Conservative Party

What, if anything, was new about Thatcherism? 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

TO WHAT EXTENT IS THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY STILL COMMITTED TO ITS TRADITIONAL PRINCIPLES? 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

.‘To what extent can the modern conservative party be considered ‘One nation’? (25 marks) ‘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

key political parties such as the Conservative Party, the Labour Party, the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party. Each of these parties have many different views, ideologies and policies that they believe would make Britain the best that it could be. However only one of the many parties are able to get into government and implement what they believe to be the best policies for the people of Britain. In this essay I will be looking at the differences between the Conservative Parties policies and the

How is the defeat of the conservative party in 1945 best explained ? On the 26th July 1945, Clement Attlee lead the labour party to a landslide victory against the conservative party, represented by wartime hero Winston Churchill. This came as a shock to the British population, who had not anticipated this outcome. The defeat of the conservative party in 1945 can be best explained by highlighting the contrast between the people and the conservative party, the conservatives’ inability to carry out

The Conservative Party Government Era during 1951-1964 is a period which has been politically criticized throughout the years specifically that of Britain Politics. During this time, the Conservative government was said to have pursued mainly Keynesian economic policies which was centrally focused on reducing inflation, to maintain growth and promote stability but despite the Conservatives attempts to revive the Britain economy through industrialism, increase standard of living and encouragement

Prior to the 1980s, conservatives remained a divided group. These divisions within the conservative party, primarily those between economic and traditional conservatives, left the party disembodied. Economic conservatives supported a laissez-faire economic policy while traditional conservatives believed in the Christian moral order and were both socially and culturally conservative. The revival of controversial issues with a strong emphasis on morals, prompted the reworking of conservatism to appeal

THE LABOUR PARTY LOST 4 GENERAL ELECTIONS BETWEEN 1979AND 1992. THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY LOST 3 GENERAL ELECTIONS BETWEEN 2005. WHY? An extract from Arthur Marwick- “British Society Since 1945”: The fall of Labour Party: the labour government has had a very difficult time leading to the general elections of 1979. The years between 1976-79 proved to be intense ones, filled with economic problems, intensified with labour movements looking to rejuvenate. This led to the party changing some of it’s policies

belief in today’s society, but things were not always this way. Barry Goldwater was a conservative man who lost the presidential election and in his presidential run, his opponent, Lyndon B. Johnson, won more of the popular vote than any man before. But Goldwater’s run sparked a great movement through America; the rise of conservatism. Goldwater was considered an extremist conservative, even dubbed Mr. Conservative, as he believed the true western ideals of individualism. He was a fair and strong political

Heath as leader of the Conservative Party between 1965 and 1974? Edward Heath led the conservative party through a difficult and revolutionary period in British politics from the years 1965 to 1974, punctuated by the joining of the ECC in 1973, prolonged damaging strikes, high levels of inflation, and many monumental U-turns through the period of his office. The concept of change is most notably seen right from the offset of his leadership as he was the first conservative leader to be elected democratically