 .It was launched in autumn 1993 as a quarterly publication. Its final editor was
Derek Turner . The publisher was the journalistTaki Theodoracopolous .The magazine featured interviews with and articles by many leading politicians, thinkers and writers. These include
Nick Griffin of theBritish National Party andJean-Marie Le Pen of the Front National, as well asRoger Scruton ,Pat Buchanan ,Peter Brimelow ,Frederick Forsyth , Charles Moore,Garry Bushell ,Alain de Benoist ,Richard Lynn ,J. Philippe Rushton , Thomas Fleming, andSamuel Francis .Prominent Conservative politicians who contributed to, or were interviewed by, Right Now! include
Norman Tebbit ,Ann Widdecombe ,John Redwood ,Teddy Taylor ,Teresa Gorman andBill Cash . The magazine also featured arts coverage and cultural criticism. There was a regular series called "Writers of the Right" covering figures such as Douglas Jerrold.Political fallout
The magazine was singled out by then Foreign Secretary
Robin Cook in 2000 in an attack on then Conservative Party leaderWilliam Hague 's inability to contain "extremists" within the party. Cook called for the magazine to be shut down.Andrew Hunter, a former Conservative MP who defected to
Ian Paisley 'sDemocratic Unionist Party , was removed fromIain Duncan Smith 's campaign to lead the Conservative Party because of his patronage of "Right Now!". Hunter withdrew his support for the magazine after it printed a series of allegedly homophobic advertisements for theConservative Democratic Alliance , with which the magazine was closely linked.Closure
The magazine ceased publication at the end of 2006. The "Right Now!" website states that readers may wish to instead read Derek Turner's new journal, "
The Quarterly Review ".References
External links
* [http://www.right-now.org/ Right Now! magazine] (Inactive)
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