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British Tea Party launched by Conservative activists to challenge Coalition
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| Contributor | Ralphie |
| Last Edited | Ralphie Sep 20, 2010 09:25pm |
| Category | News |
| News Date | Sep 18, 2010 09:00pm |
| Description | A British division, launched last year by The Freedom Association, has held events including a "Boston tea party" in Boston, Lincs.
It has links with the influential Taxpayers' Alliance (TPA), which is in contact with Freedom Works, a large Washington-based group that backs Tea Party candidates.
Raheem Kassam, a TPA campaigner, is one of the British tea party organisers. He also held talks with US activists at the huge CPAC conference earlier this year.
Mr Kassam distanced the British tea party from its socially conservative stances in the US. "We are less concerned with 'God, guns and gays'," he said.
Robert Halfon, the MP for Harlow, one of several new Tories aligned with the movement, agreed, adding: "I'm supporting it as a protest against big government, waste and high taxes." |
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