Conservative Party Today Flashcards
What is the 2024 Conservative policy for NHS and Social care and what strand of conservatism does it reflect?
-Increase NHS Spending
-92,000 more nurses and 28,000 more doctors
-40 new hospitals by 2023
-Provide 2.5million more NHS dental appointments
-This is > Butskelite consensus > expansion of NHS which is the welfare state
What is the 2024 Conservative policy for the economy and what strand of conservatism does it reflect?
-Not to raise corporation tax
-Keep VAT threshold under review
-Return the size of the civil service to pre-pandemic levels to cut govt bureaucracy
-Funnel civil service savings into defence
-Traditional conservative values/ Thatcherism
What is the 2024 Conservative policy for Immigration and what strand of conservatism does it reflect?
-bring in a binding legal annual cap on migration
-legal migrants must undergo a health check before getting a visa
-Remove illegal immigrants to Rwanda
-Traditional conservative values
How can the Furlow scheme under Johnson led by Rishi Sunak be viewed as One nation conservatism?
-Interventionist policy to support the economy and the citizens within Britain
What can the Conservative Party be seen to be divided over?
-2019 Brexit > Cameron’s resignation
-Social issues > Majority of Cameron’s MPs rejected his bill to legalise same-sex marriage in 2013
What is the local-level structure of the Conservative Party?
-Local conservative associations, sometimes with ward branches below them
What is the local level policy-making system of the conservative party?
-Local conservative associations > key role in organising the grass roots of the party > planning local campaigning and selecting candidates
What is the national level structure of the Conservative Party?
-National HQ is Conservative Campaign Headquarters (CCHQ) at Millbank Westminster
-Day-to-day running of the party is undertaken by the conservative board > made up of reps from each section of the party
What is the national level policy-making system?
- Conservative Policy Forum > 1998 to allow more grassroots participation
-Manifesto is written by the leader of the party
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How do the MPs select the party leader?
-MPs vote in a series of ballots to narrow the choice down to just two
-2019 > 9 MPs secured enough support to stand, but 7 were eliminated just leaving Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson
How do party members elect the party leader?
-Make the final pick on a one member one vote basis (OMOV)
-Johnson won a clear victory in 2019 with around 2/3 of the vote
