Fresh Start 5718589 220754743 2008-06-21T12:23:01Z Eubot 231599 Hatnote formatting, see [[User:Eubot/Hatnote formatting]] {{for|the United States bankruptcy doctrine|Bankruptcy discharge}} '''Fresh Start''' was a grouping within the [[Conservative Party (UK)|British Conservative Party]] opposed to the [[Maastricht Treaty]]. It was founded by [[Michael Spicer]] and its members included [[Bill Cash]], [[James Cran]], [[Christopher Gill]] and [[Roger Knapman]]. In the mid-1990s over fifty Conservative MPs were members. They organised votes against [[John Major]]'s government and in all they voted against the government 985 times and abstained 1,515 times in an unsuccessful attempt to stop the Maastricht Treaty being ratified. ==References== *Anthony Forster, ''Euroscepticism in Contemporary British Politics'' (Routledge, 2002). [[Category:Conservative Party (UK)|Fresh Start]]