UK Politics key terms 2: Political Parties

Question 1

OLD LABOUR (SOCIAL DEMOCRACY)

Answer 1

Key labour principles:
-nationalism
-redistribution from rich to poor
-continually improving welfare & state services
>largely rejected Thatcherite/ free-market reforms or a Blairite approach

Question 2

NEW LABOUR (THIRD WAY)

Answer 2

> revision of traditional Lab. values
Anthony Giddens influence:
shift in emphasis from- heavy focus on working class TO wider class base & less robust alliance with the trade unions

Question 3

ONE NATION

Answer 3

Paternalistic- adopted by Cons. under Disraeli’s leadership (19th Century) AND shown by David Cameron & Theresa May (21st Century)
>rich have obligation to help the poor

Question 4

NEW RIGHT

Answer 4

> NEO (OR NEW) CONSERVATIVES: state = authoritarian to morality and law & order
NEO-LIBERALS: endorsed the free-market approach and rolling back of state in people’s lives & businesses

Question 5

CLASSICAL LIBERALS

Answer 5

Individual freedom best achieved with state having a minimal role

Question 6

MODERN LIBERALS

Answer 6

Against free-market capitalism (thought it led to many individuals not being free)
>freedom = not simply ‘being left alone’

Question 7

LEFT WING

Answer 7

> change, reform in way society operates
radical criticisms of the capitalism made by liberal & socialist parties

Question 8

RIGHT WING

Answer 8

> supports staus quo, little or no change
need for order, stability & hierarchy