To what extent has the conservative’s party changed since the electio of David Cameron as its leader?

Labour disunity was a huge contributing factor as to why the conservatives were able to dominate from 1951 to 1964. However, there are also other factors that assisted conservative dominance. Whether that be conservative strengths, good timing, the end of austerity or their handle on public opinion, all factors contributed to the dominant years. However, how long the conservatives actually dominated is also a question. Did they dominate for the whole period, or just part of it? The years 1962-1964 question conservative dominance and how labour reunited.

‘One nation’ is an idea that is based upon principles such as paternalism, and it is the name given to describe this particular faction of the conservative party. ‘One nation conservatives’ is the name given to the followers of the ideas presented by Benjamin Disrael, and the belief in changing Britain from ‘two nations’ i.e the rich and the poor, and instead creating one. Benjamin Disraeli adopted one nation conservatism for both ethical and electoral reasons. Before he became leader of the Conservative Party, Disraeli had announced that, as a result of the Reform Act of 1867 the party needed to pursue social reforms if it was to have

Tony Blair's Approach to Power Since Labour came into power in 1997 Tony Blair has been criticised by some for being the 'son of Thatcher'. Many say that labour is now following the values and policies similar to that of a Tory government and in particular a Tory government lead by Margaret Thatcher. Before the time of Tony Blair and New Labour, the left wing party stood firm on one value and that was socialism. More on Labours old Values and policies The conservatives on the other hand have very different policies or not so different as some may argue.

Although the UK Prime Minister is elected separately through Parliamentary elections, unlike the USA President, there is a trend for Prime Ministers to claim popular authority on the basis of electoral victory. Prime Ministers have therefore become the ideological consciences of their

Since 1979 the conservative party has undergone significant changes from the traditional conservative party which focused on ideas about human nature, order and pragmatism, first with new right conservatism under Thatcher then with the current conservative party. The current conservative party however, can be seen to still be committed to its traditional conservative principles such as Euro-scepticism and that they remain largely traditionalist. However there are many ways in which the conservative party has changed such as taxation, education and the welfare state.

The election campaign in 1964 was a close run contest even though there was a low public approval of the current Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home. The labour party only won a majority of 3 seats. The reason for the decline in support for the Conservative party was because of events and scandals such as the Profumo affair

Conservatism is described as a political belief with emphasis on traditional values and practices. In the 20th century conservatism exist, but in varying degrees. Some were conservative in specific areas, such as the economy.

In 1997, Labour were very much in touch with the electorate and focused on salient issues, whereas the conservatives focused on issues such as trade unions and devolution which were not deemed as salient. This benefitted Labour as they gained a huge win at this election and rather than personality playing a huge part, it may have been their policies.

Margaret Thatcher embraced a lack of state intervention in the economy, reduction in state spending, and a traditional conservative attitude to society. It has been much debated whether the New Labour government which came to power in 1997 had much more

It was formed from the combination of the four groups: Whigs, Liberals, Radicals and Peelites. The Whigs were the most right, supporting slow, gradual change and the Radicals were on the far left championing universal adult male suffrage. William Gladstone was the leader of the Liberal Party and in many ways was very conservative in his ideas. In respect to reform he believed it was necessary to end abuses or out-of-date practices and was best carried out by individuals or institutions and the government should only intervene as a last resort. However, Gladstone was often contradictory as he often ended up supporting reforms because change evidently needed to take place and therefore they were passed under his governments.

I want to first point out that this article has become almost outdated because of the current political climate of this country as our idea of conservative, liberal, and libertarian have, for the most part, changed. This makes me, reading it now, almost have to view from a Bush Administration era lens. I want to mainly discuss the first section of Christopher Borick’s essay as it brings up something that I find extremely interesting. This is the idea that conservative and liberal mean different things in different areas of the world and even our own country. He also discusses the overall history of political labels and how their definitions have changed over time by using historical evidence. Borick wants to make people think about why and

This essay will assess the relationship between liberalism and conservatism by exploring the differences in ideological beliefs of these two ideologies. Ideology can be defined as “set of interrelated and more or less coherent ideas” that constitutes of both “descriptive and normative element” on how a society works (Heywood, 2007, pp. 6-7). One of the most popular ideology in contemporary politics is liberalism which accord individual liberty and free market as its primary priority. On the other hand, conservatism is generally known for advocating tradition, societal state and authority. Firstly, we will look at theories developed by liberalism and conservatism on creation of state. It would then be followed by liberalism’s notion of individuality and individual liberty versus conservatism’s emphasis on individual imperfectionism and need for society. Thereafter, we will observe liberalism and conservatism as political ideology and how it has evolved over time. The essay will be summed up by a conclusion in the end. The terms, liberalism and conservatism mentioned in this essay are intended to be synonymous to their traditional or classical thoughts and beliefs. Every argument presented in this essay are intended to support the claim that liberalism and conservatism are not compatible ideologies. By compatible, I meant being consistent without any disagreements.

The second piece of literature that will help with answer the dissertation question is ‘Corbyn: The Strange Rebirth of Radical Politics’ by Richard Seymour. It has been referred as many spectators in the media as the fairest, fullest and frankest account of Corbyn and his rise to date. Cleary outlining the context of Corbyn’s victory and how deindustrialisation in has led to dealignment in British politics, claiming that it has happened across the political spectrum but been the most profound in the Labour Party. It focuses on whether Corbyn is the answer or solution to the problems that Britain faces in the 21st century or whether the it is the end of the Labour party and the revolutionary left in Britain. The text looks at how the unlikely

The ballot for the Conservative Party Leadership on February 1975 was a turning point for the History of late 20th century politics in England. The figure of Margaret Thatcher had emerged surprisingly as the new Party leader against the incumbent Edward Heath. Thatcher’s importance does not only lies on she being the first woman to lead the Conservative Party, but on the ideas and statecraft that later gave life to a new concept –Thatcherism- that marked British politics during her 11 years in command and managed to influence the future of England’s politics.

Conservative M.P Boris Johnson’s satirical article Don’t let Ed Miliband sink this country with his commie slab of rock, was published May 4th 2015, three days before the British elections in the Conservative-leaning newspaper The Daily Telegraph. In this article, Johnson uses a variety of satirical techniques such as the use of diminutive language, metaphors, satirical tone, rhetorical questions and others, in order to present Ed Miliband, representing of the Labour party, as a ridiculous leader and a regression for Britain’s politics. Subsequently, Johnson then presents the leadership of David Cameron as a solution to the potential threat that Ed Miliband imposes in order to achieve his purpose, which is: to amuse the reader by ridiculing