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political parties - Coggle Diagram

- - - - history and development
        
        traditional - one nation - new right
      - ideology
        
        more pragmatic approach - pragmatism and conservatism
      - policy
        
        law and order (increase spending on law and order - more police stations), welfare (privatisation), defence and foreign policy (fight humanitarian issues, strong presence but small military)
        
        conservatives generally suspicious of a welfare state due to importance of individual endeavour
    - - history
        
        built on combination of trade unions, social democratic etc
      - development
        
        new labour - under tony blair and old labour prior to that
        
        importance of clause VI - divisions within the party
        
        new labour arguably more centrist approach
      - ideology
        
        socialism
      - policy
        
        welfare - importance of state providing for those within its care
  - - - broke away from the conservatives - slightly more centrist left wing approach
      - welfare: supporting redistribution but sceptical of increasing the power of the state - emphasising the link between equality and liberty
        
        supports investment and progressive taxation
        
        tuition fees - increased
        
        gay marriage
      - foreign affairs: defending international cooperation
      - law and order: attempt to decrease petty crimes
      - defence: anti nuclear detterant
- - - - membership fees are a greater source of income for labour than it is for the conservatives