[2] Chesterton initially struggled to win enthusiastic support when demanding for funds, but he eventually obtained the financial backing of R. K. Jeffery,[2] a Chilean-based English millionaire who had made a fortune in copper-mining before the First World War.

[4] The four-page weekly was printed by Clair Press, a firm operated by Tony Gittens, who ran The Britons.

Our quarrel is with our own abject leadership, of whatever party, which has supinely allowed the Dollar Empire to grow fat at our expense, crowding us off the stage of history.The League of Empire Loyalists (LEL), founded in October 1954 by Chesterton – along with Candour as the group's periodical – was dedicated to preserving British imperialism.

[1] According to scholar Luke LeCras, "although Candour and the LEL placed increasing focus on the 'coloured invasion' in their campaigns, Chesterton was wary of tarnishing his movement’s reputation with accusations of violence or racial hatred following the riots at Notting Hill in April 1958.

[...] Candour and the LEL were both beset by accusations of harbouring fascist tendencies despite Chesterton and his supporters' efforts to cultivate a more respectable, conservative image.