Tory Reform Group

Once out of government, he was urged by MPs to form a parliamentary group that represented the liberal Conservative view of the Tory Party.

At his home in Westminster, Walker met with chairmen of four organisations he had previously had contact with, and they agreed to come together to form the TRG.

The TRG hoped to spread its view through publication of pamphlets, discussion with MPs, use of media, and by widening its membership.

London PEST had organised a Tuesday Luncheon Club in local pubs, such as Magpie and Stump in Old Bailey.

[citation needed] The 1980s saw TRG pitched headlong into some passionate debates within the Conservative Party, including over the direction of economic policy and the apartheid regime in South Africa.

[citation needed] Most of the major pro-EU Conservative politicians of the last thirty years have at one time or another been associated with the Tory Reform Group, including TRG president Ken Clarke, patrons including John Major, and other senior TRG figures such as Damian Green.