Political Parties- conservatives Flashcards
What are political parties?
Organisations that seek to form a government
Difference in development of labour and conservative?
Labour developed outside of parliamentary system. Trade unions etc
Conservatives created by group of MPs
3 key point of one nation conservative?
Centrist
Moderate
Pragmatic
What did Edmund Burke say about conservatism?
Change in order to conserve
To maintain the status quo some change is necessary
All about social duty
What happens in Sybil?
Disraeli PM 1874-80
British society is becoming “two nations”
ON idea of rich having special obligations?
Noblesse oblige
Big ON PM?
Harold Macmillan 1950/60s
Current ON conservatives?
David Cameron liked Disraeli
Johnson said he is a ON
Nicky Morgan- chair of treasury select committee
Years Thatcher was in power?
1979-90
Section 28 by Thatcher?
Made promotion of homosexuality illegal in schools
Strict things Thatcher believed?
Children are being taught they have “an inalienable right to be gay”
“All our problems have come from mainland Europe and all solutions from English speaking nations”
Likes death penalty “those who go out and are prepared to take the lives of others forfeit their own right to live”
What is Thatcherism a mix of ?
Neo conservatism and neo liberalism
Why were unions powerful in 1970s?
Miners strikes 1973
How did Thatcher restrict power of trade unions?
1982 employment act
Illegal to strike for political reasons, has to be pay extra
How similar are May and Thatcher?
Both from modest, aspirational backgrounds
Both depend on unelected advisors. Thatcher with Professor Walters, May with Nick Timothy
Both wanted Brexit “Statecraft”
How different are May and Thatcher?
Thatcher won 3 decisive majorities, May has a minority gov
May champions Women2Win and called conservatives “Nasty party”
2017 Manifesto condemned “cult of selfish individualism”
May more interventionist “the good that government can do” at 2016 Party conference
May on Illegal immigrants?
When home sec
“Hostile environment for illegal immigrants”
Is May ON?
Yes “the gov I lead will be a ON gov” in first speech as PM
Different Factions in conservatives ?
European Research Group - 40 members
reesmogg, eurosceptic
Tory Reform Group - 20-30 members
ON
John Major, Ken Clarke
Social Liverals- informal group, socially liberal. Cameron
2017 deregulation policies?
One in two out on regulations
Red Tape challenge, force sections of gov to reassess their rules
Current conservatives on corporation tax?
Cut to 17% compared to raise to 26% by conservatives
