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    Conservative Party in Britain After analyzing some of the major policies of the parties of the UK‚ the one that I‚ as a college student‚ can identify with the most are those of the Conservative Party. I have always believed that education is the key to a successful nation‚ and lack of education results in numerous problems for a nation. Therefore‚ a party that enforces education and aims for the success of hardworking people is indeed‚ the one that represents my ideals (Roskin). At the same time

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    To what extent are Labour and Conservative Democratic organisations? The definition of democracy is the control of an organisation or group by the majority of its members. By this definition Labour and Conservative are both democratic organisations because they have elements of policy formulation and MP election processes which are very democratic in nature as they involve a wide range of people within the party. However there are also undemocratic features about both these organisations such as

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    extent has the Modern Conservative Party abandoned Thatcherism? In 1975‚ Margaret Thatcher became leader of the Conservative Party. In the 1979 general election‚ she became Prime Minister until 1990. A Soviet journalist called her the "Iron Lady"‚ a nickname that became associated with her uncompromising politics and leadership style. As Prime Minister‚ she implemented policies that have come to be known as Thatcherism. Her political ideas and policy had a profound impact on the party. After three successive

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    the Conservative Party under David Cameron still a ’New Right’ party? David Cameron took over as Conservative Party leader in 2005. Due to his privileged background‚ upbringing and education many see him as the stereotypical Tory politician‚ supportive of those with money‚ out of touch with the problems faced by the working classes and stuck in the traditional values of a bygone age. We have seen since he became Prime Minister however that he is far more liberal than many of his fellow Party members

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    Thatcherism well-liked the idea of privatising‚ so she privatised industries such as oil‚ coal and gas. The current Conservative party has not made any changes to this policies in fact they have kept to it. In 2013 the Royal Mail was privatised. This shows us that the party has not completely abandoned Thatcherism‚ however many would argue that the Conservative party is not privatising as much as Mrs Thatcher did in fact they are doing it on a much smaller scale. This connotes that they are drifting

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    Margaret Thatcher and the Conservatives  In 1975‚ Margaret Thatcher became leader of the Conservative Party and began to steer it towards what many have dubbed ÔThatcherismÕ. Margaret Thatcher believed in radical change‚ individuality‚ and a strong Government that enforces the law‚ rather than interfering in the economy. She was also opposed to the welfare state. In many ways‚ her ideology was broadly similar to classical liberalism‚ and many theorists see her ideology as neo-liberalism. Under her

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    .‘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

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    The Liberals wished to solve the Irish problem to benefit the Irish people whereas the Conservatives attempted to solve the Irish Problem to fulfil their own aims and to bluster their Irish Nationalist support. Both parties had little success though the conservatives had more than the Liberals as they had a more practical approach. As an attempt to solve the Irish problem‚ Gladstone implemented the Second Land Reform in 1881‚ where in which he gave the Irish farmers most of the rights and securities

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    To what extent has the conservative party abandoned Thatcherism? (25 marks) The conservative party accepts that a degree of state intervention to create more social justice can be justified. This may involve welfare‚ but also intervention in family situations‚ in education and through social services in general. There is a sense that we are responsible for the welfare of those less fortunate than ourselves. Thatcherism suggested that we are responsible for ourselves as long as we have the capability

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    Politics essay. The Conservative Party‚ officially the Conservative and Unionist Party and colloquially referred to as the Tory Party or the Tories‚ is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that states that it espouses the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. As of 2013 it is the largest single party in the House of Commons with 303 MPs‚ governing in coalition with the Liberal Democrats‚ with David Cameron‚ the leader of the Conservative Party‚ as Prime Minister. It

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