Right Now!
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Template:Dablink Right Now! is a bimonthly British political magazine. It reflects right wing, particularly euronationalist views. The magazine aims to articulate unfashionable and politically incorrect ideas of all kinds. It has a wide range of contributors.
The magazine has featured interviews with and articles by many leading politicians, thinkers and writers. These include Nick Griffin, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Roger Scruton, Pat Buchanan, Peter Brimelow, Frederick Forsyth, Charles Moore, Garry Bushell, Alain de Benoist, and Samuel Francis. Robert Henderson is a typical contributor; in 1995 he became briefly notorious in the so-called Henderson affair (a furore over a magazine article Henderson wrote for Wisden Cricket Monthly attributing the poor performance of the England cricket team to its national and ethnic mix). In 2004 he wrote for Right Now! on The position of minorities: the grim reality of 'diversity' . It has also runs regular reports about issues of multiculturalism and euro-nationalist parties.
Prominent Conservative politicians who have contributed to, or been interviewed by, Right Now! include Norman Tebbit, Ann Widdecombe, John Redwood, Teddy Taylor, Teresa Gorman and Bill Cash. The magazine also features arts coverage and cultural criticism. There is an informative regular series called "Writers of the Right" covering forgotten figures such as Douglas Jerrold, articles on political and historical topics, news of meetings and recipes.
The journalist Michael Gove, the philosopher Anthony Flew and the economic policy expert Alfred Sherman were also closely linked to the magazine, at various times.
It was launched in autumn 1993 as a quarterly publication. It is currently edited by Derek Turner, and published by Taki Theodoracopolous.
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.
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 pressure group the Conservative Democratic Alliance, with which the magazine is closely linked.
External links
- Right Now! magazine (http://www.right-now.org/)