Conservatism

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Conservatism.
Traditional conservatives
- An idealogy on conserving
- 'one nation' developed in the 50's/60's
  - Pragmatic and paternalistic.
- Conservatism.
- Traddtional polices
  - defend home owners
  - oppose change
Under David
- Modernizing candidate.
  - Need to re-assess the relationship with thaterism
  - Compared himself to Tony Blair
- His Party polices
  - A more green agenda
  - Raise threshold of inheritance tax
  - Maintaining levels of spending on public services
  - Emphasis on families
  - threatened to withdraw benifits to those who make no effort to gain jobs
Thatcherism
- Economic thatcher
  - Removed restrictions and controls on the economy
    - Eg: Finaical markets were deregulated
  - changed the tax burden form direct to indirect
  - Laws restricted the unions.
  - Privatised industries
  - Rugged indiviulism
- Social thatcher
  - Strengthening national identity
    - Oppotision to Eu intergration
  - family values were defended
  - Maintaing order through fear of punishment
Gov exert a fatherly approach
- 'one nation' developed in the 50's/60's
  - Pragmatic and paternalistic.

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