Conservatives

• One nation conservatism

  • policies promote cohesion and reduce social conflict between classess
• Neo - liberalism

  • promotes that the state should not interfere extensively in economic management
  • Free market, no trade unions, welfare
• The New Right

  • socially neo - conservative
  • economically neo - liberal
• Neo - conservatism

  • maintain order and discipline in society = traditional values as well as law and order
• Dependency culture

  • generous welfare produces laziness
• A party faction

  • group in a PP whose views vary from main party policy
• Human Nature

  • pessimistic and belief that a lack of law will lead to disorder
• Order

  • Burke = the foundation of all things
  • policies in law and order
• Tradition Preservation

  • traditional institutions upheld
  • Church of England, nuclear family
• One nation / organic society

  Disraeli

  • wealth divide = class conflict
  • Conservatives must reduce inequality
  • Society banned by progressing nation
  • Noblesse Oblige
• Pragmatism

  • political action as a result of conflict
  • politics should be flexible and not led by ideology
• Property

  • support of property ownership
  • owning property is important for a civil society
• Ideology

  • maintain order
  • government shouldn't seek to change society
  • no radical or ideological outlooks
• The Winter of Discontent

  • 1978-1979
  • widespread strikes by public sector and trade unions
  • demanding pay rise - ongoing pay gap of labour government
  • helped Thatcher's victory
• Neo - Liberalism

  • state need to disengage
  • high tax means hard work
  • welfare dependency is bad
  • Trade unions hinder economy
• Neo conservatism

  traditional and moral values

  distrust of multinational groups

  strong law and order

  nationalism
• Conservative Party Today

  • 1990 - Thatcher resigns
  • 1990-1997 - James Major elected by a narrow majority he is defeated by Blair
  • 2005 - Cameron made leader after 3 year Labour stronghold
  • 2010 - Cameron forms his coalition government with the Liberal Democrats
  • 2015 - Cameron wins a narrow majority
  • 2016 - Cameron resigns after Brexit vote - May becomes leader
  • 2017-2019 - May loses majority rules with minority government, steps down
  • 2019 Johnson
• The economy

  • free trade
  • deregulation of business
  • lowering tax
  • economy should be managed to ensure society isn't divided
  • support through lower rates of tax
• Law and Order

  • support for strong law
  • individual freedoms are still essential ]
• welfare

  • reduce if not end welfare
  • privatize NHS
  • welfare encourages lazy behavior
• foreign policy

  • focus on British nationalism opposed to EU
  • strong military
  • free trade
  • foreign debate
• Social justice

  • Christian society
  • based on individual value
• Environment

  • opposition to policy
  • reduce carbon footprint
• The constitution

  • abolish Human Rights Act
  • fix problems from previous reform
• Cornerstone

  • faith,flag, family
  • traditional values
  • nuclear family
  • pro-life
  • anti- LGBTQ+
• Conservative way forward

  • thatcher support
  • neo- liberal
  • support free markets
  • deregulation of markets
• Tory Reform Group

  centre

  reduction of economic equality