Julian Lewis

Julian Lewis     (spook, politician)
Born	Julian Murray Lewis 26 September 1951 Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Oxford University/Balliol College, St Antony's College
Founder of	Coalition for Peace Through Security, Policy Research Associates
Member of	Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament, Le Cercle, The 61
Party	Conservative
Intelligence and Security Committee/Chair In office 2020 - Present  Chair of the Defence Select Committee In office 12 May 2015 - 2019 Preceded by Rory Stewart  Member of Parliament for New Forest East In office 1 May 1997 - Present Preceded by Michael Bates, Alexander Carlile, Lord Carlile, Paul Channon, Winston Churchill II, Tristan Garel-Jones, Charles Hendry, Alan Howarth, David Howell, Douglas Hurd, Greville Janner, Peter Luff, Nicholas Lyell, Liz Lynne, Michael Portillo, Nicholas Soames, David Steel  Policy Research Associates/Director In office 1990 - 1996 Employer Policy Research Associates  CCO media monitoring unit director In office 1995 - 1996 Employer Media Monitoring Unit  Policy Research Associates/Director In office 1985 - 1989 Employer Policy Research Associates Lewis was co-founder.  Research Director In office 1981 - 1985 Employer Coalition for Peace through Security

Sir Julian Murray Lewi is a British Conservative Party politician. Lewis has been Chair of the Intelligence and Security Committee since 2020, and has attended Le Cercle.

Background

Born in Swansea, Wales, Lewis was educated at Dynevor School, Swansea, at Oxford University/Balliol College, from which he received an MA in Philosophy and Politics in 1977, and at St Antony's College, Oxford, from which he received a DPhil in Strategic Studies in 1981.

Infiltrating the Labour Party

Julian Lewis first entered politics in the 1970s, when he secretly pretended to be a Labour activist in order to infiltrate the Newham Labour Party. Lewis "was acting as a secret agent of the well-financed Freedom Association, which funded strike-breakers and clandestine operations against the Labour left and Communist Party. Newham militants were getting rid of a rightwing Labour MP called Reg Prentice and the young Lewis, then a graduate student at St Antony’s Oxford, decided to save Prentice. He failed in that task, but a taste for conspiracy and secrecy entered his soul."

Career

Like many attendees of le Cercle, Lewis was an active opponent of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament throughout the 1980s.

Deep political connections

Julian Lewis was introduced to Brian Crozier by Norris McWhirter and Crozier made him a member of his private intelligence agency, The 61. He became the group's leading activist in the UK.

In 1983 (and probably on other occasions) he attended a meeting of Le Cercle - and also parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee supposed to oversee the UK intelligence agencies MI5, MI6 and GCHQ.

Pro-nuclear stance

In the UK Parliament, he actively pursues the retention and renewal of the British strategic nuclear deterrent, the Trident programme.

 

Events Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Le Cercle/1983 (Bonn)	30 June 1983	3 July 1983	Germany Bonn
Munich Security Conference/2018	12 February 2018	14 February 2018	Germany Munich Bavaria	The 54th Munich Security Conference

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