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Political Parties 2.2 - Conservatism: - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Motto:
        
        Faith,Flag,Family
      - Beliefs & Background:
        
        Expresses traditional values
        
        Comprised of tory MPs
        
        Founded in 2005 by Edward Leigh & John Hayes
        
        Stand for monarchy, traditional family/marriage
        
        Pride in Britain
        
        Non-state dependancy
        
        Against political correctness
      - Supporters:
        
        Jacob Rees-Mogg MP
    - - Founded in 1991 by Thatcher
      - Want to defend & build on achievements of Thatcher and adapt her values to Britain today
      - 9 values including: Democracy, Capitalism, Nationhood and Deregulation
    - - Promotes values of One Nation Conservatism
      - Established 1975
      - Pressure group closely related to Tory party
      - Seeks to ensure the tory party is run by the principles of one nationism
      - Advocates benefits of society founded on freedom, individual responsibility and community
      - Senior figures: Michael Heseltine, Ken Clarke - supported Cameron
  - - - Reaction from Disraeli (PM) as they were worried people would revolt against as socialism was on the rise in Europe
      - Key Principles:
        
        Human Nature:
        
        Pessimistic view - stress competitive nature
        
        Humans liable to fall into disorder - easily lead
        
        Crave order and security over individual freedom
        
        Tradition:
        
        Preservation of tradition = vital for public order
        
        Very fact values & institutions have survived is testament to their quality - carry accumulated wisdom and should be respected
        
        Tradition gives sense of continuity and security
        
        Organic Society:
        
        Concern of growing divide between classes
        
        Strand supports measures that aim to reduce conflict between classes and oppose those that create too much inequality
        
        Organic society - individuals are tied together by common sense of being members of an interdependant society
        
        Pragmatism:
        
        Oakeshott: politics should be "a conservation, not an argument" - meaning political action should not be as a result of political dogma and theory
        
        Flexible approach to politics
        
        Rejection of politics tied strongly by ideology
        
        Property:
        
        Right to own your own home and enjoy security is fundamental element of civilised society
    - - Thatcher influenced by Reagan
      - Both concerned by socialism - heightened by USSR
        
        Felt trad cons were too weak on social & economic policies
      - Neo-Liberalism (economics) & Neo-Conservatism (social)
        
        Neo-Liberalism:
        
        laissez faire economies - let it be - state shouldn't interfere
        
        Free-market & privatisation = good
        
        TUs shouldn't be too powerful
        
        'Dependancy culture' = bad
        
        Taxes should be low - encourages hard work as businesses get to keep more
        
        Neo-Conservatism:
        
        Small, but strong state
        
        Trad ideas on morality and lifestyles
        
        Strong law and order - maintain security
        
        V. patriotic
        
        Dislike multi-national organisations (EU)
  - - - Balancing the budget - lowering the deficit under Cameron
      - Budgets of major departments cut by 25%
      - May - small increase in spending after austerity
      - Limit on corporate tax to encourage business
      - Free markets & trade have been staple in all Govs
      - Covid - gov had to be much more interventionist
      - Johnson's 2019 GE plans mostly got scrapped cus of Covid
    - - Tough on crime to deter - Patel - Rwanda
      - Sentencing should be in hands of elected gov, not unelected judges - law, muder of key workers gets life in prison
      - Opposes legalisation of drugs
      - Covid - restrictions on civil liberties
    - - Tougher means testing introed by Cameron - benefits cap on families, no benefits on more than 2 kids - harder for people to claim
      - increase minimum wage to encourage people to work
      - protect education & NHS but allow private comps to influence
      - Covid-19 - furlough payments, increased benefit
    - - Cameron & May follow Thatcher - strong links with US - failed slightly - May & Johnson = global Britain as result of Brexit
      - Johnson - strong response to Brexit and EU
      - UK should be independent in security - so Trident is needed
      - Increase of £16.5bn to defence spending - expected to rise since Ukraine