Conservative party

Question 1

One nation conservatism founder

Answer 1

Benjamin Disraeli - PM for conservatives from 1874 to 1880

Question 2

Modern one nation conservatives

Answer 2

May, Cameron and Johnson

Question 3

one nation conservatism principles

Answer 3

• Strong law and order to control society
  
  • Preservation of tradition
  • Organic society with rich and poor bound to each other
  • The theory of nobless oblige - higher class helping lower classes
  • Pragmatic response to issues - not ideological
    
    • Faith in property and home ownership as a means to creating an ordered society

Question 4

what is noblesse oblige

Answer 4

richer / higher class having the obligation to help the poorer

Question 5

economic policy of one nation conservatism

Answer 5

high tax, welfare benefits, higher spending

Question 6

what is ‘Thatcherism’? (also known as new right conservatism)

Answer 6

a mixture of free markets, financial discipline, firm control over public expenditure, tax cuts, nationalism, Privatisation, ‘Victorian values’ and a dash of populism.

Question 7

2 branches of thatcherism

Answer 7

neo-liberalism, neo-conservatism

Question 8

what is neoliberalism?

Answer 8

economic Thatcherism - key pillars are the free market and the self-reliant individual

Question 9

what is neoconservatism?

Answer 9

social Thatcherism - a form of authoritarian conservatism that calls for the restoration of order, authority and discipline in society

Question 10

Thatcherite economic policies

Answer 10

followed Hayek and Friedman, free market economy based, massive push on privatisation, low taxes and constraints on labour movement, trickle down economics

Question 11

what is trickle down economics?

Answer 11

more disposable income to spend and achieve economic growth. - more income to spend will result in growing of economy

Question 12

social views of thatcherism

Answer 12

traditional views - LGBTQ, immigration, anti trade unions

Question 13

Recent one nation policies

Answer 13

Sunak and Johnson - furlough scheme during COVID
Sunak - ‘levelling up’ to reduce inequality
Johnson - high taxes and high spending
Johnson - gave Grant Shapps transport secretary 96 billion pounds to work on HS2 but counter - east midlands - leeds leg scrapped

Question 14

Recent thatcherite policies

Answer 14

Truss - mini budget and push for trickle down economics - cut taxes
Sunak - blocked gender recognition bill in scotland, ‘a man is a man and a woman is a woman’
Sunak and Johnson - anti immigration, stopping the boats and Rwanda scheme
Sunak - wanting to increase the income tax threshold and lower taxes

Question 15

factions in conservative party

Answer 15

cornerstone (traditional), conservative way forward (thatcherite), tory reform group (one nation)

Question 16

economic policy today

Answer 16

balanced budget post financial crash there was massive national debt, budget balancing scheme abandoned by may.
unprecedented levels of national borrowing in 2020 for Covid.
not massively high taxes

Question 17

law and order today tory

Answer 17

stern punishments as deterrents.
harsh against terrorism - 2017 and 2019 manifestos pledged to alter the Human RIghts Act to protect against terrorism

Question 18

welfare today tory

Answer 18

do not want welfare benefits to be seen as a disincentive to work, believe that NHS and education system should be competitive with private firms

Question 19

Example for factions evolving?

Answer 19

‘red wall’ MPs - Labour area- push for government action on levelling up