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Britain 6/2, The conservative party - Coggle Diagram
Britain 6/2
Why did conservatives lose 2001 election?
-Divisions
Europe
Thatcher
Social liberalism
-Popularity of labour government
Economy in good postion-economic growth
Blairs leadership
Labours pledge card
-Impact of first past the post electoral system
Disorting effect
-Memories of 1980s/90s
Thatchers governement
Majors governement
-Hague's leadership
Attempts to look ordinary-baseball cap
Teenage speech
-Right wing policy decisions
Save the pound
Immigration
Why did conservatives lose 2005 election?
Continued popularity of the Labour Party
Economic growth
Improved public services
Howards leadership
Memories of the 1980s/90s
Impact of first past the post voting system
Distorting effect
Ian Duncan Smith’s leadership
Weak
Obsessed with Europe
Social conservatism
Right wing policy divisions
The 'nasty' party
Immigration, law and order, tax and public spending cuts - still too Thatcherite
Conservative party leader 1997-2007
Ian Duncan Smith 2001-2003
-Eurosceptic, socially conservative,had the backing of Thatcher
-Ex-army and one of the maastricht rebels
-Aggresilvly eurosceptic
-Lacked charisma of Blair
Micheal Howard 2003-2005
-Not very popular home secretary
-Viewed as a 'safe pair of hands'
-Minister in Thatchers governement
Micheal Hague 1997-2001
-Only 36 in 1997 and inexperinced
-Hague was Thatchers prefered candidate
-Eurosceptic
-Divisions in the party-modernisers v against modernisers
-Gained Micheal Portillos seat then Portillo was re-elected in 1999
David Cameron 2005-2007
-Long leadership contest gave him experince
-Party under him was more united than ever
-Socially liberal,modernising candidate
The conservative party