Conservatives

Subdecks (1)

Cards (7)

  • One Nation: Disraeli, David Cameron - founded on morality
    • Paternalism: duty to the poor (noblesse obligee)
    • Pragmatism: Don't fix it unless its broken, dealing with current problems when needed.
    • Disraeli - Book: 'Sybil' , Britain is 2 nations (poor vs rich), must become one.
    • David Cameron, 'Hug a Hoodie', 2012 olympics
  • Thatcherism (New right)
    • combines ideas of neoliberalism + neoconservatism
    • Neoliberalism: Housing Act: This gave five million council house tenants in England and Wales the 'Right to Buy' their house from their local authority at a discount reflecting rent previously paid.
    • Neoconservatism: Section 28: prohibited the "promotion of homosexuality" by local authorities
  • Cameron gov:
    • UK's first ever peacetime coalition PM (Gordon Brown's fault)
    • He was a relatively good PM, won the Scottish Independence referendum 2014
    • Reduced UK's budget deficit
    • But.. he held + lost the EU referendum