The Federation of Conservative Students (FCS) was the student organisation of the British Conservative Party from the late 1940s to 1986. It was created to act as a bridge between the student movement and the Conservative Party. It produced several magazines, and had regular Assembly meetings in which motions would be voted on. It had supported some controversial actions, such as the legalisation of various drugs, and the privatisation of the Trident nuclear missiles. There was continual tension between central party, which funded the organisation, and the Federation – which often used the funds on exploring unconventional policies.[1]
The Federation had considerable influence on national politics (considered by some to be "the fast track to the next Conservative Party"), as committee members were consulted by MP's, and Ted Heath specifically had speeches written by the Federation's chairmen.[2]
In its final years it became known colloquially as "Maggie's Militant Tendency",[3] in reference to then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and to Militant, an entryist group active in the Labour Party at the time. The FCS was then broken up by the Chairman of the Conservative Party, Norman Tebbit, after one of its members had accused previous former Prime Minister Harold Macmillan of war crimes in extraditing Cossacks to the Soviet Union.[4] The FCS was replaced by the Conservative Collegiate Forum.
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^Happold, Tom (8 October 2003). "Tory youth group accused of take-over plot". The Guardian Unlimited. London.
^John Stevens (21 August 1986). "Tories sue student editor over Macmillan war crimes charges". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 9.
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