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Article: Conservative Party Conference: Duncan Smith forces MPs to quit `extremist' Monday Club

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October 8, 2001
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IAIN DUNCAN Smith forced three Tory MPs to sever their links with the far-right Monday Club yesterday as he declared that he would not allow "extremists" to remain in his party.

The new Tory leader hopes that tough action against members with "intolerant" views on race will help convince the public his party has changed after two crushing general election defeats. He is ready to risk a backlash from Tory traditionalists by also taking a strong line against discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation or religion.

Mr Duncan Smith's purge of the Monday Club, which supports the voluntary repatriation of immigrants, drew parallels with Labour's expulsion of members of the Trotskyite ...

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