Right Now!

"Right Now!" was a British political magazine. It reflected right wing, nationalist views. Past associations included journalist and subsequently Conservative MP Michael GoveFact|date=October 2007, philosopher Antony Flew [ [http://blogs.salon.com/0003494/2007/11/10.html Bartholomew's Notes on Religion - Anthony Flew, David Marsland, and Right Now!] ] and the economic policy expert Alfred ShermanFact|date=October 2007. It ceased publication in December 2006.

It was launched in autumn 1993 as a quarterly publication. Its final editor was Derek Turner. The publisher was the journalist Taki Theodoracopolous.

The magazine featured interviews with and articles by many leading politicians, thinkers and writers. These include Nick Griffin of the British National Party and Jean-Marie Le Pen of the Front National, as well as Roger Scruton, Pat Buchanan, Peter Brimelow, Frederick Forsyth, Charles Moore, Garry Bushell, Alain de Benoist, Richard Lynn, J. Philippe Rushton, Thomas Fleming, and Samuel Francis.

Prominent Conservative politicians who contributed to, or were interviewed by, Right Now! include Norman Tebbit, Ann Widdecombe, John Redwood, Teddy Taylor, Teresa Gorman and Bill Cash. The magazine also featured arts coverage and cultural criticism. There was a regular series called "Writers of the Right" covering figures such as Douglas Jerrold.

Political fallout

The magazine was singled out by then Foreign Secretary Robin Cook in 2000 in an attack on then Conservative Party leader William Hague's inability to contain "extremists" within the party. Cook called for the magazine to be shut down.

Andrew Hunter, a former Conservative MP who defected to Ian Paisley's Democratic Unionist Party, was removed from Iain Duncan Smith's campaign to lead the Conservative Party because of his patronage of "Right Now!". Hunter withdrew his support for the magazine after it printed a series of allegedly homophobic advertisements for the Conservative Democratic Alliance, with which the magazine was closely linked.

Closure

The magazine ceased publication at the end of 2006. The "Right Now!" website states that readers may wish to instead read Derek Turner's new journal, "The Quarterly Review".

References

External links

* [http://www.right-now.org/ Right Now! magazine] (Inactive)